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ajonesn

Why Divorce is Difficult for Egyptian Women - 0 views

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    A good article with a real life story and examples into the life of an unhappy Egyptian woman, stuck in a marriage that she does not want to be in.
  • ajonesn on 23 Mar 15
     
    A good article with a real life story and examples into the life of an unhappy Egyptian woman, stuck in a marriage that she does not want to be in.
ajonesn

allAfrica.com: Egypt: Discrimination By Law - 0 views

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egypt discrimination law

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    Many Islamic laws truly promote discrimination against women.
sgriffi2

Circles of Hell - 0 views

http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/mde_120042015.pdfThis is a report that was released by Amnesty International in 2015 that details the horrors that women face in Egypt. It looks at dom...

#womensrights #feminism #egypt #equality

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yperez2

Egypt's 'Muslim Sisterhood' moves from social work to politics Read more: http://www.a... - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...hood-social-work-politics.html

egypt muslim moves social politics

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    Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood established a sub-organization similar to it. The organization is for women and they are known as the "Muslim Sisterhood".
hkerby2

10 simple points to help you understand the Syria conflict - 0 views

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syria conflict regime rebels civilian casualties

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    This is a complicated war. This site explains in more detail than others and with more emotions put into it as well. It offers first hand accounts of men and women involved in the civil war. Also it discusses the refugee camps that are not mentioned in other sites. The site states that this is a messy, cruel war where neither side has much regard for civilian casualties.
ajonesn

Egypt minister Ghada Wali wants to make a difference for Arab women - 0 views

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    Ghada Wali, a female minister from Egypt, wants to make a difference in Egypt, but also the rest of the Arab world in the matter of education and women's involvement in society.
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Why Educating Girls Should Be a Priority for Arab States - 0 views

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womens rights education arab states girls

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    In light of International Women's Day on March 8, Maysa Jalbout calls for Arab leaders to increase efforts to extend access to education to girls in the Middle East and North Africa region.
sambofoster

A look at the rights of women in Arab countries - Middle East - 0 views

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    From Jordan to the United Arab Emirates, a look at women's rights across the Arab world on the occasion of International Women's Day. Jordan Women can travel freely without permission from their husbands or male relatives. They hold public posts and female pilots, police officers and soldiers.
sambofoster

Have the Arab Uprisings helped or harmed women's rights? - 0 views

www.el-karama.org/...risingsHelpedorHarmedTTFAW.pdf

arab uprising women equality protests

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    Women and the Arab Revolutions: from equality in protest to backlash in the transition from old regimes to new governments
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The uprising of women in the Arab world انتفاضة المرأة في العالم العربي - 0 views

uprisingofwomeninthearabworld.com/?lang=en

women rights politics

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    When I was a child, and my body was still not mature, I went to the beach with my family. I went to the sea and started swimming like any other young girl that still isn't aware of how dirty the world is and how men can be.
sambofoster

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment | Egypt | U.S. Agency for International Develop... - 1 views

www.usaid.gov/...quality-and-womens-empowerment

women health equality

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    USAID promotes gender equality and women's empowerment across all sectors of our work in Egypt. We support efforts to standardize maternal, child and nutrition services and family planning best practices, especially for underserved populations.
sambofoster

Addressing Women's Access to Education in the Middle East - 1 views

www.voicesofyouth.org/...o-education-in-the-middle-east

women education global community

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  • sambofoster on 04 Feb 16
     
    The United Nations has recognized education as a fundamental right. Literacy, reasoning, problem solving skills, leadership assessments and arithmetic tests will help improve the efficiency of labor in the global community; and hence boosting the economy of the world nations.
pvaldez2

Egypt, Japan collaborate together to improve gender inequality issues - Daily News Egypt - 0 views

www.dailynewsegypt.com/...prove-gender-inequality-issues

japan egypt gender issues

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    Dozen of diplomats, civil servants, and women's right advocates from Egypt and Japan were at Cairo together discussing potential partnership concerning the economic and political empowerment of women. This will be considered the first partnership between Egypt and Japan concerning women's issues.
aacosta8

Revolutionaries Unveiled - Cyberactivism & Women's Role in the Arab Uprisings - 0 views

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women egypt cyberactivism

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    Cyberactivism refers to the use of digital media technologies and social media platforms for sociopolitical contestation. Yet cyberactivism, with its emphasis on the virtual public sphere, is not exclusive of traditional activism.
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Women In The Egyptian Revolution: An Evolution Of Rights - 0 views

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women in egypt cyberactivism egyptian revolution

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    During Egypt's 2011 revolution, activist Dalia Ziada assumed all of the male protesters around her were fighting for her rights, too. But the following years told a different story. NPR's Host Jacki Lyden talks with Ziada about the evolution of women's rights in Egypt from the 2011 uprising to the current upheaval.
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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    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.
pvaldez2

No Niqabs, No 'Hot Shorts,' Egyptian Women Have a New Dress Code - 0 views

www.newsweek.com/b-abdel-fattah-el-sissi-424650

rights equality Egypt women dress code shorts dress

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    The article is about how Cairo University to ban both students and staff from wearing the niqab, and hot shorts (wearing little clothing). Later though, the ban on niqabs was overturned by a Cairo court
pvaldez2

Men for Women's Rights: Young SRHR leaders Show the Way | wnn interviews global - 0 views

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women rights Egypt Indonesia hiv

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  • pvaldez2 on 09 Feb 16
     
    Article is about Desmond Nji Antanga of Cameroon Bamenda spreading the awareness of HIV. The article also discusses Ahmed Taha Aboushady, who is from Egypt. Ahmed is also passionate about sexual and reproductive health services rights (SRHR). He fights gender based violence and is a leader at the Anti-Sexual Harassment Task Force of Egypt.
sambofoster

FACTBOX-Women's rights in the Arab world - 0 views

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Egypt Women Rights

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    Egypt is the worst country for women in the Arab world, closely followed by Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen, according to gender experts surveyed in a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll released on Tuesday.
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