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North Africa and Middle East

November 25, 2012
Kuwait: Mulaifi, Duwailah, Dabous to contest Speakership

Former MP and First Constituency candidate, Yousef Al-Zalzalah says he will put on top of his priority demands of Kuwaiti women as part of his parliamentary work program when he wins a seat in the Parliament.

November 23, 2012
Isreal: Livnat: Likud should have woman near top of list

There must be more women in the Knesset, the cabinet, and near the top of the Likud’s Knesset list, Culture and Sport Minister Limor Livnat said on Thursday, three days ahead of Likud’s primary.

November 20, 2012
Isreal and Palestinian Territories: Women Peace Activists Demand an End to Attacks in Gaza and Israel

MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, condemns the growing violence that has killed at least 18 people in the past days: 15 in Gaza and three in Israel. We assert that all attacks against civilians must end immediately.

November 19, 2012
Kuwait: Need to ‘lift’ women role

“The Kuwaiti woman remains unfairly deprived of leadership positions in the country even though the Constitution has equated between men and women,” said fifth constituency candidate Saleh Mohawish.

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November 1, 2012
MENA: What the Arab Spring has done for women’s equality, in one chart

We’ve been looking throughout the day at new data from the World Economic Forum on gender equality throughout the world. We found that the U.S.

October 29, 2012
Egypt: National Council Gears Women Up for New Parliament

Egypt's National Council for Women will start a training program to enhance women's political participation in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.

October 25, 2012
Egypt: National Council for Women rejects constitution draft

Egypt's national body for women's issues, the National Council for Women, held a conference on Monday entitled "Egyptian women reject the draft constitution."

October 25, 2012
Algeria: As Algerian Elections Approach, Quota Set for Female Candidates

Interior Minister Dahou Ould Kablia described the fatwa issued by the Scientific Council of the Ibadi Confession in Ghardaia forbidding the nomination of women in local elections in the province as an “internal fatwa that concerns a particular community.''