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Thursday, May 05, 2016
Report / White Paper
New study looks at progress made in the status of women in 22 Arab countries
For Arab countries, the twentieth-anniversary review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform comes at a time when the region stands at a major crossroads in the context of recent uprisings, political instability and protracted armed conflicts...
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Monday, March 07, 2016
Website / Database
NDI launches Arabic language E-learning Platform
On March 2, 2016, the National Democratic Institute launched its new Arabic-language e-learning and training platform “Taalam Shaarek”, which means “learn participate” in English. The platform allows citizens to build their civic and political...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Nine women to fight election, Bahrain
Nine Bahraini women have confirmed their candidacy for the upcoming parliament and municipal council elections. However, they said they will reveal their election campaigns closer to the polls, which are expected to take place in November. Six women...
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Thursday, July 03, 2014
NGO Forum Beijing +20
Be an active participant in a dynamic global process and contribute to discussions on achievements, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the 12 critical areas of concern of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA). Tackle together other...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
Report / White Paper
No One is Safe: Abuses of Women in Iraq's Criminal Justice System
his report documents abuses to which the criminal justice system subjects women during arrest, interrogation, trial, and imprisonment. Between December 2012 and April 2013, Human Rights Watch interviewed 27 women and 7 girls, Sunni and Shia; their...
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Report / White Paper
National Situation Analysis Report: Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equality, Jordan
The programme “Enhancing Equality between Men & Women in the Euromed Region” referred to as the Euromed Gender Equality Programme (EGEP) is of three years duration (15 May 2008-15 May 2011); it is funded through the European Neighbourhood...
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Sunday, February 02, 2014
NCW demands 100 out of 444 parliamentary seats for women, Egypt
Women should have at least 100 of the 444 seats in the next parliament, the National Council for Women said in a statement Thursday. Representation of women should be proportionate to their weight in society and their wide-scale participation in the...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
No Seat for Syrian Women at the Peace Talks
The talks in Syria began today, with the Syrian government and opposition exchanging accusations and invectives. Missing was the voice of nonviolent civilians, especially women, even through they have been trying for months to have a seat at the...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
No democracy without diversity
Some say history repeats itself. In 2004, UNDP issued what I believe is one of the best of its global Human Development Reports, Managing Cultural Diversity. The report argued that managing cultural diversity is one of the central challenges of our...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Nude Feminism Challenges Islamist Discourse
In the aftermath of the wave of uprisings that took place across the Arab world in 2011, women were placed under the spotlight of post-revolution political discussion. During the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, the contribution of Arab women to...
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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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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Nordic-Arab Network of Research on Women's Empowerment, Gender and Politics
The first seminar of the WEP network will take place at Aalborg University, Denmark, 1-3 November 2010. Please see www.womendialogue.org for further details including the call for papers. The aim of this network is to provide young Arab and...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
New Technologies and Women in Arab Countries: A Forest Of Concepts, A Complex Reality
This paper describes the notion of cyberfeminism and its implications in North Africa and Middle East with a specific focus on socio-economic and political developments in the region. It also illustrates the impact of technological advancement on...
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