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IPU
Friday, October 10, 2014
Youth representation in parliament remains a challenge to democracy despite encouraging trends
Geneva, 10 October 2014 A benchmark IPU analysis on youth representation in politics reveals that low youth representation in parliament remains a global challenge for democracy despite some encouraging trends and emerging best practices to engage...
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Farkhunda, Afghanistan
Friday, October 03, 2014
Multimedia
Young parliamentarians: Taking democracy to task
Short compilation about the participation of youth in parliament.
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Friday, October 03, 2014
International Agreement and Action Plans
Youth participation in the democratic process: Resolution adopted by consensus by the 122nd IPU Assembly
The 122nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Emphasizing the need to prevent and counter all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on age, in accordance with the principle of non-discrimination enshrined in the Universal...
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Yanar Mohammed
Monday, September 15, 2014
Interviews
Yanar Mohammed
Interview by Lucile Huguet.  You were in Canada, in 2003, and yet you decided to go back to Iraq to create the organization, can you comment on that?             Yes, I came back to Bagdad where I met other women with whom I decided to create the...
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Yemeni Women
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Yemeni women fight for greater representation
Photo-Al Jazeera After years of activism, Amal Basha's demands for guarantees of greater representation for women in the political system has finally edged closer to reality. "Women have been fighting for it for a long time," said the prominent...
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: A Conversation with Author Karima Bennoune
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: A Conversation with Author Karima Bennoune Friday, April 11th, 2014 12:00-2:00pm   George Washington University, Room B12, 1957 E St. NW Washington, DC 20052 RSVP HERE Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) and ...
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Yemen's women make their voices heard from revolution to constitution
Yemeni women are some of the fiercest women I have ever met. Through conflicts and famine, many have had to struggle for the survival of their families. The abject poverty afflicts Yemeni women in particularly harsh ways, yet they carry on and...
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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, February 21, 2012
YEMEN: Presidential Elections, 21 Feb 2012
  Description of government structure: Chief of State: President Abd al-Rab Mansur AL-HADI * Head of Government: Prime Minister Ali Muhammad MUJAWWAR Assembly: Yemen has a bicameral Parliament (Majlis) consisting of the Shura Council (Majlis...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Summit on Women, Technology and and Social/Digital Media
The Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Program, along with Yahoo! Maktoob, and in partnership with Vital Voices, is hosting a summit in Cairo, Egypt on January 18, 2012. Change Your World! Cairo 2012 will spotlight how women across the Middle East...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
YOUNG WOMEN GAIN CONFIDENCE, MENTORS FROM LEADERSHIP SCHOOL IN IRAQ
Over the last eight years, Iraqi women have become increasingly active in politics, taking on some of the country’s most vexing issues — peace and security, economic empowerment, social justice, education and the environment. Their goal is to...
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