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Algeria

Algeria has a population estimated at 34.9 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 2.4 million sq km (919,595 sq miles) The capital is Algiers. The major languages are Arabic, French, Berber.

  • Algeria ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on May 22, 1996
  • Algeria does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
  • Algeria does not have UN peacekeeping mandate

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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  • May 16, 2012 (UN News Centre)
    ALGERIA: Increase of Women in Parliament is a Step Towards Gender Equity in Algeria The head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality today welcomed the increase in women's representation in Algeria's new parliament as a result of elections held last week, and stressed that it represented a step towards democratic reform and gender equality.
  • March 11, 2012 (Al Akhbar English)
    ALGERIA: All-Women List to Challenge Male Domination of Politics The fielding of an all-women slate of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections could start a trend in a country where women remain grossly underrepresented in political life.
  • September 15, 2011 (Magherebia )
    ALGERIA: Algeria raises female candidate quotas The next generation of Algeria's elected bodies will include more women than before. A new law, which establishes a quota for female candidates, will come into force with the 2012 parliamentary vote.From now on, any list of candidates for legislative elections or elections to wilayas and communal assemblies must include a one-third proportion of women candidates. Failure to abide by the rules will result in the list being rejected.
  • April 27, 2011 (World Tribune)
    ALGERIA: Ex-CIA Chief In Algeria Sentenced To Five Years For Rape The former CIA chief in Algeria has been sentenced to jail for raping an Arab woman.
  • March 18, 2011 (Women's eNews)
    ALGERIA: Algerian Women Test the 'Arab Spring' Winds To appease "Arab spring" protesters, Algeria lifted a 1991 law that banned public assembly, but a longstanding women's vigil for the country's "disappeared" complains it doesn't help them. Other political women debate the effects.

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  • Muslim Lawyer Defends Women's Rights, Nasr Eddine Lezzar (Asia News), March, 2011
  • Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa 2010, Freedom House, March 3, 2010 | Download PDF
  • Gender, Conflict and Development Volume II: Case studies: Cambodia; Rwanda; Kosovo; Algeria; Somalia; Guatemala and Eritrea, Bridget Byrne, Rachel Marcus and Tanya Powers-Stevens, Revised July 1996 | Download PDF

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Amnesty International

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

Security Council Resolution 1325 Translations


 

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