sgriffi2
Contents contributed and discussions participated by sgriffi2
US Department of State - 0 views
-
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2011/176643.htm
This source is testimony given by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues, she gave a statement to the Subcommittees on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues and Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called "Woman and the Arab Spring." The discussion based around the status of women in the Arab Spring and how important it was for women to participate in politics and economics. Verveer spoke of the necessity of Egypt to make a new Constitution that clearly outlined the rights of women.
US Department of State - 0 views
-
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2011/176643.htm
This source is testimony given by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues, she gave a statement to the Subcommittees on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues and Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called "Woman and the Arab Spring." The discussion based around the status of women in the Arab Spring and how important it was for women to participate in politics and economics. Verveer spoke of the necessity of Egypt to make a new Constitution that clearly outlined the rights of women.
The Role of Women in the Arab Spring (in Egypt) - 0 views
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6e3958f-bI
This video by the BBC radio and led by Nabila Ramdani examined the role of women in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. During the protests women played a vital and active role, however, since the Islamist parliament has gained power and old factions have been pitted against each other again the rights of women are fading again.
Women are the emerging pimps in Egypt - 0 views
-
From "The Independent" http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/86094, a website for news from Egypt, wrote that women are the highest category of those being trafficked at 66%, but they are also starting to emerge as the "pimps of the global trade in humans with a third of the countries reporting more female traffickers than male."
50 Shades of Grey will not be released in Egypt - 0 views
-
The best-selling, yet highly controversial movie will not be released in Egypt anytime soon. Domestic Violence and Anti-pornography groups around the world have been campaigning against the BDSM, violence against women that is portrayed in the books and movies. Perhaps the movie will not be released because men abuse their wives in India and the government does not women to think they should actually like it.
An Egyptian Feminist on Twitter - 1 views
-
Nazra, whether it is a real name, pseudonym, or a group of women writing this together, purports to be a twitter account with the agenda of ending #VAW or Violence Against Women. Although a majority of the tweets are in Arabic, some of them are in English, or there are interviews either in English or Arabic with subtitles of the other language.
The Whispers of WhatsApp: Beyond Facebook and Twitter in the Middle East - 2 views
-
This is a repost to learn how this works.
« First
‹ Previous
41 - 48 of 48
Showing 20▼ items per page
The BBC News reports that out of 22 countries, women's rights in Egypt is ranked as the worst. The rankings were extremely low because of the issues sexual harassment, high rates of female genital mutilation and a growth in conservative Islamist groups. The survey noted that "discriminatory laws and a spike in trafficking contributed to Egypt's place at the bottom of the ranking."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24908109