Showing posts with label Womens Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Womens Rights. Show all posts
Monday, October 13, 2014

Dorothy Shea: "Palestinians should be applauded for largely eliminating the gender gap in education. Unlike in some parts of the Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian girls and young women enjoy equal access to education as their male counterparts."

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Saturday, October 11, 2014

In a common struggle for education and against extremism: "“If with my humble efforts the voice of tens of millions of children in the world who are living in servitude is being heard, congratulations to all,” Kailash Satyarthi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2014

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Malala Yousafzai, with her father, Ziauddin, spoke in Birmingham, England, after learning she had won the Nobel prize. Darren Staples/REUT...

Today is International Day of the Girl Child! To mark the day, Hina Jilani calls on the international community and civil society to work together to improve the lives of girls and women.

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The Elders “Have the courage to take action. Society is ready to change.” Today is International Day of the Girl Child! ...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

"Let’s not feed Islamophobic bigotry... The great divide is not between faiths, but one between intolerant zealots of any tradition and the large numbers of decent, peaceful believers likewise found in each tradition." Nicholas Kristof

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Cultural diversity is a driving force of development... an asset that is indispensable for poverty reduction and the achievement of sustai...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

Palestine adopts UN human rights treaties, becoming a formal party to five global treaties banning torture and racial discrimination, and protecting the rights of women, children and the disabled

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(MaanImages/file) [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO R...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Jerusalem life: 'Are you aware? Women should not be strolling outdoors'

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Flyers cast off a balcony during a large funeral gathering in Jerusalem give this reporter a crash course in modesty, at least by one fri...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Helen Thomas, Barrier-Busting White House Reporter, Is Dead at 92

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Pioneering journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92 April 25, 1988: White House correspondent Helen Thomas (2nd L) takes notes as former U....
Friday, July 12, 2013

I AM MALALA ...infinite hope... #Malaladay

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1. I Am Malala (Official Music Video) 2. Video of Malala Yousafzai at U.N. Calling on World Leaders to Provide Education to Every Chil...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Hussein Ibish: Muslim Brotherhood Attack on Women's Rights Just the Start

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https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/brotherhoods-assault-of-womens-rights-is-just-the-start Brotherhood’s attack on women bode...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Bethlehem 2012 Christmas in Palestine

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Christian worshipers visits the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, ahead of ...
Friday, October 12, 2012

When a rose is not a rose is not a rose is not a rose.....

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Amal Amireh   "Remember when the salafis of Egypt used a rose instead of their women's candidate photo in their election posters...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

New 'wall museum' tells women's stories

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A "wall museum" displays stories told by Palestinian women, on Israel's separation barrier in Bethlehem (MaanImages/Jenny Babo...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Does the Arab spring need a bill of rights?

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Protecting rights of minorities, women "Evidence of the need for minority protection in the Middle East is already coming thick and ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Keeping the "Arab Spring" from becoming a winter of discontent.

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"To protect the rights of minorities, women and individuals from the excesses of a potential Islamist-dominated or -brokered Egyptian...