Human Rights
South West-UK TUC The montage on the front of the card shows just some of the women fighting for a better future. The plan is to sell the cards at £1 each with any proceeds going to a women’s charity that the Women’s Committee will determine... Read more
Journalism
Moncef Marzouki, President of Tunisia By Doaa Soliman February 25, 2014 – In the presence of His Excellency Moncef Marzouki, President of Tunisia, the Anna Lindh foundation in cooperation with the UNESCO club Bardo, launched the... Read more
News
H.E. Dr Shwaish Al-Dowaihy, Minister of Housing of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia H.E. Dr Shwaish Al-Dowaihy, Minister of Housing of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will speak on the opening morning of Tuesday 6 May addressing rhe Euromoney Saudi... Read more
Educational Material
Position: Call for Applications Institution: The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) Country: Lebanon Deadline: Mar-09-14 Call for Applications: ‘’New Paradigms Factory’’ – Nationalism and Patriotism Fellowship Opportunities from... Read more
Journalism
Rut Gomez Sobrino Project Manager Communications and Information Sector UNESCO Amman Office I am glad to share with you the book ‘Elections Reporting in the Arab Region ‘ in which Arab journalists debate the challenges in... Read more
Herstory
Somayya Jabarti, the new editor-in-chief of the Saudi Gazette Somayya Jabarti takes over at helm of Jeddah-based English daily Saudi Gazette following departure of Khaled Almaeena A woman in Saudi Arabia has been appointed... Read more
Human Rights
The Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema, in collaboration with the Evangelical Synod of the Nile and SAT-7 channel, are organizing a short film competition titled “Dialogue Without Walls.” The competition is for films on topics related... Read more
Human Rights
Photo: Areej Abuqudairi/IRIN Rape victims in Jordan say they get punished instead of the attacker AMMAN, 27 January 2014 (IRIN) – Shop cleaner Nawal* from East Amman regrets the day she accepted an offer of extra work from her employer... Read more
Discrimination
Examples of Arab women’s testimonies about participating in activism during the revolts in Egypt and Bahrain. This video is an example of women’s views about what is going on in their countries and how the authorities treated them... Read more
Discrimination
It seems there are no women in Saudi Arabia, and when such creatures are spotted, they are seen as mothers or worshippers who do not eat or use mobile phones. By Iqbal Tamimi Trying to balance the act of projecting a civilised modern state and... Read more