April 07, 2011 (Organization of American States)
A panel of experts on the subject of women and security argued today at the Organization of American States (OAS) in favor of incorporating the gender perspective in the search for solutions to the problems of public security faced by countries of the hemisphere, and urged greater participation by women in the elaboration of public policies that support citizen security.
April 07, 2011 (Women's Views on News)
Israeli troops stormed a village near near Nablus early Thursday, arresting more than 100 women as they hunted the killers of an Israeli family, local officials said.
April 07, 2011 (CNN)
The intentional, calculated use of rape as a strategy of oppression is for some a favored way to stigmatize and demoralize not merely the victim, but entire families and communities.
April 06, 2011 (Global Arab Network)
On 20 March, the day before the Mother's Day holiday in Lebanon, 30,000 people of all ages took the streets of Beirut chanting slogans and demanding the abolition of the country's confessional system. This was the latest in a series of demonstrations that began on 27 February with 3,000 young people committed to demonstrating each Sunday for a secular Lebanon that guarantees equal rights for all its citizens.
March 29, 2011 (The New York Times)
“I am a woman, a Socialist, divorced and agnostic,” the new defense minister told the generals of her Roman Catholic country. “But we will work together very well.”
March 28, 2011 (Forbes)
Women-led philanthropic organizations are finding effective ways of investing in the world's female population
March 27, 2011 (The Guardian)
Anti-violence measures have been agreed but the safety and rights of women and girls are not protected on the ground
March 25, 2011 (The National)
In a bare, shabby side room in Benghazi's central courthouse, the hub of pro-democracy Libyan operations, Salwa Bugaighis talks animatedly, hardly flinching as gunshots ring out from the raucous crowds outside. They, like her, are in a mood that veers between celebration and defiance to anxiety. They flood the area of the seafront, which is littered with boards displaying caricatures of the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and stalls selling souvenirs since the eastern part of the country was liberated on February 20.
March 24, 2011 (Women's eNews)
In the third and latest major demonstration in Lebanon, protesters of the sectarian or "confessional" system took special aim at religious family laws that prevent civil marriages and discriminate against women in various ways.
March 21, 2011 (The Jerusalem Post)
As Arab women's rights movement grows, most reject Western ideas but seek formula that blends with Islamic faith.
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