Algeria

North Africa: Women at forefront of legal reform

Women in North Africa have made tremendous progress in promoting and upholding their rights. Women in this region—commonly known as the Maghreb—are at the forefront of the Arab world in terms of individual rights and gender equality, and constitute models for other Arab women to follow. A number of lessons may be drawn from the inspiring experience of women in North Africa, especially in Morocco and Tunisia.

Arab world: Grassroots Politics and Women’s Activism Forum

Posted by Yusra: While in Washington, D.C., last month, I attended a forum on Muslim women’s rights titled “Women and the Politics of Change in the Middle East,” at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. It was sponsored by the Women’s Learning Partnership, an international NGO dedicated to women’s leadership and empowerment, especially in Muslim majority countries. The event was held to honor the 30^th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW). CEDAW is a U.N. treaty aimed at providing a universal framework for women’s rights.

Arab World: Women on the Move: Trends & Countertrends

You can read and download the Political Islam on Line article by Raouf Ebeid here

Bound and Gagged by the Algerian Family Code

Marieme Hélie-Lucas, writing in 1989, talks about an alarming change in the situation of women in Algeria. A ‘Family Code’ law was introduced which removed many of women’s basic human rights. She also speaks about contraception, the problem of abandoned children and the consequences for women of the insistence on virginity at marriage.

Algerian women, citizenship and the 'Family Code'

This article traces Algerian women's struggle for full citizenship after the national liberation struggle ended in 1962. The Algerian Family Code, which became law in 1984, defines women as minors under the law and as existing only in so far as they are daughters, mothers or wives.

Les femmes Algeriennes manifestent : 20 ans Barakat !

Pour la première fois, des artistes femmes venues d'Algérie et d'ailleurs chantent ensemble pour dénoncer le code de la famille promulgué en Algérie en 1984 et qui légalise l’infériorisation des femmes.

Algeria: 20 Years is Enough

In 2003, the '20 ans Barakat' campaign was initiated by the association of the same name. The aim of the Campaign was to inform and raise awareness among the people in general and women in particular about the Algerian Family Code (personal status laws).

Algérie: L’apostasie ne sera peut être plus un crime puni de mort

L’annonce a été faite hier par Me Bouchachi, président de la Ligue algérienne de défense des droits de l’Homme (Laddh), lors d’une rencontre organisée au siège national de son organisation, à Alger.

Algérie: A la mémoire des enseignantes assassinées

Dich Amina, Tounsi Aziza, Boudaoud Kheira, Bouteraa Rachida, Mehdane Zohra, Bouhend Fatima, Fliou M'hamdia, Louhab Naïma, Lenfad Hafida, Cherrid Kheira, Bouali Hanafi Sahnounia et Saber El H'bib ont été assassinées le 27 septembre 1997 a Sidi Bel Abbes.

Algerian Women Protest: 20 years is enough!

The documentary film, OUECH DEK YAL KADi (What came over you, Judge?), tells the story of women in Algeria raising their voices against the Algerian Family Code enacted on June 9, 1984.