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North Africa: Women’s political participation in North Africa enhanced under UN-backed project

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2009-12-22 00:00
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The use of new information and communication technologies such as videos, podcasts, key statistics, SMS (messaging), and interactive spaces such as quizzes, polls, social networking sites such as Facebook and discussion forums, will promote sharing of information and active participation in updating and expanding website content and in compiling good practices,” UN-INSTRAW said in a news release. The project’s new website www.womenpoliticalparticipation.org has been created with a participatory vision and is available in Arabic, English and French.

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For more informations, please visit UN.org


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Tunis: iKNOW Politics in a seminar on strengthening women’s political participation in the Maghreb region

Submitted by mdrame on Thu, 2009-08-06 23:00
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From July 29-30, 2009 the iKNOW Politics website was presented to a seminar on strengthening women’s political participation in the Maghreb region. Over 60 representatives of civil society groups, national and international women’s organizations, members of Parliament and prominent women leaders from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia attended this event. The iKNOW Politics project was presented to the plenary and other materials were distributed to participants.

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The seminar was part of a join project between UN/INSTRAW and CAWTAR to strengthen women’s political participation in these three countries. The purpose of the seminar was to identify common problems women are currently facing and ways to overcome these barriers. iKNOW Politics thanks UN-INSTRAW and CAWTAR for inviting us to the seminar and for their ongoing cooperation with the iKNOW Politics project.

As a result of participation in the seminar iKNOW Politics became better known in the Maghreb region.


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Submitted by evisprogonati on Thu, 2009-07-09 14:21

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Tunisia: Tunisian First Lady Says Presidency of Regional Organization Will Promote Status of Arab Women

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2009-05-06 23:00
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In an interview to the Tunisian monthly opinion magazine “Roua”, Tunisia’s First Lady, Mrs Leila Ben Ali said that Tunisia’s presidency of the Arab Women Organization (AWO) for the next two years “will follow up on the implementation of the Organization’s mechanisms and programs so as to give Arab women larger opportunities and wider prospects for participation.”

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To read the full article please visit the Tunisia Online News website.


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Consolidated Response on Financing Women Candidates in Muslim Countries

This consolidated response highlights barriers faced by women in Muslim countries in funding their political campaigns and participating in public life. The consolidated response also discusses the impact of existing legislation, political parties, women’s organizations and international institutions on women’s participation in politics in these countries and provides strategies to overcome it.

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Facing Challenges and Pioneering Feminist and Gender Studies: Women in Post-colonial and Today's Maghrib

This paper reveals the positive role that Maghribi women have been playing in the overall development of their countries. Four major interrelated domains where these achievements are significant are considered: women’s reproductive rights, women’s movements, women’s legal rights, and women’s knowledge production. Issues related to these domains are analyzed from a broad comparative perspective which involves an overall political and economic contextualization.

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Submitted by Rabab Baldo on Sun, 2008-06-08 21:07

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Woman Magistrate Elected At the Arab Human Rights Under-Commission

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2007-06-25 14:57
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A Tunisian magistrate, Mrs. Monia Ammar, was elected as member of the under-commission of Human Rights as part of the League of Arab States. The news was announced on the occasion of the 23 rd session of the permanent Arab commission of Human Rights, currently held at the League's headquarters in Cairo .

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To read the full article, please visit the All Africa's Website.


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