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What is really like to be a woman in Afghanistan?
by Marina Riga, Team Coordinator According to a survey initiated by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Afghanistan is the worst country in the world for a woman
Women in Lebanon: How election dashed their political hope
Author: Chloe Domat Posted on: Middle East Eye | May 10th, 2018 In the weeks leading up to Lebanon’s 6 May elections – the first
Democracy is not dying, it is dysfunctional
Author: Ken Moak Posted on: Asia Times | MAY 14th, 2018 The May/June 2o18 edition of Foreign Affairs published a series of essays asking the question: Is
First female Communist elected in Iraq’s holiest city calls for ‘social justice’
Author: Alex McDonald, Mustafa Abu Sneineh Posted on: Middle East Eye| May 16th, 2018 Iraqis appear to have broken with the political establishment in response
Film hailing Saudi progress on women’s rights branded ‘dreadful propaganda’
Author: Karen McVeigh Posted on: The Guardian | May 7th,2018 Text: A film intended to celebrate progress on women’s rights in Saudi Arabia has been condemned by
NFL cheerleaders reportedly forced to pose topless in front of donors
Author: Emily Shugerman Posted on: Independent | May 3rd ,2018 Text: The Washington Redskins NFL team has come under fire after former cheerleaders described a trip in which
Trump administration turns its back on the most vulnerable
Author: Katherine McKenzie, Ranit Mishori, and Deborah Ottenheimer Posted on: CNN | May 1st , 2018 (CNN)At a time when a group of migrants remain in limbo seeking
Nigeria: 149 women and children rescued from Boko Haram
Author : Not mentioned Posted on : Al Jazeera | April 8th,2018 Text :The Nigerian military says it has rescued 149 women and children abducted
Did the British Empire resist women’s suffrage in India?
Author: Soutik Biswas Posted on: BBC| February 22nd, 2018 The US took 144 years to give equal voting rights to women. Suffragettes in UK
Saudi women to start own business without male permission
Author : AFP Posted on : Al Arabiya English | February 18th,2018 Women in Saudi Arabia can now open their own businesses without the
5 ways the world is pulling apart
Author: Ivana Kottasová, Tal Yellin Posted on: CNN| January 15th 2018 Links between nations are eroding, and divisions in society are becoming ever wider.
Saudi Arabia allows women at football game for first time
Author: Not Mentioned Posted on: BBC News | January 12th, 2018 Saudi Arabia has for the first time allowed women to spectate at a
Sexual violence in war zones at ‘worst ever’ as drive to protect women falters
Author: Rebecca Ratcliffe Posted on: The Guardian | November 26th, 2017 Fall in global funding and weak UK initiative hamper attempts to save Rohingya and
Empowering Women in the Economy Would Boost Growth, Citi Says
Author: Jill Ward Posted on: Bloomberg |November 16th, 2017 Improving gender equality could significantly boost growth in advanced economies over the coming decades, according
Lebanese women hang eerie wedding dresses from Beirut seafront in rape law protest
Author: Bethan McKernan Date: 24/04/2017 Activists campaigning to get Lebanon to abolish an old law that allows rapists to escape punishment for
Jordan on the brink of repealing law allowing rapists to marry their victims to escape punishment
Author: Bethan McKernan Date: 29/03/2017 Women in Jordan are holding their breath in the hopes that King Abdullah II will repeal a
Prostitution legal in several EU countries, but Nordic Model could change that
Authors: AnnMarie Welser and Janie Matthews Posted: 8/3/2017 MEPs, feminists and police officers met today, on International Women’s Day (8 March), at the European Parliament, to