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Documenting women's workforce pursuits & leadership potential in the MENA region & globally. Eradicating stereotypes. 
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The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice today called on the new Tunisian Government to take all necessary steps to safeguard the country's achievements in equality, non-discrimination and women's...
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In Peace, Palestinian Women Under Attack - After the brutal murder of a Palestinian woman in late July in a busy Bethlehem marketplace, local human rights groups are pushing for stronger reforms to stem violence against women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip..."
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Well-known attorney Hicran Akkaya ?enol was enjoying her morning jog in ?stanbul’s ?i?li district earlier this week when she said she felt someone grab her. Shocked, ?enol turned to her teenage harasser, who immediately took off.
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The prevalence of female pronouns — she, her, hers, herself — in American books could be used to track the changing status of women in the 20th century, according to a new study, which found the he/she ratio after the late 1960s mirrored advances...
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Constitution clause detailing women's roles ignites anger as political rigamarole feeds social tensions.
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The 43 states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) plan to set up an international centre for higher education and research, the Euro-Mediterranean University of Morocco, with a focus on Euro-Mediterranean issues and priorities. [...]
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Why to invest in gender equality in the Balkans and in Turkey...
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Stand with women in Europe.Sign the petition to prevent and combat violence against women through the Council of Europe's ground-breaking treaty: http://bit.ly/yyRgNu...
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This page is shared from sweden.gov.se - read the full article there.
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UN Women congratulates the Government & people of Tunisia on their leadership in women’s empowerment & gender equality http://t.co/ZjqncLQz...
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Thousands of Tunisian women marched in the capital, Tunis, Monday night, to protest a provision in the new Islamist government's draft constitution describing women as "complementary to men." (RT @tartqueen: Patriarchal arrogance still reigns in the...
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Of all the revolutions witnessed during the Arab Spring, the Tunisian transition was considered to be by far the most promising. Compared to Egypt, which endured harsh military rule for 18 months after the fall of Mubarak, Tunisia’s political change came relatively swiftly, and in October 2011, a new Constituent Assembly was elected and charged with rewriting the constitution. Women also gained an estimated 23 percent of seats in the new assembly, surpassing a great number of neighboring countries in the region. [....]
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As Libya and Egypt hold nationwide elections, LightBox presents the work of Sarah Elliott, whose photographs show those who had the most at stake after the revolutions: women.
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Though it is considered one of the most gender-egalitarian countries in the world, Norway is still one of 127 countries that do not explicitly criminalize rape within marriage.
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For nearly four decades, governments of all political hues in Sweden have legislated to give women equal rights at work — and men equal rights at home.
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Security forces are nearly non-existent on the streets of Egypt and an increasing number of women fall victim to sexual harassment. Harassers target protesters in what some call politically motivated abuse.
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Recent acts of illegal exclusion and discrimination against women in Israel have spurred an international movement and a unique collaboration of individual...
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Focusing on volunteerism, leadership, women’s rights and democracy, the trainings were often interactive, employing role playing or outreach.Photo Credit: Institute for Youth Development (KULT)
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Bulgarian government lacks bodies for regulating and monitoring gender equality, warned the civil society delegation to the 52nd Session of the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women...
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Despite campaigns against stereotyping of boys' and girls' toys, stores find resistance to true equality.
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Egypt’s new male-dominated government betrays promises for gender balance -...
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Wikiprogress ProgBlog: Gender and the MDGs: where do we stand?: There is growing consensus that gender equality ...
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This collection features major development reports from the Middle East and North Africa region of the World Bank, based on new research and thoroughly peer reviewed analysis.
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