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Report on Gender Mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament

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September 21, 2016

Report on Gender Mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament

Gender mainstreaming has been embraced internationally as a strategy towards realizing gender equality

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Gender mainstreaming has been embraced internationally as a strategy towards realizing gender equality

September 16, 2016
Women at the White House use a simple trick to get heard

When President Obama took office, t

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September 14, 2016
Women MPs Quotas Discussed in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan

The U.S. isn’t the only country deep into an election season.

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September 13, 2016
Sexual Violence Against Women Aggravated in Times of Conflict

After Amira’s husband was killed in the Syrian war, she found herself adrift in Lebanon.

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The Making of a Good Law, or How Good Laws become Good Practices

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September 9, 2016

The Making of a Good Law, or How Good Laws become Good Practices

The UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice (WGDAW) was created by the Human Rights Council in 2010, and consists of five independent expert members from different regions of the world.&nbs

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The UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice (WGDAW) was created by the Human Rights Council in 2010, and consists of five independent expert members from different regions of the world.&nbs

Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

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September 9, 2016

Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

In this report, the Working Group examines discrimination against women and girls in cultural and family life.

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In this report, the Working Group examines discrimination against women and girls in cultural and family life.

September 9, 2016
Bahrain Institute for Public Administration is Helping Women to Access the Labor Market

Bahrain Institute for Public Administration (BIPA) Director-General Raed Mohammed Bin Shams recently announced endeavors to help Bahraini women develop tools to

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September 8, 2016
Syrian Women in Refugee Camps Receive Information of their Rights

Turkey, host to the world's largest Syrian refugee population, which swelled after a civil war broke out in the country five years ago, is looking to improve the liv

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September 8, 2016
Civic Rights Organizations in Egypt Propose Amendments to FGM Provision

Local rights groups criticized on Tuesday the legal provision on female genital mutilation (FGM) in its current format, proposing several amendments besides those pu

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