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Trish Tierney, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. Heather Ramsey, Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer. Heather has dedicated her career to developing and scaling programs for women's and girls' empowerment globally. Over the last 20 years, Heather has designed and led large multi-country initiatives in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East at the intersection of women’s rights, technology, social entrepreneurship and civil society building. E-Mediat: Tools, Technology and Training.
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: A New Gender Agenda
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Thursday, August 20, 2009. A New Gender Agenda. INTERVIEW by MARK LANDLER. Q: In your confirmation hearing, you said you would put women’s issues at the core of American foreign policy. But as you know, in much of the world, gender equality is not accepted as a universal human right. How do you overcome that deep-seated cultural resistance? I happen to believe that the transformation of women’s roles is the last great impediment to universal progress — that ...Q: I̵...
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: Bahrain: Women still a target for brutality
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Bahrain: Women still a target for brutality. By Mazen Mahdi, Foreign Correspondent. Bahraini female officers take part in yesterday's graduation ceremony at the UN House in Manama. Mazen Mahdi / The National. MANAMA / Mixed assessments about the extent of discrimination and violence against women in Bahrain were offered yesterday as the country marked the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
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Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development - Links Page
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Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development. Other Online Resources Page. To suggest an online resource we should list on this page. This page provides links to other online resources of relevance to women's ICT-based enterprise for development. Http:/ www.apcwomen.org/. Part of the Association for Progressive Communications, the APC Women's Networking Support Programme is a global network of women who support women networking for social change and women's empowerment, through the use of ICTs. As a clea...
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: MENA: 2009 Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Wednesday, December 9, 2009. MENA: 2009 Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region. Http:/ www.cihrs.org/Images/ArticleFiles/Original/482.pdf. Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform. 2009 Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region. In this context it took several months for the clear winner in the parliamentary elections to form a government. Now, even after the formation of a government, the unequal military balance of power between the government and the opposition w...
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: Yemen: Islah party lacks unity and clear platform
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Friday, November 13, 2009. Yemen: Islah party lacks unity and clear platform. A volatile mix of competing factions within Yemen’s major Islamist party is preventing the group from developing a clear platform. Tribal, Muslim Brotherhood, and Salafi elements within the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah) has led to a lack of unity and hampered the party’s performance, explains Amr Hamzawy in a new paper. 8226; Since moving into the opposition, Islah, which started its ...
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia: Saudi activists renew calls for setting up women's clubs
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Saudi Arabia: Saudi activists renew calls for setting up women's clubs. Clash continues between conservative and liberal elements as doctor warns of rising obesity and heart ailments in the absence of such facilities in the country. By Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Correspondent, Gulf News. Speaking to Gulf News, they lamented that recommendations of the council were not binding to the executing authority. On his part, Abdul Rahman Al Shalash, a pro...
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: Kuwait: 'Freedom' for Kuwait women
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Kuwait: 'Freedom' for Kuwait women. Http:/ www.kuwaittimes.net/read news.php? B Izaak, Staff Writer. KUWAIT: The Constitutional Court yesterday issued a landmark ruling by abrogating an article in the 1962 passports law that banned Kuwaiti women from obtaining their own passports without the prior approval of their husbands. The ruling was triggered when a Kuwaiti woman sued her husband kept her passport and those of their three children and...
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Women's Issues in the Middle East: UAE: Women muftis by end of 2010
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Women's Issues in the Middle East. Tuesday, November 3, 2009. UAE: Women muftis by end of 2010. DUBAI / The UAE will appoint what are likely to be the world’s first state-sanctioned female muftis next year, after the Grand Mufti announced details yesterday of plans to recruit and train them. 8220;We continue to accept new applicants until we begin the training,” said Dr al Haddad. “It is already part of the 2010 budget.”. 8220;The controversy over female muftis is not necessarily over this point, but abo...
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