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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Egypt: National Council for Women rejects constitution draft
Egypt's national body for women's issues, the National Council for Women, held a conference on Monday entitled "Egyptian women reject the draft constitution." According to the Council's head, Mervat El-Tellawy, the draft constitution has not taken...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Algeria: As Algerian Elections Approach, Quota Set for Female Candidates
Interior Minister Dahou Ould Kablia described the fatwa issued by the Scientific Council of the Ibadi Confession in Ghardaia forbidding the nomination of women in local elections in the province as an “internal fatwa that concerns a particular...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
MENA: Questioning the Quota for Arab Women
Palestinians voted in local elections this past weekend for time since 2006, and one-fifth of seats are going to women, thanks to a new quota system for municipal councils in the West Bank.  It’s a victory for some, but for others such as Maysoun...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Yemen: Report: Yemeni women worse off after revolution
Women in Yemen are worse off now than a year ago, when they played a significant part in the country's revolution that promised political and economic change, an international aid agency has concluded. In a report released Monday, Oxfam...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Isreal: A make or break election for Israeli women?
It is clear that this election could become a tipping point. Either the opponents of equality will win or those who believe in women’s rights will prevail. Fighting back piecemeal is no longer a viable option. We have made great progress as more and...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Kuwait: ‘Women as judges, prosecutors step in right direction’
Women political activists say they feel proud of Kuwaiti women entering judicial circles following a decision to appoint them in position of Public Prosecutors and judges.They consider this a victory for women who until lately had been marginalized...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Egypt draft constitution article raises fears for women’s rights
Leftist and liberal party groups voice ‘deep concern’ after draft constitution article promises gender equality ‘without contradicting precepts of Islamic Law’. Constitutional issues was one area of concern when women from around the world recently...
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Palestinian Territories: Homepage Feature First All-Women’s List Seeks to Break Into Palestinian Politics
Maysoun Qawasmi does a TV interview in her Hebron office. She leads the first list of all women candidates for city council elections. (Photo: Matthew Bell)       Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron are gearing up for a municipal election...
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Syria: “It’s every woman’s duty to participate in the revolution”: women fighters in Syria
According to Suhair Atassi, a female activist and a Syrian National Council member in Cairo, there is a female brigade in Dera’a numbering around 1,000. In Antakiya, I met rebel fighter, Bassel, on his way out of Syria after spending over a year...
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Friday, September 07, 2012
Saudi Arabia: Shoura Council To Have 30 Women
Saudi Arabia is expected to appoint 30 women on the Shoura Council before the consultative body begins its next annual session. “The expectations are that up to 30 women will be appointed to the Shoura,” sources close to the council told Al-Sharq...
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Tunisia: Thousands rally for women's rights
Thousands of Tunisians rallied on Monday to protest against what they see as a push by the Islamist-led government for constitutional changes that would degrade women's status in one of the Arab world's most liberal nations. The protest, by some 6,...
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Libya: The Fight for Women's Rights Goes On
Following the Libyan revolution, in which women played a crucial part, and the participation of large numbers of female citizens in the July 2012 elections, Libyan women are now looking forward to a partnership and full equality with their male...
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Syria: Targeted by violence, Syrian refugee women don't know where to turn for help
More than 75% of assisted Syrian refugees are women and children. The targeting of civilians is well documented. But sexual violence against women and girls receives little attention. Cultural norms often prevent survivors from reporting sexual...
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Tunisia: Activists braced to fight for women's rights
Tunisian women are rising up against a proposed article in the new constitution seen by many as an Islamist ploy to reverse the principle of gender equality that made Tunisia a beacon of modernity in the Arab world when it was introduced six decades...
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Lebanon: Reform group: Electoral law keeps women marginalized
A civil society group criticized the Cabinet’s approval of a new electoral law Wednesday, calling the draft legislation a “show” and warning of protests if the proposal moves forward in its current form. The Civil Campaign for Electoral Reform held...
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Angola: Ruling Party's President Pledges Additional Support for Women, Youth
The president of the ruling MPLA party José Eduardo dos Santos Tuesday in Luanda considered the Angolan women an example of love and perseverance and assured greater support for them. Eduardos José dos Santos, who is also the Angolan head of State,...
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Egypt: Egypt's Revolutionary Women
When Bothaina Kamel began gathering signatures for her campaign to be not only Egypt’s first democratically elected president, but also its first female leader in centuries, just about everyone knew the campaign wouldn’t succeed. But that wasn’t the...
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Lebanon: Women’s Quota among Controversial Electoral Law Issues
  Photo credit: naharnet The women’s quota for the parliamentary elections was among several issues that cabinet ministers didn’t agree on during a session held at Baabda Palace on Tuesday, media reports said. The government approved around...
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