Summary: in the militarised world of Sisi’s Egypt women pay the heaviest of prices, with violence against girls and women endemic; one third of family households are run by women and rampant inflation and the collapse of the currency has forced them into debt and for tens of thousands into debtors prison.
Summary: in the militarised world of Sisi’s Egypt women pay the heaviest of prices, with violence against girls and women endemic; one third of family households are run by women and rampant inflation and the collapse of the currency has forced them into debt and for tens of thousands into debtors prison.
Summary: if it is the case that yet another parliamentary election produces more bickering and gridlock between the ruling family and MPs then once again Kuwaiti women will be the biggest losers.
Summary: the murder of women in Kuwait in so-called honour killings exposes a political system and a society that remains largely indifferent to gender-based violence.
Summary: Yemen’s women bear the brunt of the ongoing war yet are granted only token representation and are largely ignored in UN peace efforts, while being exploited and abused by the various Yemeni factions fighting for dominance.
Summary: battling sexism, double standards and an election system weighted against them, Kuwaiti women continue the fight for equal rights despite being shut out of parliament.
Summary: Article 153 is a law that enables the abuse and murder of women; it must be removed from Kuwait’s penal code.
Summary: The vicious killing of a young Algerian woman sheds light on a disturbing picture of domestic violence, rape and murder about which authorities appear to be doing little or nothing.
Summary: a euphemism for extra judicial killing to protect the reputation of a family. Ancient and widespread, but information other than anecdotal exceptionally hard to find.
Summary: Jordan abolishing a law allowing rapists to marry their victims. Similar changes made or under review in some other Arab states.
