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Role of women in society

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 23, 2014
Depoliticisation, fiscal autonomy can improve police

What’s the role of the police in a community? Is it to serve the citizens by ensuring their security or to maintain public order by coercive power?

April 21, 2014
KP govt to set up women desks at all police stations, Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has announced that women police desks would be established at all 500 police stations of the province to facilitate the province’s female population.

March 18, 2014
When women succeed, the world succeeds

Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights.”

So proclaimed Hillary Clinton, US First Lady at the United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995, in a landmark speech of her career.

March 13, 2014
A LOOK AT THE RIGHTS OF ARAB WOMEN

A quick look at the rights of women across Arab countries today. The article offers a snapshot of how women are fairing in different Arab countries.

March 11, 2014
Women voters will play decisive role in Indian elections

Women voters in India will play a decisive role in determining the outcome in the country’s general election, polling for which begins on April 7th.

February 7, 2014
Afghan Parliament Votes to Silence Victims of Violence

Both houses of the Afghan Parliament have voted to pass an act that would prohibit relatives from testifying against a criminal defendant in a judicial proceeding.

February 7, 2014
Presidential Candidates Begin Campaigns for Afghanistan’s April Election

According to TOLO News, many of the 11 candidates have focused on similar, broad issues so far, including security, human rights, women’s participation in government, corruption, and

February 7, 2014
Familiar Faces and Warlords Set To Dominate Afghan Election Campaign

Twenty-seven presidential hopefuls have registered as candidates for Afghanistan's crucial April 5 vote, setting the stage for a wide-open race among former warlords, powerful officials, and several prominent Western-educated technocrats...