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14/12/2012

15:01

Egyptian Women Continue To Strategize, Protest And Mobilize For A Fair And Equal Egypt

Interviews with three Egyptian women’s rights activists, Yara Sallam, Shahinaz El Hennawi and Dina* about their hopes and concerns since Egypt’s first free elections this year.
Read more at awid.org
14/12/2012

14:58

Help on the way for trafficked women

A political majority emerged last night to relax the rules for trafficked women so in the future it will be easier to obtain asylum in Denmark if they testify against their traffickers.
Read more at dr.dk
14/12/2012

14:55

Kuwaiti woman minister pledges new approach

The latest woman to be appointed minister in a Kuwaiti government has pledged a new approach to her performance and called for securing more rights for women.
“I will see to work at the ministry based on a new strategy that will match its local and international dimensions and outreach,” Dhikra Al Rashidi, the minister of social affairs and labour, said.
Read more at gulfnews.com
28/11/2012

09:07

Newly appointed judges to receive training on gender-sensitive cases

Fifty-nine newly appointed judges, including 31 women, will receive training on the profession's code of ethics, human rights and approaches for handling gender-sensitive cases under a new project implemented by the Arab Women's Legal Network (AWLN).
Read more at zawya.com
05/11/2012

15:07

Draft Egyptian Constitution Makes Gender Equality Conditional on Shari’a

Egyptian women who joined their male compatriots in the protest movement that brought down the Mubarak regime face the likelihood that a new national constitution will retain a provision making gender equality in the country conditional on shari’a (Islamic law). Egypt moved closer to a new constitution Sunday, when political parties reportedly reached agreement on remaining sticking points, including the role of shari’a and gender equality.
Read more at cnsnews.com
31/10/2012

11:18

Al-Azhar to release document on women's rights in November

The terms of a so-called “Women’s Document” have been agreed upon and will be issued by the beginning of November, Mahmoud Azab, adviser to Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, said Monday.
Read more at egyptindependent.com
15/08/2012

07:36

Tunisia: Thousands Demonstrate in Tunis and Sfax for Women's Rights

Nearly 30,000 persons rallied on Monday evening in Tunis to claim the protection and advancement of women's gains and enshrine effective gender equality into the new constitution. It started about two hours after fast-breaking from the January 14 Square in Tunis and headed to Mohamed V Avenue where demonstrators gathered in front of the Human Rights Square, shouting slogans calling for total equality between men and women.
Read more at allafrica.com