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August 22, 2016
Afghan Women Need Support in Building Peace

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 

August 19, 2016
Cartoon Series by Womankind Foundation to Engage Arab Societies in Women's Rights Debate

"Fiction can be an engaging, non-confrontational way to set the scene for constructive conversations, even on the most serious issues.

August 19, 2016
Letter to Egyptian President: Demanding the Closure of the Case No.173 and Revoking Travel

Dear Mr. President,

August 19, 2016
Egypt nominates Moushira Khattab for next UNESCO Director-General

A few months prior the UNESCO elections for the post of Director-General, Egypt decided to nominate the Egyptian ambassador and diplomat, Moushira Khattab to the

August 16, 2016
New Tunisian bill to counter violence against women

Tunisia’s 

August 8, 2016
Still no country for women? Double standards in choosing the next UN Secretary-General

Six of the twelve candidates for the job of UN Secretary-General are women, but in the first informal vote at the Security Council only one woman made it to the top

August 8, 2016
Campaign Launched to Choose a Woman to Lead the UN

UN leaders and experts have sent an Open Letter to each member of the UN Security Council asking for the selection of a woman and gender equality champion as the nex

August 5, 2016
What Clinton’s candidacy means to women worldwide

New article presents an analysis and implications for women’s pol

August 5, 2016
New Trend in Women World Leaders?

Is there a new trend in women world leaders?