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First Lt. Rasha Al-Tayar, Baghdad’s only female police officer, sits at her desk in her office at a police station in Baghdad, Iraq on September 8, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

A Policewoman in Baghdad

by Afrah Shawqi | Sep 10, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—First Lt. Rasha Al-Tayar, the only policewoman in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, doesn’t hide her delight at people being shocked seeing her on her way to work every day. “At first, people were astonished when they saw me in my military...

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A general view of the 124th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria, on May 6, 2014. (EPA/DRAGAN TATIC)

Europe in push to stop violence against women

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 1, 2014 | World

Paris, AP—The Council of Europe is taking new steps to combat violence against women under a newly ratified convention that comes into force Friday. Fourteen European states are committing themselves to better fight violence against women following the signature of...

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Women hold a banner reading “Stop Killing Women” and pictures of women killed to denounce violence against women in Turkey on May 11, 2013 in Ankara. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Opinion: Turkey’s “Return to the Family” in the face of Domestic Violence

by Sezen Yaras | May 10, 2014 | Opinion

Almost every day, there is news from various parts of Turkey about women and children being raped or killed. According to statistics one Turkish MP provided during a recent parliamentary debate, close to 900 women were murdered between 2008 and 2013, with 40 percent...

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Egyptian women chant slogans as they attend a demonstration in Tahrir Square in 2011. Associated Press

Debate: Women were taken by surprise by the events of the Arab Spring

by Afraa Al-Hariri | Apr 14, 2014 | Debate

Arab women did not generally expect the wave that hit Arab Spring countries to be as large as it was. Barring a few exceptions in a handful of regions and cities within these countries, women were generally surprised by what took place, but nevertheless ultimately...

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This May 4, 2012 photo shows graffiti of a girl under a bridge in the upscale Zamalek neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt. Women activists say they won a major step forward with Egypt’s new constitution, which enshrined greater rights for women. But months after its passage, they’re worrying whether those rights will be implemented or will […]

Debate: Women were at the forefront of the Arab Spring

by Dr. Om El-Ezz El-Farissi | Apr 14, 2014 | Debate

Women constitute half of the world’s population. No event is complete without their participation, let alone events the size of the Arab Spring revolutions, which were led by oppressed peoples hoping to achieve their dream of freedom for their countries. We know...