"Gender Agenda 2012 - Across the MENA Region"
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What will be the consequences of the Arab Spring for the position of women? From this unique perspective, the Hague based Gender Concerns International monitored the elections in Tunisia and Morocco last year. It was the first time that free elections were monitored from a gender perspective.
Read MoreConclusion of Final Report GEM Mission Morocco
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Gender Concerns International has completed its final report on the GEM Mission which took place in Morocco on the occasion of the November 25th Parliamentary Elections.
Read MorePresidential Election in Yemen postponed?
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The foreign minister of Yemen said that the planned presidential election of February 21st might have to be delayed. The U.N.-backed transition plan designed to end months of unrest in the country, scheduling the election a year before its planned date, will now be delayed.
Read More15 year old Afghan girl tortured for several months by her in-laws to force her into prostitution.
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15 year old Afghan girl tortured for several months by her in-laws to force her into prostitution. Sahar Gul (15) was married off to a 30-year-old man around seven months ago, in Baghlan province when she was just 14 years old. Her parents contacted the police after not being able to see her for several months. According to Baghlan police official Jawid Basharat, Sahar Gul was rescued from a dark, windowless room in her in-laws' house.
Read MoreOnly One Woman Appointed Minister in the Newly-Formed Moroccan Government
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Bassima Hakkaoui was appointed yesterday at the Social and Women's Affairs Ministry as the only woman in the 31-member cabinet. "This is a step back" declared Khadija Riyadi, president of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights.
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