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A convenor of a non-governmental organization of Filipinos of mostly Muslim heritage on Monday expressed that Muslim women “are largely excluded from formal peace talks.”

The sensitization workshop took place at the Kenema District Youth center along Reservation road in Kenema city. The workshop attracted 100 participants from various youth and women groups drawn from five chiefdoms including, Nongowa, Kandu Leppiama, Dama, Lower Bambara, Simbaru and Small Bo.

Human rights has been a hot topic in Afghanistan since the Taliban's near-medieval treatment of Afghan girls and women became known. Now that Afghanistan is working toward a more modern society and government, the rights of the nation's female population are moving front and center for those in charge of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan.

The media report that Egyptian authorities are preparing to talk to opposition leaders, including - potentially - the Muslim Brotherhood. But where are the women? Watching BBC TV, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera it is hard not to be struck by the prominence of women in the squares alongside the men calling for democracy. When the going got tough, right in there Tahrir square were Egyptian women doctors tending the wounded.

A convenor of a non-governmental organization of Filipinos of mostly Muslim heritage on Monday expressed that Muslim women “are largely excluded from formal peace talks.”

The National Council of Lebanese Women called Thursday for an active participation of women in the upcoming Lebanese cabinet.

Female voices rang out loud and clear during massive protests that brought down the authoritarian rule of Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.

Women in Tunisia are unique in the Arab world for enjoying near equality with men. And they are anxious to maintain their status.

In Tunis, old ladies, young girls and women in black judges robes marched down the streets demanding that the dictator leave.

If there were any doubts concerning the impact of her Presidency in the African political arena, the President's interventions at all levels of the political equation, could provide a clearer perspective of the influence the 1st elected female President of Africa continues to wield throughout Africa and beyond.

The Kurdish house in Baghdad held on Saturday an educational seminar about Iraqi women and ways to involve them in executive decisions of the Iraqi state and activists in the field of empowerment of women, under the slogan (who is responsible for the absence of women in the Iraqi government).

Rakha, an adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo, is one of many women who has participated in the recent protests in Egypt. In these demonstrations, which have already led to Mubarak agreeing not to run for re-election, women have taken an active role: promoting them, leading crowds, and providing aid to harmed protesters.