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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab states: Egypt, Tunisia Offer Stark Contrast for Women in Arab Spring
The future of women's rights in the Arab Spring countries has been an open worry in recent months. Observers have noted there are no women in the transitional government in Egypt. Fundamentalist elements in Yemen that had opposed raising the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: Why women in politics matter
The Arab Spring created hope for democracy in which women would at least have a voice. But we're still waiting. Following a five-month stalemate, Lebanons prime minister has finally announced his 30-member cabinet. News reports have...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: The Macho Politics
Stubbornness and domination have become characteristics to be admired in the male with varying degrees in the entire Arab world. Girls are encouraged to defer to their brothers, and taught to hide their intelligence and good sense in...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: How I’ve Been Inspired by the ‘Arab Revolutions'
My interest in political and human rights and social media started recently with the revolution in Egypt. Before January 2011, politics and human rights never interested me. But like many other Arab youth, the changes in the Arab world opened...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab Region: The Role of Women in Post- Revolutionary Regimes
The subjection of Arab women will be inevitable if Islamist political parties seize power in the countries of change, where coups or uprisings took place this year. The condition of women in Iran in the wake of Khomeini’s revolution in 1979 bears...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tunisia: Mixed Messages for Women
Is the glass half full or half empty? After the tumult of the Arab Spring, that is the question posed by and for many women affected by the uprisings when it comes to preserving or expanding their rights. Mr. Ben Ali “gave women some rights,” Ms....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: Women Activists Convene in Amman to Discuss Arab Spring & Democratic Transition
WLP International spoke with Asma Khader, Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women and General Coordinator of Sisterhood is Global Institute/Jordan, about the outcomes of a conference in Amman convened by the SALMA...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Middle East: Arab women lag behind men on social media use
The Arab Spring has provided a platform to the unsung heroes of the Arab world. Women have always been behind-the-scene participants in the old order of Middle Eastern politics. With the rise of social media, women are finally coming out of...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Do Arab women need electoral quotas?
Women are at a crossroads in the Middle East and North Africa. This is widely reflected in the current battles over the adoption of quotas aimed at improving women's chances of being elected into parliaments. Although women's quotas were...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality Issues New Call for Proposals and Announces Grantees from the Arab States
United Nations, New York, 1 March 2012 — At a high-level event at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, issued a new call for proposals for UN Women’s...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: Global Women Leaders to Discuss Women's Rights & Democratic Transition in the Arab Spring
7 Mar 2012 - Leading activists from the Middle Eastavailable to discuss the future of women’s rights during this time of political uncertainty in the wake of the Arab Spring. Though this year saw the start of major political reforms in the region...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: Quota, what quota? How parliaments lack female touch in Arab region
05 Mar 2012 - Across the Middle East, countries are witnessing parliamentary changes under newly-installed governments which have been credited as a result of the Arab Spring.  It means issues such as setting quotas for women in parliament have...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: Arab women urged to be agents of change
25 Mar 2012 - Dubai: Despite obstacles facing women in many regions of the world, over 130 female students from 30 countries were urged to help bring about change by simply showing the willingness to engage and champion causes. A variety of...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Egypt's Women Keep Showing Power in Protest
Egypt's revolution is now often described as hijacked and women's legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests....
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
IDEA: Second Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy
  Driven by the regional entities around the world, the ASEAN Secretariat and International IDEAwill host the Second Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy on 1 May 2012 in Jakarta. The Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy is a...
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Mme Karman et Mme Osman se sont également entretenues avec le secrétaire général de l’OTAN, M. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, en marge de la conférence. Photo-OTAN
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
News Story
NATO conference discusses women, peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa
Leading NATO officials and female representatives from Tunisia, Jordan, Libya, Yemen, Morocco and Rwanda discussed progress made in promoting the role of women in peace and security at a conference from 28-29 March. The aim of the conference was to...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
ALGERIA: Parliamentary Elections, 10 May 2012
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Region: Middle East Description of government structure: Chief of State: President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA * Head of Government: President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA Assembly: Algeria has a bicameral Parliament (...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
International Agreement and Action Plans
Women and political participation: Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
The General Assembly, Reaffirming  the  obligations  of  all  States  to  promote  and  protect  human  rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, and guided by the purposes and principles of human rights...
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