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August 3, 2012
Lebanon: Women’s Quota among Controversial Electoral Law Issues

 

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August 2, 2012
Syria: Putting sexualized violence on the map in Syria

The New York-based Women’s Media Center’s Women Under Siege Project has been using modern technology, from e-mail to YouTube to Twitter, to carry out ground-breaking research into sexualized violence as it unfolds in Syria.

August 2, 2012
Africa: Africa's past both dark and glorious - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Lecture by incoming AU Commission Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to the ANC Women's League

July 20, 2012
Libya: Elections give women a good starting point
July 19, 2012
Libya: Marginal Victory for Women in Libya’s GNC Elections

Yesterday, the preliminary results for Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) elections showed that women had acquired 33 out of the 200 available seats in the GNC. This means that women only make up 16.5% of the governing body that will replace Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC).

July 18, 2012
Libya: Two Women Elected as Unaffiliated Lawmakers in Libya Parliament

Two women are among 120 unaffiliated candidates who have won seats in Libya’s National Assembly, the nation’s first free election following the end of Muammar Qaddafi’s 42-year rule.

Libya’s elections: What comes next?

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July 17, 2012

Libya’s elections: What comes next?

I didn’t wash my finger for 2 days – purposely avoiding the water just so that the blue stain I received when voting remained there for as long as possible.

I didn’t wash my finger for 2 days – purposely avoiding the water just so that the blue stain I received when voting remained there for as long as possible.

July 16, 2012
Africa: Dlamini-Zuma’s AU win hailed