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On May 19 20 16, NWF organized a group discussion with several women and men members in the trade unions of nursing.  The purpose of the […]

NWF held a roundtable on April 13 2016 to present the findings of the first research of its kind titled “Unpaid Women’s Labor: Working for the […]

The signatories of the statement strongly condemned the vexations and violations practiced against “Nazra” for Feminist Studies culminating with the convocation of its founder and director,  […]

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has experienced major improvements in health over the past few decades. Today, on average, a girl born in Egypt […]

The Arab world needs more female leaders in the media to change cultural attitudes, says an activist. Soap operas in particular have the power to address […]

Saudi Arabia’s consultative assembly has passed a law requiring female television to wear “modest dress”, according to local media reports. Arab News, which is part of […]

Every morning Mira wakes up, changes her son’s diaper, prepares her daughter for school and makes coffee for her husband. It seems like the typical Lebanese […]

A great debate has been raging over whether the so-called Arab Spring has been good or bad for the women of the region. Some argue that […]

It is a common assumption in the U.S. that Muslim women are oppressed, and that their religion forces them to cover their bodies and even their […]

Algeria’s parliament passed a law Thursday 5th March criminalising domestic violence against women in a vote harshly criticised by conservatives as intruding on the intimacy of […]

As the societies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) undertake the difficult process of enacting social and political change, the unequal status of women […]