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Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

UFM: Women in the Mediterranean and Development

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 24, 2016 | Features

Barcelona- More than 400 women from 40 Mediterranean and European countries met in Barcelona for two days as part of the third Women Forum entitled “Women of the Mediterranean: Development Incentive, Stability Polar” organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM)....

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Shahindokht Moulaverdi

Iranian Hezbollah Insults Iranian President’s Adviser

by Adil Alsalmi | Dec 31, 2015 | World

Around 1,000 political and civil activists expressed support, in an open letter to the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, for the Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Moulaverdi, who was attacked by “Yalsarat weekly” extremist magazine. The...

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Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz (C) heads a Saudi cabinet meeting in the capital Riyadh, on March 17, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)

Saudi cabinet weighs in on diplomatic rift with Sweden

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia on Monday once again defended its judiciary and human rights record, in response to recent comments by Sweden’s foreign minister that have led to a diplomatic rift between the two nations, and warned it could reconsider...

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A free drawing symposium at the opening conference. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraqi activists establish new women’s rights group

by Jamal Al-Qassas | Jan 26, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Female activists in Baghdad have established Women for a Civil Iraq, an organization that aims to promote Iraqi civil culture, preserve human rights and freedom of expression, and promote the separation of religion from politics in the...

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Egyptian women protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, Egypt, on June 14, 2014.
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Egypt launches first feminist comic-strip magazine

by Sara Rabea | Nov 14, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—For Egyptians, the word, “El-Shakmageya,” conjures up images of a grandmother presenting her soon-to-be-wed granddaughter with an intricately decorated wooden box filled with the family’s trinkets and heirlooms. The...