Thanks perhaps to Hong Kong’s special blend of decades of British colonial rule and ties to mainland China, where Communism formally embraced gender equality 60 years ago, women’s rights and gender equality are well enshrined in the legal system.
This petition challenges the lack of women on Egypt's constitutional committee, which does not count a single woman.
In a whirlpool of paint, Najah Kablan is busy making banners for the uprising against Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi's four-decade rule in the traditionally conservative nation.
Scores of lawmakers, representatives of civil society and media persons stressed the need of electoral reforms before the next general elections.
Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu Sochua yesterday announced a new initiative to promote women’s involvement in politics ahead of commune elections in 2012 and national elections in 2013.
The Egyptian Coalition for Civic Education and Women’s Participation has received and reviewed the constitutional amendments. These amendments have led to great worries amongst the coalition for they did not achieve what the Egyptian people aimed for, nor meet the revolution’s demands.
Among the most prevalent Western stereotypes about Muslim countries are those concerning Muslim women: doe-eyed, veiled and submissive, exotically silent, gauzy inhabitants of imagined harems, closeted behind rigid gender roles. So where were these women in Tunisia and Egypt?
Renowned feminist and human rights activist Nawal El Saadawi was a political prisoner and exiled from Egypt for years. Now she has returned to Cairo, and she joins us to discuss the role of women during the last seven days of unprecedented protests.
With two presidents unseated in Tunisia and Egypt and highly publicised protests across Libya, the recent demonstrations in Yemen are catching the world’s attention.