Dozens of Egyptian women demonstrate in Nahdet Misr Square in the governorate of Giza on Wednesday evening against the proposed draft constitution, ahead of phase two of the national referendum poll scheduled for Saturday, 22 December.

Violence against women remains a reality in the Kurdistan Region, but another scourge remains less well known: Threats of violence -- and murder -- against women’s rights activists.

The political battle raging on Cairo’s streets is focused on President Mohamed Morsi’s autocratic actions in his efforts to rush through his draft constitution, but the anxiety of those on the street are equally based on the content of that constitution.

I keep wishing it is not true, too, but what I told the driver that day is that his story sounds all too familiar: Of the hundreds of cases of sexualized violence against Syrian women and men I have heard and documented as the director of the Women Unde

Kuwaiti women are taking part in parliamentary elections both as candidates and voters for the fifth time since they won their political rights.

A group of Kuwaiti women coalitions called ‘Woman’s Voice’ decided to make collective effort and organized an awareness festival titled ‘Participating in Building Kuwait’ to encourage citizens to vote in the Dec 1 elections. The event was held on Tuesday at the Kuwait Regency Hotel.