Western feminists and Muslim women in new dialogue How should modern western feminism relate to Islam? This was the central question posed by Maleiha Malik upon opening her lecture “Islam, Feminism and Muslim Women” held on 23 November in...
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Young Arab scholars are increasingly interested in gender studies, and their projects are as sophisticated as Western gender research in terms of methodology and theory. This is amongst the findings of the first edition of the WEP mapping report entitled “Mapping Young Scholars’ Research on Women in Public Life in the MENA Region: A State of the Art Report“ which has now been presented during the holding of the 2nd seminar of the Nordic-Arab Network of Research on Women’s Empowerment, Gender and Politics in Fez, Morocco.
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KVINFO is managing the Dialogue and Cooperation on Gender and Women’s Rights fund, whose aim is to support the corporation between the civil society in Denmark and the Middle East and North Africa.
The fund supports projects seeking to enhance women’s rights and position in society and to spur the debate on gender issues in the Middle East & North Africa. The projects must consist of a partnership between at least one Arabic and one Danish partner.
The fund supports projects with a budget ranging from 5,000 and up to one million DKK.
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The 'Who is She' in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan are three online databases with profiles of prominent contemporary women.
Visit the databases and use them as an efficient tool to search for competent women with specific qualifications and skills.
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09/02/2012 (All day)Room U11, MS Global platform , Denmark
KVINFO in cooperation with the MENA Network and Gendernet are organising a two day workshop about gender-aware monitoring. The workshop will help you to plan and implement monitoring that is...
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27/01/2012 16:24
For the parliamentary elections due next week on February 2nd, it is now set that 23 out of a total 286 candidates will be women. About 2 weeks ago, the numbers were 24 out of a total of 344. There are 50 seats in the parliament, and the firs women in Kuwaiti history were elected for parliament in 2009.
27/01/2012 15:44
As only 8 women made it to the seats of the newly elected Egyptian parliament, discouraged voices are heard across the country. One reaction is this commentary cartoon ‘Welcome to the new Egyptian parliaMENt by Ebtisam Barakat at jadiliyya.com
Watch the drawing at jadaliyya.com
25/01/2012 09:41
“They’ll tell you ‘it’s only a small cut’ to ‘clean’ the area. Who are you kidding?!”
Mideastposts-blogger Dhofari Gucci in her own words has her blood boiling over a cause that is currently widely discussed in the Omani blogosphere – circumcision of girls – often executed by women – and according to the writer highly practised in Oman. Her appeal is first and foremost directed at the authorities – the Ministry of Health – to take real action against what should be perceived a crime and a violation of human rights.
25/01/2012 09:18
Princess Ameera Al-Taweel, the wife of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, is a highly active, visible and, very avant-garde in terms of her appearance, women’s rights and public participation. And for that she last week received a public reprimand from her highly conservative her brother in-law, Prince Khalid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz. Columnist Anushay Hossain in Forbes magazine comments on the reprimand as an expression of the general Saudi view on women as property and her hopes that the princess will carry on as a role model for Saudi wome.
24/01/2012 13:46
“In many cases men take on a second or third wife to show off their wealth or to produce more sons who will carry on the family name. (…) A large number of polygamists marry women half their age to help the men feel 'young' again. That seems to be the most common reason. (…)Most polygamists take on a second wife after they hit 40 or 50 and realise they're not getting any younger.” ¨
These are extracts from a personal account from Susan Mubarak, frequent contributor to the Omani Muscatdaily.com about her personal experiences from inside a polygamist family.
“The big question is, does polygamy really work? In my opinion the answer is a big no,” she continues.
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