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Iran awards medals to team that clinched nuclear deal | The Times of Israel - 0 views

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iran nuclear program Tehran

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  • President Hassan Rouhani awarded the “Medal of Merit” to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the “Medal of Courage” to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan and Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also the country’s nuclear chief.
  • ysenia on 08 Feb 16
     
    Medal of Merit and Medal of Courage awarded to members who helped reduce the nuclear activities taking place in Iran. Helped to lift economic sanctions placed by UN because Iran met the commitments required.
sgriffi2

Sisi honors mother who dressed as man - 0 views

Sisa Gaber Abu Douh, the 65 year old woman who was forced to dress as a man to make money for her daughter, was awarded by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Sunday for working more than 40 years. I...

#women #womensrights #politics

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ajonesn

Egyptian woman lived as man for 40 years to support daughter - 0 views

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egyptian support daughter jobs

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  • ajonesn on 30 Mar 15
     
    Sisa took on male identity after her husband s death in order to find work to support her daughter. This lasted for 40 years. She is not up for a presidential award.
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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  • sambofoster on 31 Mar 16
     
    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.
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Dalia Ziada - 0 views

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Women in Egypt Egypt cyberactivism

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  • aacosta8 on 23 Feb 16
     
    Dalia Ziada is a l eading Egyptian human rights activist, socio-political analyst and writer championing women's rights, civil rights, and liberal democratization Awards and Honors: Dalia was selected by The Diplomatic Courier as one of the 99 Foreign Policy Leaders under 33 (2013)
sambofoster

Sex, Lies and Crime: Human Trafficking in the Middle East - 1 views

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women sex slaves middle east

shared by sambofoster on 10 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • 2.54% or approximately three-quarters of a million people are enslaved in the Middle East and North Africa.
  • With estimates of $34 billion to $150 billion in revenues generated, profit and greed are the motives for the transnational crime of human trafficking.
  • kafala, brings workers into the country and puts all the power into the hands of the employer
  • ccfuentez on 10 Feb 16
     
    Almost 3% of people in the Middle East are enslaved. Typically the people are trapped by falling for a "work trap." They leave their homes and families because they are promised employment. Upon arriving to work, the employers take everything from them and enslave them.
  • sambofoster on 03 Mar 16
     
    ABOUT THE AUTHORSharon Buchbinder, RN, Ph.D., is an award-winning professor at Stevenson University and novelist who recently published Obsession, which deals with human trafficking and international kidnapping. Follow her on Twitter at @sbuchbinder. MORE BY THIS AUTHOR In a previous issue of The Islamic Monthly, I examined the pervasiveness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
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