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12/04/2013
10:06
A great debate has been raging over whether the so-called Arab Spring has been good or bad for the women of the region. Some argue that the rise of Islamist governments in places like Egypt and Tunisia has led to a stark reversal of women’s rights. Others believe that the vibrant social and political activism that has been born from these revolutions will pave the way for a more robust female presence in society and government than that which existed under authoritarian rule.
 
 
 
11/04/2013
19:56

Bewilderment, scorn, resentment. Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in Europe by a Ukrainian feminist group held in solidarity with a Tunisian woman who posted topless photos of herself protesting religious oppression.

Read more at Huffington Post.

 

11/04/2013
14:02
Three quarters of Arab youth have said their best days are ahead of them, according to the fifth annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey, released on Tuesday.
 
In each of the 15 countries surveyed, a clear majority are optimistic about the future, with a nearly equal percentage of youth in the Gulf and non-Gulf states (76 percent and 72 percent, respectively) saying “our best days are ahead of us”.
 
 
 
08/04/2013
14:29
Syria’s civil war has forced more than a million women, men, and children to flee, usually with only a small bag of possessions. Brian Sokol, with support from the UNHCR, has photographed some of the refugees holding treasures from their homes.
 
 
 
05/04/2013
09:59
“I do not need saving.” Feminists in the Arab world talk back to activists who yesterday posed topless in front of Tunisian embassies in Europe.
 
The half naked demonstration was carried out by the Ukranian-based organisation Femen in support of a Tunisian women who received threats after having posed naked on Facebook. 
 
In response to Femen’s “Topless Jihad Day”, Muslim women have now launched a “Muslimah Pride Day.”
 
 
03/04/2013
10:09
Thousands and thousands of people from Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and the US gathered in Tunis in late March for the 11th World Social Forum. And not least women’s rights and situation in the post-Arab Spring was on the agenda.
 
“The new regimes want constitutions to be more religious, and women all over the region are taking a stand against this,” said Hamouda Soubhi, a participant from Morocco.  
 
 
Read more about the annual meeting at World Social Forum.
 
 
02/04/2013
11:34
Birds Eye View Film Festival in London April 3-10 focuses on works by Arab female directors. 
 
"There's a new wave of film-making in the Arab world, and women are at the front of it,” says programme director Elhum Shakerifar.
 
 
Visit the festival’s home page.
 
 
21/03/2013
14:23

The UN’s Commission on the Status of Women gathered in New York March 4-15 for its 57th session. As we wait for the final version of the agreed conclusions, here’s a chance to read the almost-final one.

Read more at UN.

 

19/03/2013
20:50

It is 10 years ago this week that US Troops led the invasion of Iraq. One decade on, the country is still plagued by sporadic violence. The BBC's Ben Brown, who reported on the momentous events in Iraq, has returned to Baghdad to assess how the years of bloodshed has affected some of Iraq's young women.

Watch more at BBC.

 

19/03/2013
11:22
“The Arab women I’ve met are some of the fiercest women in the world with sincere dedication to their work, cause and sense of identity. We didn’t experience an ‘awakening’ since the revolution; but we’ve definitely had to fight harder,” writes blogger suzeeinthecity from Cairo.
 
 
18/03/2013
15:25

UN-backed reconciliation talks have begun in Yemen aimed at drafting a new constitution and preparing for full democratic elections in February 2014.

More than 500 representatives of various political groups will take part in the discussions in Sanaa, which are expected to last six months.

Read more at BBC.

 

16/03/2013
22:17

More than UN member states 130 states have agreed on a roadmap to eliminate and prevent violence against women and girls. It urges governments to start concrete action to protect and promote women's human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Read more at UN News Centre.

15/03/2013
14:05

The Jordanian Women’s Union (JWU) is in the final stages of obtaining official approval of its shelter for abused women.

The shelter provides security for abused women along with their children, and it offers vocational training and social, psychological, family, legal, health and religious counselling.

The shelter has helped over 1,000 women and their children since its establishment in 1999.

Jordanian Women’s Union is a partner organisation to KVINFO.

Read more at Jordan Times. 

06/03/2013
14:10

The annual United Nations-organized Gaza marathon scheduled for April 10th will not take place this year due to disagreements with local officials on the participation of women, the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees said today.

 

“This disappointing decision follows discussions with the authorities in Gaza who have insisted that no women should participate,” stated the UN Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA.

 

Meanwhile, Danish-initiated Palestine Marathon, in Bethlehem on April 21st, now invites women to shift their marathon running to this date and event.

 

Read more at unrwa.org.

Follow Palestine Marathon on Facebook.

 

05/03/2013
22:15

 

A few facts: Violence is the order of the day for up to 7 in 10 women across the globe, and 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not a crime.

 

In New York, politicians, activists, and professionals gather now for the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. And world leaders are urged to implement concrete initiatives to ending the violence.

 

Follow the proceedings as Ms Lisbeth Pilegaard, Head of KVINFO's MENA Department, reports on WoMenDialogue's Facebook page.

 

Read more at UN Women.

 

 

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