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North Africa and Middle East

April 25, 2014
Morocco, UN Women Sign Partnership Agreement to Promote Gender Equality

The Ministry of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, and UN Women signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a partnership agreement to promote the institutionalization of the principles of gender equality in the public policy making process in Morocco.

April 24, 2014
Woman breaks taboos, announces candidacy, Lebanon

Nadine Moussa, Lebanon’s first female candidate for the presidency, insists that Lebanon needs a “new social contract,” with women holding half of all parliamentary and governmental posts.

Building Digital Bridges MoST's Vision of the Information Society

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April 21, 2014

Building Digital Bridges MoST's Vision of the Information Society

The past decade has demonstrated in countless ways the transforming effects that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on the way we live, learn, work, play, and interact with the people and institutions around us.  The ICT revolution has had an impact perhaps even more p

The past decade has demonstrated in countless ways the transforming effects that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on the way we live, learn, work, play, and interact with the people and institutions around us.  The ICT revolution has had an impact perhaps even more p

April 15, 2014
Morocco women march to demand gender equality

A group of around 800 Moroccans, mostly women, staged a march in the capital Rabat on Sunday demanding that a constitutional guarantee of gender equality be applied in the kingdom.

April 10, 2014
Louisa Hanoune, First female candidate to stand for the Algerian presidential elections

Unlike many women she does not hide her age but actually has a tendency to flaunt it, in April she will be fifty: “ The age of the Algerian revolution” she says.

April 10, 2014
Algeria presidential race has one woman that ‘won’t hold back’

KOLEA, Algeria: A string of white pearls around her neck, her hair tied in a bun, Louisa Hanoune, the only woman running for Algeria’s presidency, holds out her palms and declares: “I have clean hands.”

Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly Gender Assessment

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April 10, 2014

Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly Gender Assessment

NDI organized a gender assessment of Tunisia’s NCA to contribute to a fuller understanding of the
following critical factors:

NDI organized a gender assessment of Tunisia’s NCA to contribute to a fuller understanding of the
following critical factors:

April 9, 2014
Parliaments urged to ensure rights of indigenous peoples are a reality

MPs from around the world have urged parliaments everywhere to work to ensure the equal participation of indigenous peoples in parliaments and political decision-making becomes a reality.

Arab Social Media Report

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April 8, 2014

Arab Social Media Report

The societal and political transformations taking place across the region played an instrumental role in challenging stereotypes about Arab women as oppressed and subservient.

The societal and political transformations taking place across the region played an instrumental role in challenging stereotypes about Arab women as oppressed and subservient.