Empowerment

Women’s inheritance and property rights (Panel 1) 

Countering the use of culture to dispossess women through the cultural legitimation of women's rights

8 Feb 2011: 12.30 – 15.30. 

The multi-country network on Women's Inheritance and Property Rights (WIPR) is organising three panels at the WSF. This network is part of the three-year programme Women Reclaiming and Re-defining Culture, coordinated by Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) and the Institute for Women’s Empowerment (IWE). 

تفزع الحكومات العربية والحكومات خارج الوطن العربى (خاصة الحكومة الأمريكية الإسرائيلية) من ثورة تونس الحالية أو أى ثورة شعبية أخرى، هذه الحكومات (المتعاونة داخليا وخارجيا) المتمرسة فى عمل انقلاب ضد الشعوب- تفهم لغة الانقلابات والمؤامرات فهما علميا محكما، لكنها تصاب بالفزع والتخبط والجهل فى مواجهة ثورة يقودها الشعب بنفسه، كما حدث فى تونس هذا الشهر الأول من عام ٢٠١١. سوف تنجح ثورة تونس رغم كل المناورات والتآمرات من داخل الوطن العربى وخارجه، سوف تنجح هذه الثورة الشعبية لأنها تشمل النساء والرجال والشباب والأطفال، وتلاميذ المدارس الابتدائية إلى الجامعة، لأنها ثورة قام بها الشعب التونسى رافعا شعارات الحرية، الكرامة، العدالة.. شعارات تشمل القيم الإنسانية.

For more than two decades, Mubarak's regime tried to change the structure of Egyptian society through the creation of a class that is loyal to it and benefited from its gains. These gains appeared to flow from Hosni Mubarak’s continuing presidency and his son Gamal’s eventual take-over. The regime put an emphasis on establishing private schools and universities which taught international curriculums, as well as opening the doors for international corporations at which the graduates of these schools and universities would be offered lucrative jobs. It also built luxury malls and attractions; this new class was intended to spend its entire income on imported goods and social diversions.

Ce 29 janvier 2010, à l'initiative de:
·L'Association tunisienne des femmes démocrates (ATFD).
· L'Association des femmes tunisiennes pour la recherche et le développement
· Le Collectif Maghreb-Egalité. La commission femmes de l'Union générale tunisienne du travail (UGTT)
· La commission femmes de la Ligue tunisienne de défense des droits de l'homme (LTDH).
de15 heures à 18 heures,Tunis, avenue Habib-Bourguiba, statut Ibn-Khaldoun
Je t'aime mon peuple

Female voices rang out loud and clear during massive protests that brought down the authoritarian rule of Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. Women in Tunisia are unique in the Arab world for enjoying near equality with men. And they are anxious to maintain their status. In Tunis, old ladies, young girls and women in black judges robes marched down the streets demanding that the dictator leave. Hardly anyone wears the Muslim headscarf in the capital, and women seem to be everywhere, taking part in everything, alongside men.

In the winter 2011 issue of the WLUML newsletter, we feature an article on blasphemy laws and women’s rights in Pakistan, following the death sentence of a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, for blasphemy in November 2010 – the first conviction of its kind for a woman. We also interview Iranian activist and WLUML networker, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, who won the 2010 Johann Philipp Palm Prize for defending freedom of expression and freedom of the press, on how she is continuing her activism work outside of Iran. 

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