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Egypt 'worst in Arab women's rights'

Egypt 'worst in Arab women's rights' | EuroMed gender equality news | Scoop.it

Egypt is now the worst country for women's rights in the Arab world, according to a poll of gender experts.

The study found sexual harassment, high rates of female genital mutilation and a growth in conservative Islamist groups contributed to the low ranking.

 

The Comoros islands came top in the survey, which was conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The poll surveyed more than 330 gender experts in 21 Arab League states as well as Syria. It is the foundation's third annual study focusing on women's rights since the Arab Uprisings in 2011.

 

http://www.trust.org/spotlight/poll-womens-rights-in-the-arab-world/

 

Michael Spicer's curator insight, May 7, 2014 10:20 PM

Explains that Egypt is worst in gender inequality and why it is considered to be.

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Gender Equality and Women's Rights In Palestinian Territories

Title: Gender Equality and Women's Rights In Palestinian Territories Author(s) / Editor(s): Sophie RICHTER-DEVROE (Author) Publisher: European Parliament Year: 2011 Language: English.

 

Description: This note gives an overview of women’s rights and gender equality in Palestine. It introduces the main actors, and then provides information on women’s status in the economic, educational, health, political, legal and cultural domain. It finds that, although advances have been made, women activists need to continue and be supported in their struggle against dual oppression from Israeli occupation and patriarchal control, if women’s rights and gender equality are to be secured in Palestine.

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QUICKTAKE: Most New Saudi Women’s Rights ‘Meaningless’ – Christoph Wilcke, HRW

QUICKTAKE: Most New Saudi Women’s Rights ‘Meaningless’ – Christoph Wilcke, HRW | EuroMed gender equality news | Scoop.it
Christoph Wilcke of Human Rights Watch discusses women's issues and the struggle between progressive and conservative groups in Saudi Arabia.
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