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January 7, 2014
UN Women launched a Constitutional Database

UN Women launched a Constitutional Database (http://constitutions.unwomen.org) which for the first time examines constitutions through a gender lens, mapping the principles and rules which guarantee, deny, or protect the rights of women and girls aro

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September 6, 2013
Constituent Assembly’s female representation shows poor quantity, good quality: women’s rights activists

While the 

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August 12, 2013
Democratic Republic of the Congo's women hold key to lasting peace

Not a week goes by without reports of fresh fighting in the eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Violence and destruction have ravaged the Great Lakes region of Africa for two decades, claiming more than 5 million lives.

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August 11, 2013
Afghanistan's pioneering female MP seeks asylum as progress for women unravels

Noor Zia Atmar, a young activist and then one of the country’s first woman MPs, travelled the world with her colleagues to show that things were changing.

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August 10, 2012
Bhutan faces unofficial gender gap
Officially, there is no gender divide in Bhutan. Traditionally, women in this mainly matriarchal society have inherited their parents’ property and husbands often move into their wives’ homes after marriage. Constitutionally, women are guaranteed equal rights.
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