{"id":5685,"date":"2016-01-08T06:03:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=5685"},"modified":"2016-01-05T11:04:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T16:04:01","slug":"saudi-womens-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/01\/08\/saudi-womens-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Women&#8217;s Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5686\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/hoquQG\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5686\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5686\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/01\/10755450904_3cbebc86e9_o.jpg\" alt=\"In Riyadh. Tribes of the World, Flickr CC.\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/01\/10755450904_3cbebc86e9_o.jpg 460w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/01\/10755450904_3cbebc86e9_o-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Riyadh. Tribes of the World, Flickr CC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saudi women have just achieved the right to vote. Sociologist Mona Salahuddin Al-Munajjed showcases the power and roles of such Saudi women through her books and her work with on social issues with the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Manajjed told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/saudi-arabia\/news\/845211\">Arab News<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There is a huge misconception and misunderstanding in the rest of the world about the status of women in Saudi Arabia, which I realized while pursuing my higher studies in the United States and traveling abroad subsequently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the book, <em>Saudi Women: A Celebration of Success<\/em>, Al-Manajjed interviews those who \u201chave made a difference in society with their education, professionalism, socioeconomic impact and contributions to the Kingdom, becoming a role model and an inspiration for the younger generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout, she introduces readers to educators, businesswomen, bankers, doctors, scientists, philanthropists, writers, actors, and decision makers, giving a glimpse into their lives and achievements. Consider another major advancement for Saudi women\u2019s rights: new entr\u00e9e into the Shoura Council. That change was driven by driven women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi women have just achieved the right to vote. Sociologist Mona Salahuddin Al-Munajjed showcases the power and roles of such Saudi women through her books and her work with on social issues with the United Nations. Al-Manajjed told Arab News, There is a huge misconception and misunderstanding in the rest of the world about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2058,"featured_media":5686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,85],"tags":[587,39114,708,39115,336,109,3724],"class_list":["post-5685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender","category-politics","tag-civil-rights","tag-gender","tag-political-participation","tag-politics","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-voting","tag-womens-rights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/01\/10755450904_3cbebc86e9_o.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2058"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5687,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5685\/revisions\/5687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}