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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Arab women make presence felt in Israeli poll
In 2008, only six Arab women were elected to local office, but this year, that number is seen rising to 15. In the last elections, 149 Arab women ran in the elections, with only six elected to local office. This year, there are 173, with forecasts...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Arab women: The key to Middle East progress?
Most American media coverage of the Middle East paints a bleak picture of the status of women. There certainly is reason for pessimism given the perpetuation of honor killings and child marriages and, more generally, the exclusion of women from...
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Thursday, August 01, 2013
Africa: Quotas Are Not Enough
Women's political representation is vital to securing greater gender equality, feminists and others argue. Africa has made great strides in electing more women to its parliaments. Four African countries are among the top ten countries with the...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
International Agreement and Action Plans
African Women’s Caucus Position Statement 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence against Women and Girls
As of 13 March 2013   African Women’s Caucus Position Statement 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence against Women and Girls   The African Women’s Caucus representing African...
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Saturday, February 09, 2013
A Tale of Muslim Women Sparking Political Change
Historically, the Muslimah played the role of protagonist in more than one screenplay of political change. Whether in 18th century Nigeria with the rise of Nana Asma'u, or during the 16th and 17th century of Ottoman rule with the Sultanate of Women...
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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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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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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Africa: Africa's past both dark and glorious - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Lecture by incoming AU Commission Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to the ANC Women's League t is with honour and humility to have been invited to address this gathering on the issue of the African Union. Let me begin by expressing my sincere...
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Africa: Dlamini-Zuma’s AU win hailed
Photo credit: Jacoline Prinsloo South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma won a tight fought vote to become the new head of the African Union Commission, the first woman to hold the post, African leaders said. She beat the incumbent, Jean Ping...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Arab Feminist Knowledge Production Meeting
What are we calling for exactly? Young women activist, writers and feminists have been setting up alternative electronic media websites/blogs  to provide more critical coverage and point of views on various issues in the Arab region, from gender...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab Women See Protests Creating Opportunity for Equal Rights
Azza Kamel, a women’s rights advocate in Egypt, said the popular uprisings in her country and its neighbors are creating new opportunities for women.  “There was no difference between women who were veiled or not veiled,” Kamel said at the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab states: The fight for women's rights in the Middle East
Jane Martinson reports from the Women in the World summit, where campaigners are drawing attention to the internet as a tool to aid women in the Middle East. To read the full article, please visit The Guardian.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab States: Is revolution in Mid-East bad for women's rights?
Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, in a victory celebration, after their revolution unseated president Hosni Mubarak. Tunisians have also been sampling new freedoms of speech and press. But even as the exultation lingers, women in...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab states: Muslim women remake their image
When the stories and images of these thousands of diverse and complex Muslim women hit the airwaves, they not only shattered stereotypes, they also revealed the fallacy of focusing solely on the veil. These discussions have been counter-...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Arab states: The rising voices of Arab women - from social activism to eco-feminism
From hunger fasts in Bahrain, to women’s only marches in Yemen, to Asmaa Mahfouz (known as “a woman worth 100 men”), whose anti-Mubarak video helped trigger the revolution against autocratic rule, to the defiant Iman Al-Obeidi in Libya, women...
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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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