Kuwait: Women in region are facing legal forms of discrimination

KUWAIT CITY, March 24: The Women’s Cultural and Social Society, in coordination with the Freedom House, organized the Second Gulf Regional Forum on Women’s Rights and Family Law in honor of the International Women’s Day on Tuesday. The event was held under the patronage of Faisal Mohammad Al-Hajji Bukhadhour, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of [...]

Jordan: mobile unit for women’s rights culture

by Luciana Borsatti) (ANSAmed) – ROME -
Training courses for judges and lawyers, direct information campaigns targeting women, and even mobile units travelling from town to town to encourage victims of domestic violence to report their situation, will all be part of a project, in which Italian NGO, the [...]

Baroud joins calls by women’s rights activists to amend nationality law

Interior minister shows support for new UNDP project
By Dalila Mahdawi /  dailystar.com.lb
BEIRUT: Arab women’s rights activists and Lebanese parliamentarians on Tuesday breathed new life into a campaign seeking to amend the country’s nationality law. Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud joined a throng of international ambassadors in welcoming the United Nations Development Program’s new project, “Toward reforming [...]

Call for more protection for human rights activists

Loveday Morris, Correspondent thenational.ae
More needs to be done to protect those who champion human rights in the Middle East and North Africa where they often face imprisonment and persecution, a leading international human rights group says in a report released today.
Even though progress has been made in some countries in the region, campaigners are still [...]

“Tunisian women ready to contribute to the pluralist process”, says President Ben Ali

On the occasion of the observance by Tunisia of the International Women’s Day, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali sent the following message to Mrs Aziza Htira, the chairwoman of the National Union of Tunisian Women (UNFT)

Maroc: Les progrès de la consécration de l’égalité

Les progrès accomplis par le Maroc en matière de promotion de la condition de la femme contribueront, à n’en pas douter, à la consécration de la culture de l’égalité et à l’encouragement d’un plus large l’accès des femmes aux postes de responsabilité et de décision, a affirmé Mme Nouzha Skalli, ministre du Développement social, de [...]