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Muslim Women's Rights Activists | Clarion Project - 0 views

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Women Muslim Activism

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  • sambofoster on 31 Mar 16
     
    From left, clockwise: Manal al-Sharif, Taffan Ako Taha, Raquel Saraswati, Malala Yousazai, Dr. Elham Manea There is a burgeoning women's rights movement in Muslim-majority societies today. From Pakistan to North Africa, each country has a network of activists, writers and academics struggling to bring women's rights to their countries and overthrow centuries of patriarchal oppression.
aromo0

EUSpring | Women's Rights in the Aftermath of Egypt's Revolution - 0 views

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womens rights egypt art

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  • aromo0 on 10 Feb 16
     
    This paper discusses the opening that the 2011 Egyptian Revolution had on the discussion of women's right. Various platforms such as social media, art performance and graffiti have opened up a small dialog regarding this social issue.
diamond03

Human Rights Watch calls for anti-FGM measures in Egypt | FIGO - 0 views

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human rights egypt revolution women

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  • Human Rights Watch calls for anti-FGM measures in Egypt
  • “take clear action
  • an end in the country.
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  • doctor and the fathe
  • doctor was charged with conducting the practice, he insisted that it was for medical purposes and not simply as a form of FGM.
  • first ever FGM trial
  • , the organisation said that significant steps need to be taken to enforce the laws
  • , 13-year-old Sohair al-Batea’s father was charged with
  • HRW says that existing laws need to be enforced properly with the help of greater commitment from local authorities in particula
  • “The authorities must send a clear message to the police, prosecution and the courts on investigating and prosecuting those who perform FGM
  • Rothna Begum
  • for HRW.Posted by Paul Robertson Other relevant links
  • diamond03 on 01 Dec 14
     
    It is clear that Egypt needs to take greeter actions in ensuring FGM is completely banned. Rothna Begum is a women's rights researcher who focuses on the Middle East and Africa. The doctor claims to have done the procedure other medical purposes other than FGM. 
aromo0

Women's Rights in Egypt: the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement - 0 views

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rights egypt women movement

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  • aromo0 on 17 Feb 16
     
    Muftah is an organization that is concerned with human rights and has launched a movement called, Women's Rights in Egypt: the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement. Egypt is labeled as the #1 worst country to be a woman in.
mjumaia

What Will New King Mean For Women In Saudi Arabia? - 0 views

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Saudi women's rights New King revolution

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    dentist and Saudi writer best known for her novel, Girls of Riyadh. She talks about how women's rights changed and expectations for the new king. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: We heard Scott say that under the late Saudi King Abdullah there were baby steps taken toward improving women's rights.
yperez2

Women have emerged as key players in the Arab spring | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

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  • yperez2 on 03 Mar 15
     
    Women's rights are still on the path to improvement. Many wonder what will happen. In this article this is discussed along with other important points about women being involved in the Arab Spring and still not given equality.
  • yperez2 on 03 Mar 15
     
    Women's rights are still on the path to improvement. Many wonder what will happen. In this article this is discussed along with other important points about women being involved in the Arab Spring and still not given equality.
ajonesn

Egypt- Worst country for women in all 22 Arab Nations - 0 views

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  • Egypt 'worst for women' out of 22 countries in Arab world
  • There are whole villages on the outskirts of Cairo and elsewhere where the bulk of economic activity is based on trafficking in women and forced marriages
  • high rates of female genital mutilation and a growth in conservative Islamist groups contributed to the low ranking.
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  • Iraq ranked second-worst after Egypt, followed by Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen.
  • Egypt is now the worst country for women's rights in the Arab world, according to a poll of gender experts
  • sexual harassment was cited as the main factor.
  • A UN report in April said 99.3% of women and girls in Egypt had been subjected to sexual harassment.
  • Iraq was now more dangerous for women than under Saddam Hussein, with women disproportionately affected by the violence of the past decade.
  • diamond03 on 20 Nov 14
     
    A study found that 99.3% of women were subjected to sexual harassment in Egypt. Forced marriages and human trafficking were also stated to highly affect the women.
  • yperez2 on 28 Jan 15
     
    Egypt is said to be one of the worst places for women. Women experience everyday harassment including sexual harassment.
  • ajonesn on 09 Feb 15
     
    Egypt is now the worst country for women's rights in the Arab world, according to a poll of experts on gender issues in 22 Arab states.
kkerby223

New York Times Women's Rights Article - 0 views

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helpful 'New York Times' activists

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  • kkerby223 on 23 Feb 15
     
    This is hands down the most helpful article I have read when it comes to trying to get a grasp on the issues Saudi women face. It covers many bases including that of a woman who does not want women's rights to be changed and even goes so far as to wish great punishment on activists. The article includes some information on activists of varying degrees including a teacher, a blogger, a YouTube video maker, and more.
kkerby223

Did Saudi's King Abdullah have a soft spot for women's progress? - Fortune - 0 views

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saudi king progress

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  • kkerby223 on 14 Feb 15
     
    Saudi Arabia former leader, King Abdullah, who passed away recently, seemed to be pushing for a slow reform in women's rights. While in power, many small but worthy advances were made for Saudi women. One of the most notable of these advances would be the role of women in the work force growing exponentially.
pvaldez2

Egypt: Women's Groups Put Forward 5 Draft Laws for New Parliament's Agenda - allAfrica.com - 0 views

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Egypt Politics laws agenda women

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  • pvaldez2 on 09 Feb 16
     
    Article is about Women's right groups putting forward a number of drafts for new laws. These laws consist of personal status, domestic violence and human trafficking, municipal elections, child, and labour.
sambofoster

Saudi Arabia has jailed one of its most prominent women's rights activists - 1 views

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Saudi Arabia Women Activism

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    One of Saudi Arabia's most prominent female human rights campaigners has been arrested and jailed for allegedly running a Twitter account. Samar Badawi is the ex-wife of influential human rights lawyer Waleed Abulkhair, and according to activists has been accused of running his Twitter account after he was jailed in 2014. One of the most well-known campaigners for women's rights in Saudi Arabia, Ms Badawi received the 2012 International Women of Courage award, presented by Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.
sgriffi2

Video: Women's rights changes in Egypt over the last two years - 0 views

http://middleeastvoices.voanews.com/2013/06/voices-womens-rights-in-egypt-re-examining-a-revolution-...This is an article from the website "Middle East Voices: Analysis, Perspectives, Conversation,...

#egypt #women #rights #feminism #equality

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sgriffi2

dancing for women's rights - 0 views

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/02/23/dancing-womens-rights/In February, women in Cario, Egypt organized a flash mob to raise awareness about women's rights

#womensrights #women #feminism #egypt

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yperez2

Egyptian Women's Rights Facebook - 0 views

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  • yperez2 on 16 Feb 15
     
    This Facebook page is called" The Global coalition for the Egyptian women's union. " The page was created to gain support and to create a global network. Some stories are shared within the timeline as well as some pictures.
diamond03

Efua Dorkenoo fought against female genital cutting - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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female genital cutting mail egypt revolution

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  • Efua Dorkenoo fought against female genital cutting
  • successful 30-year campaign against the tradition of genital cutting of girls and women,
  • Efua Dorkeno
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  • ied Oct. 18 in London. She was 65.
  • Equality Now, a London-based women’s rights organizatio
  • Dorkenoo started organizations to battle genital cutting and co-ordinated the effort more broadly as acting director of women’s health at the World Health Organization in the late 1990s.
  • She wrote articles and an influential book – Cutting the Rose: Female Genital Mutilation (1996) –
  • “warrior in chief
  • “She inspired a generation of feminists across the world to take up the cause of banning the procedure,
  • Last year, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously to recognize female genital cutting as a human-rights violation.
  • British government prosecuted it as a crime for the first time,
  • African-led organization she helped found, The Girl Generation: Together to End FGM, began work this month.
  • practice is declining in many countries
  • teenage girls were less likely to have been cut than older women in half of the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where the practice is concentrated.
  • In Egypt, where more women have been cut than in any other country, surveys showed that 81 per cent of 15- to 19-year-olds had undergone the practice, compared with 96 per cent of women in their late 40s.
  • Female genital cutting involves pricking, piercing or amputating some or all of the external genitalia
  • vulva is closed, leaving a small hole for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
  • The practice is believed to have originated about 4,000 years ago in Egypt or the Horn of Africa.
  • 27 countries in Africa
  • Adherents come from a spectrum of faiths, including Christianity, Islam and African religion
  • often ages 4 to 8
  • pathway to womanhood
  • The World Health Organization says female genital cutting has no health benefits and can cause severe bleeding, problems urinating and, later in life, cysts, infections and infertility.
  • intended to reduce women’s sexual pleasure
  • preserve a woman’s virginity until marriage.
  • 125 million women living today in the countries where it is concentrated have experienced such cutting.
  • The mother was so badly scarred, she said, that she could not deliver her baby through natural childbirth.
  • Ms. Dorkenoo began campaigning against the practice in the early 1980s
  • Foundation for Women’s Health and Development to promote the health of African women and girls, with a focus on abolishing female genital cutting
  • co-ordinated national action plans against female genital cutting in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan.
  • In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II named Ms. Dorkenoo an honorary officer in the Order of the British Empire.
  • diamond03 on 03 Nov 14
     
    Efua Dorkenoo recently passed away. She was a women who fought for women's rights and the ban of FGM. She was an inspiration to feminists to take action. 
kkerby223

No Woman, No Drive - YouTube Video - 0 views

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  • kkerby223 on 02 Mar 15
     
    This link is to a video created by a Saudi Arabian man. It is a sarcastic video frequently singing the words "no woman, no drive". In the video a man and his friends sing about women staying in the backseat and not touching the steering wheel. It is sarcastic, the men in the video are for women's rights, particularly the right to drive.
mjumaia

The Country With That Female Pilot Is Actually Terrible On Women's Rights - 0 views

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UAE Dubai women right ISIS human rights

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  • mjumaia on 09 Feb 15
     
    A female air force pilot from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made international headlines last month. However, , the UAE is not at the forefront of women's rights and not even compared to its Arab neighbors.
sgriffi2

The US Should Promote Women's Rights in Developing Nations - 0 views

From Controversies in Globalization: Isobel Coleman argues that women's rights are inherently connected with human rights and are therefore included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights whi...

#women #feminism #equality

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pvaldez2

How Egyptian Women Are Fighting Absurd Rape And Abortion Laws - 0 views

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egyptian fighting laws women rights

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    "Egypt ranks the second country in the world after Afghanistan in terms of sexual harassment". While the sexual harassment law is considered an accomplishment regarding women's rights in Egypt, there are many sections in the Egyptian penal code which still carry forms of discrimination against women. Organizations are helping women fight back. An example is HarassMap.
sambofoster

Women's Rights Activist Executed by ISIS in Iraq - 0 views

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execution activism women

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    An Iraqi lawyer known for her work promoting women's rights has been killed by Islamic State fighters, the head of the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday, continuing a pattern of attacks on professional women.
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