The number of Lebanese women elected to municipal offices more than doubled this year, increasing from the 201 elected in 2004 to 530 who were successful in this year’s polls.
Dorothy Height, a leader of the African-American and women’s rights movements who was considered both the grande dame of the civil rights era and its unsung heroine, died on Tuesday in Washington. She was 98.
The engagement of women in Iraq’s political process has been a major focus of NDI’s efforts in the country since 2006.
Reinforcing presumed religious identities:
Where are women and secularists of Muslim countries in Obama’s speech in Cairo?
by Marieme Helie Lucas
Secularism is a Women's Issue (SIAWI)