Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alice Morrison has just completed her epic crossing of Saudi Arabia from north to south - Alice Morrison This morning, I became ...

The furore over the first Riyadh Comedy Festival has put the country’s human-rights record under fresh scrutiny, particularly for its treatment of women. Some of the world’s most high-profile comics, ...

Kenya is staking its economy on women like Purity Marangu, who left her family to work in Saudi Arabia. They work as housekeepers, normally a safe job. But many have been assaulted, starved and worse.