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| Feb 27, 2020 |
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| Saudi Arabia launches women's football league |
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| Feb 1, 2020 |
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| With a knock on the door, Egypt aims to turn families greener |
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| Jan 30, 2020 |
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| Lebanon: Prosecutor refuses to file homosexuality charges |
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| Dec 2, 2019 |
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| HIV campaign tackles sex taboos in S.Sudan |
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| Nov 14, 2019 |
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| LGBTQ, women’s rights part of uprising conversation |
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| Oct 28, 2019 |
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| WhatsApp: Essential but controversial tool in Mideast |
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| Oct 17, 2019 |
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| Child marriage a stunting development |
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| Oct 7, 2019 |
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| Saudi Arabia allows unmarried foreign couples to rent hotel rooms |
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| Sep 24, 2019 |
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| For Kurdish Iraqi women entrepreneurs, persistence pays off |
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| Regional campaign aims to stop violence against women |
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| Aug 21, 2019 |
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| Journalists protest financial difficulties in Lebanon |
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| Aug 16, 2019 |
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| Harassed Moroccan women shun beach for new Rabat pool |
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| Aug 2, 2019 |
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| Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male 'guardian' approval |
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| Jul 31, 2019 |
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| Parliament to discuss women’s rights plans |
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| Jul 24, 2019 |
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| Toward a culture of volunteering |
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| Jul 19, 2019 |
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| NGOs voice fears of increased scrutiny |
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| Jul 12, 2019 |
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| Emotional agility training for Syrian women refugees |
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| Jul 5, 2019 |
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| Civil marriage stalled at Interior Ministry: newlyweds |
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| Jun 28, 2019 |
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| Children of Lebanese mothers exempted from work permits |
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| Jun 21, 2019 |
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| Activists take hard line on nationality law proposals |
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| Netflix's first Arabic original sparks backlash on home turf |
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| Jun 12, 2019 |
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| New nationality law proposal finds support despite criticisms |
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| May 25, 2019 |
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| Achieving gender equality in elections |
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| Disability NGOs threaten to strike, close if govt doesn’t pay up |
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| NCLW launches legal database on women |
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| Workshop a model for sustainability |
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| May 23, 2019 |
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| Lebanon: NGOs sued over Litani pollution crackdown |
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| May 21, 2019 |
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| Lebanon’s kafala system explained |
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| May 18, 2019 |
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| Debate rumbles over plans for anti-sexual harassment law |
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| May 14, 2019 |
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| Women pick up threads of shattered lives in Mosul |
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| HRW calls for probe into detainee’s death |
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| May 11, 2019 |
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| Rage in Egypt as Christian women told to cover up |
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| Apr 26, 2019 |
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| Yazidis to accept children of Daesh rape into community |
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| Ministry ends contracts with 20 social care NGOs |
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| Amnesty International slams Lebanon’s kafala system |
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| Apr 19, 2019 |
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| LGBTQ protections progressing in courts – not Parliament |
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| NGO launches contract annex for domestic workers |
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| Apr 17, 2019 |
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| UN rights reporting process gets started |
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| Apr 12, 2019 |
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| No easy solutions at Waste Management Expo |
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| Apr 9, 2019 |
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| Jordan raises 'exceptional' marriage age from 15 to 16 |
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| Apr 2, 2019 |
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| Racing toward gender equality |
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| Mar 26, 2019 |
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| Women protest personal status laws outside Parliament |
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| Mar 23, 2019 |
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| Mentoring program aims to empower rural Lebanese female entrepreneurs |
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| Mar 21, 2019 |
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| Municipalities swap stories of social stability programs |
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| MPs in ‘heated discussion’ on child marriage |
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| Govt urged to pay special needs NGO |
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| Mar 19, 2019 |
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| Hundreds protest citizenship law |
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| Mar 15, 2019 |
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| More abused women seek help: NGO |
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| USAID launches $80M project for vulnerable Lebanese communities |
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| Grassroots work key to preventing violent extremism |
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| Mar 13, 2019 |
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| Women’s participation in research lagging |
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| Mar 11, 2019 |
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| Hundreds march to mark women’s day |
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| Mar 7, 2019 |
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| Women in Lebanon: Unreached potential for growth |
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| Mar 6, 2019 |
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| Evolving perspectives on women and security |
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| Mar 5, 2019 |
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| Egypt’s top sheikh calls polygamy ‘injustice,’ draws debate |
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| "She said she'd blow herself up first": Hope dims on Yazidis |
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| Disability NGOs cashless for a year |
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| Hundreds march in Beirut against child marriage |
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| Activists: Media laws to get needed reform |
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| Feb 28, 2019 |
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| Women candidates report violence, assault |
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| Lebanese think country going in wrong direction: survey |
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| Feb 25, 2019 |
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| For civil marriage: Protesters call for option on home soil |
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| NGO launches competition to fight celebratory, random gunfire |
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| Feb 19, 2019 |
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| Lebanese named 2019 female science laureate |
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| Hassan in hot water for civil marriage support |
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| Feb 13, 2019 |
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| Lawmaker who changed Jordan's rape law takes on child marriage |
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| Feb 12, 2019 |
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| Lebanese Rights group complains to U.N. over LGBT crackdown |
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| Feb 9, 2019 |
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| Eleven-year-old boy found hanged in refugee camp |
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| Italian, Lebanese organizations launch prison project to protect vulnerable inmates |
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| Feb 8, 2019 |
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| Data sheds light on perceptions of women in Lebanese politics |
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| Feb 7, 2019 |
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| Women MPs from region talk quotas, barriers |
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| Feb 5, 2019 |
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| Saudi Arabia to address abuse of male guardianship system |
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| After surviving Daesh, Yazidi women ask to go home |
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| Committee talks domestic violence law |
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| Feb 4, 2019 |
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| Pope in historic visit to UAE to highlight religious freedom |
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| Feb 2, 2019 |
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| Catholicism in the Arabian Peninsula countries |
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| State ministry name changed after outcry |
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| The problem with labels: The women’s ministry controversy |
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| Feb 1, 2019 |
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| Mixed-faith marriage as a way of life in Dubai |
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| Memorandum to increase women's political participation signed |
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| Jan 31, 2019 |
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| ‘Backpack’ helps refugees safeguard academic records |
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| Jan 30, 2019 |
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| Local initiatives help fight bullying in Egypt’s schools |
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| Jan 29, 2019 |
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| Outrage as UAE gives all its 'gender balance' awards to men |
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| Egypt 'pardons Briton' jailed for smuggling painkillers |
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| Pressure forces LGBTQ events out |
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| Jan 26, 2019 |
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| 20 inmates in Lebanese prison released after UAE pays off bail, unpaid fines |
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| Turning rhetoric about gender equality into action with data |
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| Jan 25, 2019 |
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| Workshops say ‘NO’ to violence on social media |
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| Right time for more research from Lebanon: NGO chief |
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| Jan 24, 2019 |
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| Finland pledges $4.2M to kids in Lebanon |
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| Jan 23, 2019 |
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| Boosting women’s economic empowerment |
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| Jan 21, 2019 |
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| Lebanon: Demonstrators decry worsening living conditions |
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| Single female voice at Arab summit says it was ‘strange’ |
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| Promises, skepticism at women’s empowerment conference |
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| Lebanon: Religious courts, international law clash in custody case |
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| Jan 16, 2019 |
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| Women’s commission signs memos on gender equality |
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| Lebanese NGOs find new ways to raise money |
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| Jan 14, 2019 |
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| Egypt university expels female student for hugging male friend |
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| Student campaign against migrant abuse honored |
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| Jan 11, 2019 |
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| Thai police: Canada, Australia willing to accept Saudi woman |
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| Lebanon: Amendments to Law 293 to be examined |
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| Dec 20, 2018 |
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| Taking action to solve the water crisis in Beirut |
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| Dec 13, 2018 |
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| Relentless attempts to end wartime sexual violence |
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| Dec 10, 2018 |
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| Adultery law favors men: activists |
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| Women to get equal representation on UAE advisory council |
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| Child marriage is a women, peace, security concern |
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| Dec 4, 2018 |
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| We can still save the Litani River |
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| Ending the death machine that is femicide |
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| Nov 9, 2018 |
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| Experts start campaign against gay ‘conversion therapy’ |
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| Oct 16, 2018 |
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| Lebanon: Future plans new nationality law |
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| Oct 3, 2018 |
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| Activists: Officials tried to shut gender conference |
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| Oct 1, 2018 |
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| Examining the global cost of domestic violence |
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| The tough task of normalizing and legalizing abortion |
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| Sep 24, 2018 |
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| Drawing lines on freedom of speech |
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| Sep 19, 2018 |
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| Majority of Lebanese oppose child marriage, favor law forbidding the practice: study |
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| Aug 29, 2018 |
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| Al-Azhar: All sexual harassment forbidden |
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| Aug 8, 2018 |
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| Couples in Tunisia unable to wed despite law change |
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| Jun 27, 2018 |
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| NGOs, activists welcome move on drug rehab option |
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| Saudis tackle driving onslaught of sexism |
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| Jun 25, 2018 |
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| Saudi women take the wheel as long-standing driving ban ends |
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| Lebanon: Hundreds demand women’s right to pass on nationality |
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| Jun 19, 2018 |
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| The Asia-Pacific gender-parity imperative |
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| Greener, greater cities; a call for effective action |
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| Jun 5, 2018 |
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| First group of Saudi women receive driving licenses |
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| Apr 27, 2018 |
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| Morocco struggles to curb rise in underage marriages |
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| Apr 25, 2018 |
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| National Day for Students with Learning Difficulties |
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| Apr 3, 2018 |
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| Saudi Arabia outlaws spying on spouse's phone |
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| Mar 26, 2018 |
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| Open classrooms to children with disabilities |
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| Mar 22, 2018 |
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| Lebanon: Activists reject Bassil proposal for passing on nationality |
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| Mar 17, 2018 |
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| My right for my vote: Women’s rally gets political |
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| To the U.N. Commissionon the Status of Women |
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| Mar 12, 2018 |
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| March: The Lebanese women’s month |
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| Mar 8, 2018 |
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| Working for women in Lebanon but still more to be done |
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| The business case for working toward gender equality |
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| Equal pay – the next stage of women’s emancipation? |
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| The game needs your skin |
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| Feb 19, 2018 |
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| Saudi women can now open businesses without male permission |
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| Feb 16, 2018 |
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| Muslims can celebrate Valentine's Day: Saudi Arabian religious leader |
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| Apr 8, 2017 |
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| Lebanon: Parties seek to amend domestic violence law |
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| Aug 17, 2015 |
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| Syria: Human Rights Activist Yara Badr honoured for her work |
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| Jul 28, 2015 |
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| Progress in women’s empowerment stalled by regional crises |
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| Jun 22, 2015 |
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| Jolie decries ‘explosion of suffering’ after visiting refugees in Turkey |
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| Mar 5, 2015 |
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| GNRD-Amman interviewed Dr. Suleiman Sweiss on Human Rights and Development By Sulaiman Sweiss |
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| Mar 2, 2015 |
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| Could Lebanon’s activists follow in Greek footsteps? |
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| Nov 10, 2014 |
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| Aleppo girl stars in YouTube show on war |
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| Mar 8, 2014 |
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| Equality and justice in the courtroom |
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| Female activist says secret to success is time management |
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| Jan 30, 2014 |
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| Artist behind iconic Syria banners shot |
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| Jan 29, 2014 |
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| Ill woman abandoned by employers |
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| Female activist’s road from prison to Geneva |
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| Oct 10, 2013 |
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| Emad Siyam R.I.P |
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| Saudi women in top council want debate on driving |
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| Sep 10, 2013 |
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| App developer hopes to provide Way to Safety |
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| Sep 2, 2013 |
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| البعد السوري يضيف زخماً إلى ليالي الحظر وأمسيات الحشد |
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| May 31, 2013 |
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| Alliance: 43 women have registered for Lebanon elections |
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| May 21, 2013 |
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| Lebanon’s women are absent from public discourse |
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| Jan 11, 2013 |
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| Women’s group demands role in electoral debate |
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| Dec 17, 2012 |
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| The Scream: Yemeni women make their voices heard |
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| Dec 12, 2012 |
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| Campaigners raise domestic violence issues |
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| Dec 10, 2012 |
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| In Yemen trading girls is economical |
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| Nov 28, 2012 |
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| Women rights campaign tackles gender roles |
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| Nov 23, 2012 |
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| Lebanon to introduce biometric passports |
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| Nov 13, 2012 |
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| Lebanese activists to enter politics |
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| Nov 5, 2012 |
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| Apathy not on the agenda for Lebanese youth |
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| Oct 13, 2012 |
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| Advertisement mocking Chidiac sparks outrage |
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| Calls mount for female political representation |
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| Oct 10, 2012 |
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| U.N. and Arab Women TV launch new program |
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| MEA fires female employee involved in racist incident |
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| Sep 21, 2012 |
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| Women leaders meet to tackle gender inequality |
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| Sep 20, 2012 |
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| Activists say they were beaten by security forces |
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| Sep 11, 2012 |
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| Seven women elected to Druze Spiritual Council |
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| Sep 3, 2012 |
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| Hijab makes first foray into Egypt state television |
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| Aug 14, 2012 |
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| Social drama ‘The Team’ confronts sectarianism |
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| Jul 12, 2012 |
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| Palestinian women battle to break into business |
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| May 31, 2012 |
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| Egyptian women’s rights on the backburner |
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| May 24, 2012 |
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| The tales of 1001 nights in a Lebanese women’s prison |
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| May 18, 2012 |
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| Tourism Ministry bans discrimination at beaches |
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| Goals of National Strategy for Women |
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| Arab women gather to discuss activism amid popular upheavals |
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| May 8, 2012 |
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| The march for secularism |
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| May 7, 2012 |
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| Laique Pride marches for secularism, women's rights |
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| May 4, 2012 |
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| SKeyes: 1 journalist dies every 12 days in Levant |
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| Lebanon rates poorly in report on media |
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| May 2, 2012 |
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| People voice grievances on Labor Ministry's hacked website |
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| Apr 3, 2012 |
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| Egypt revolution graffiti brings down barricades |
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| Apr 2, 2012 |
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| Ain’t that a bitch? |
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| Mar 1, 2012 |
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| LF threatens to pull MP from domestic violence subcommittee |
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| From the palace to the protest |
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| Feb 20, 2012 |
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| Lebanese demonstrate for legal protection against domestic violence |
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| UAE grants citizenship to 1,117 'foreign' children |
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| Jan 25, 2012 |
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| Women and the revolution |
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| Jan 17, 2012 |
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| Political Islam, women’s rights on the table at ESCWA talks |
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| Jan 16, 2012 |
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| Hundreds of Lebanese men and women march against rape |
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| Jan 15, 2012 |
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| The Revolution Will Be Blogged |
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| Jan 11, 2012 |
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| Partisan politics migrates to Twitter |
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| New Arab Woman Forum takes on Arab Spring |
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| Dec 19, 2011 |
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| Arab artists, intellectuals call for confronting censorship |
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| Dec 17, 2011 |
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| Conference participants tackle censorship issues in the Levant Censorship |
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| Dec 16, 2011 |
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| AUB prepares to release report into allegations of corruption |
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| Dec 10, 2011 |
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| Conference highlights domestic violence issue |
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| Activists see little progress on human rights in Lebanon |
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| Dec 5, 2011 |
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| MPs, NGOs clash over marital rape terminology |
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| Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Watchdog urges care with fielding female journalists after Cairo assault |
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| The marriage exception |
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| The women of Tahrir Square |
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| Nov 24, 2011 |
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| Rights group slams removal of marital rape clause from law |
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| Nude awakening |
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| Nov 18, 2011 |
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| Nude female blogger sparks Egypt outrage |
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| Nov 13, 2011 |
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| Reform group calls for adoption of expat vote law |
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| Nov 10, 2011 |
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| Politicians tweet into microblogging arena |
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| Oct 26, 2011 |
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| Media professionals warn against Internet censorship |
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| Electoral districts and PR voting at the forefront in Lebanon |
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| Oct 25, 2011 |
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| Social media: the new school for Bahrainis |
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| Charbel’s electoral law |
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| Oct 21, 2011 |
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| Saudi and Chicago women are on the same wavelength |
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| Women’s rights activists set to wage new campaign |
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| 59 percent of Lebanese favor system of proportional representation |
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| Oct 20, 2011 |
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| Egyptian film needs more stories about women |
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| Al-Jazira et le soutien du Qatar au printemps arabe |
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| Oct 18, 2011 |
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| Men join the fight for women’s rights |
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| Oct 17, 2011 |
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| Arab Spring finds way into classroom discussions |
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| Oct 12, 2011 |
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| Lebanese Civil Gathering prepares for its launch |
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| Oct 11, 2011 |
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| Workshop calls for abolition of capital punishment in Lebanon |
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| Charbel presents draft electoral law |
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| Oct 7, 2011 |
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| Christian gathering to address Arab Spring |
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| Bloggers inspire change beyond Arab Spring |
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| Oct 3, 2011 |
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| Arab Spring bloggers to meet in Tunis |
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| Sep 28, 2011 |
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| Why don’t women fight back? |
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| HRW urges Jordan to protect migrant workers |
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| Sep 27, 2011 |
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| Reform groups rally in favor of proportional representation following stall in negotiations |
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| Sep 24, 2011 |
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| Christian leaders fail to agree on electoral reform |
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| Sep 19, 2011 |
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| Interior minister promises series of reforms |
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| Activism at the click of a button |
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| Sep 16, 2011 |
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| USAID promises to empower civil society groups |
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| Sep 14, 2011 |
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| Saudi tycoon to launch news channel in 2012 |
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| Women volunteers proudly do their bit for Libya revolution |
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| Sep 13, 2011 |
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| Charbel: Electoral law nearly drafted |
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| Sep 7, 2011 |
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| Civil marriages on the rise amongst Lebanese |
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| Sep 3, 2011 |
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| Ban Ki-moon invites Lebanese for Q&A session |
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| Aug 26, 2011 |
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| Diaspora voting may be feasible in 2013 |
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| Aug 22, 2011 |
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| Slim chance for key reform in 2013 election law |
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| Aug 17, 2011 |
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| Reform campaign urges proportional representation |
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| Aug 10, 2011 |
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| House to receive new electoral law in September |
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| Aug 4, 2011 |
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| Women’s Council defends draft law to criminalize domestic violence |
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| Activists demand further prison reforms |
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| Jul 28, 2011 |
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| Activists lobby to change nationality law |
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| Jul 27, 2011 |
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| Committee studies draft laws to help Lebanese women in workplace |
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| Egypt women demand equal rights in new charter |
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| Women US senators press Saudi king on driving ban |
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| Jul 26, 2011 |
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| Sleiman voices support for civil personal status laws |
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| Jul 22, 2011 |
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| Election reform NGO furious at its exclusion |
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| Egypt women work to protect rights from Islamist groups |
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| Jul 21, 2011 |
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| Diaspora discusses ties, weapons and votes in next election |
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| Electoral reform group warns of slow progress |
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| Jul 20, 2011 |
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| The Syrian revolution in sketches |
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| Jul 8, 2011 |
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| Lebanon gets failing grade on MDGs |
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| HRW urges Parliament pass domestic violence bill |
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| HRW urges acceptance of women’s rights draft law |
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| Jul 7, 2011 |
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| He loves her but he hits her ! |
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| ‘No God’ film angers Salafists and incites secular tensions in Tunis |
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| Jul 6, 2011 |
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| Study: Nonregistered Palestinian refugees are impoverished, marginalized and vulnerable |
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| Jun 24, 2011 |
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| U.N. sets example with law on domestic workers |
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| Qabbani rejects draft law against domestic violence as Western idea !! |
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| Jun 22, 2011 |
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| Most physical abuse of women occurs at home, report shows |
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| Media key to empowering women: experts |
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| Jun 16, 2011 |
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| Activist highlights women’s rights in Islam |
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| Jun 14, 2011 |
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| Activists: New Lebanese Cabinet is a step back for women’s rights and gender equality |
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| Jun 9, 2011 |
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| In Saudi Arabia, Lingerie Reveals All |
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| Lebanon tweets above its regional weight |
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| Raghida Dergham on risks, motherhood and Arab Spring |
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| Jun 8, 2011 |
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| Lebanon: Electoral draft law fields radical reforms |
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| Jun 4, 2011 |
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| The woes of a Lebanese woman who chose to marry a foreigner |
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| May 25, 2011 |
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| Syria's cyberdissidents fight from abroad |
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| Activists push for Saudi woman driver’s release |
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| May 23, 2011 |
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| Saudi woman arrested for challenging driving ban |
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| May 21, 2011 |
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| Parliamentary committees approve measures to further female equality |
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| May 19, 2011 |
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| Water shortages worst in Middle East and Africa, study shows |
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| May 17, 2011 |
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| Laique demonstrators call for secular state |
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| May 12, 2011 |
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| Restless UAE youth question high cost of political silence |
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| May 11, 2011 |
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| A Gay Girl in Damascus: Lesbian Blogger Becomes Syrian Hero |
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| May 6, 2011 |
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| Media heroes |
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| Press suffers from politics, lack of legal protection |
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| May 5, 2011 |
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| Laws to protect migrant workers close: Philippines ambassador |
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| May 4, 2011 |
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| Syria and the media: It's complicated |
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| Libya's unshackled youth find voice in media |
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| May 3, 2011 |
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| Activists protest against demolition of Beirut buildings |
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| Lebanon tops the Arab world in levels of press freedom |
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| Migrant workers take to Beirut streets to decry poor treatment |
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| May 2, 2011 |
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| Kadhafi caricature flourishes in rebel capital |
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