Miscellaneous

Seats should be reserved for women in Arab parliaments so that they can play a greater role in the political sphere, delegates at a conference said.

Amnesty International lance une campagne mondiale pour mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes.

The patriarchal notion that women’s bodies and sexuality belong not to themselves, but to their families and society, is reflected not only in customary practices, but is also sanctioned by the penal and civil codes in all of the countries in the region.