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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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FATENAH

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

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Fatenah is an animation film about a young Palestinian woman suffering from breast cancer in Gaza, is now on YouTube
part 1/3

part 2/3

part 3/3

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Health · War & Conflict · cinema · women

L’arrestation de Nagaa Hammadi

January 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment

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on est parti des jeunes Bloggers et activists Egyptiens a Naga’a Hammadi pour presenter nos condeleaonces aupres des familles des vicitimes qui on ete tue lors d’un attaque sur un Eglise le jour de Noel des copts le 7 janvier 2010
c’etait une experience dure et long [...]

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Tags: Politics · women

NewsLab aide des bloggueuses palestiniennes a monter leur blog, An Nathra

December 4th, 2009 · No Comments

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Un groupe de 10 jeunes palestiniennes ont entame une formation avec CFI et l’association palestinienne TAM pour monter leur blog, AnNathra “Le regard” en arabe. La premiere partie de la formation a eu lieu a Bethleem et s’est poursuivie debut decembre a Paris.  Hier, elles [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · Gender · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Photo · Society · Video · women

La violence contre les femmes en questions

November 29th, 2009 · No Comments

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Quelle est l’étendue de la violence contre les femmes?

La forme la plus courante de violence subie par les femmes est la violence physique infligée par le partenaire intime. En moyenne, au moins une femme sur trois est battue, victime de violence sexuelle ou autrement maltraitée [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Education · Gender · Human Rights · Society · women

Message de Ban Ki-moon à l’occasion de la journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violance cotnre les femmes

November 29th, 2009 · No Comments

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Au cours des 10 années qui se sont écoulées depuis que l’Assemblée générale a proclamé le 25 novembre Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes, le cercle de ceux qui agissent s’est élargi. De plus en plus de groupes et de [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Gender · Human Rights · Society · women

Egypt Islamists Appalled by Beyonce ‘Sex Party’

November 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her “gyrating moves” and “sexy outfits,” has brought her world tour to Egypt and more hostility. Hamdi Hassan, a lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood, has written to the [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · Youth · music · women

Action for Women – Participate!

November 5th, 2009 · No Comments

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1 woman of 5 worldwide
suffers violence,
mutilation
or rapes
do you want to tell their stories?
help us to stop
their silence
make a short film
your film will be viewed
by acclaimed directors
and could be screened
at the Venice Film Festival 2010
Action for Women needs you

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Tags: Community Development · Gender · Human Rights · Sexuality · Video · cinema · women

La condition des femmes en Orient, une conférence-débat au goût amer au 16e Salon du livre francophone de Beyrouth

October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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L’Orient des femmes n’est pas aussi reluisant que l’on pourrait le croire. La conférence-débat organisée dans le cadre du 16e Salon du livre francophone de Beyrouth a été l’occasion pour Nahida Nakad de dresser un constat effarant mais réalistes, des droits de la femme au [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · Gender · Human Rights · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Society · women

WOMEN, ACTIVISM & BLOGS

October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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One month ago I have been invited to a meeting called “Donne tra memoria e futuro” at the Prix Italia in Torino. I was asked to talk about women and new technologies. So News-Lab and also how technology can be a vehicle for women emancipation.
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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Video · women

In Mideast, marriage too can be a battlefield

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (AP) –
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The two couples had never met each other, and probably never would. They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime enemies.
But Elie Wakim and Nada Ghamloush from Lebanon, and Dimitri Stafeev and Olga Zaytseva from [...]

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Tags: Gender · Human Rights · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Politics · Religion · Society · War & Conflict · women