As Libya heads towards national elections on December 24, 2021, to ensure free, fair and inclusive elections, the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace stresses the need for a comprehensive appr... Read more
On March 18, 2021 The Women and Children Parliamentary Committee agreed to “impose a penalty on those who neglect to report crimes of domestic violence.” The Woman and Child Comm... Read more
On March 18, 2021, the Youth, Cultural Affairs, Education and Scientific Research Committee informs all relevant associations and civil society organizations wishing to express their opinion... Read more
On March 3, 2021, The Council of Ministers has set up a supreme committee to oversee women’s participation in the upcoming House of Representatives elections. According to the decision... Read more
On January 20, 2021, the Council of Ministers approved a bill that would increase penalties for the crime of female genital mutilation. the new amendments impose harsher penalties for the cr... Read more
In order to ensure more protection for victims of domestic violence and their children, the Parliament in the Republic of Lebanon approved on 21/12/2020, a number of amendments to Law 293/20... Read more
For the first time in Egyptian parliamentary history: A woman presides over the first session of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, the first session of the ne... Read more
28/11/2020 Saudi Arabia has appointed Dima Al Yahya as Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization, which was launched by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Pakistan, to... Read more
The Egyptian Coalition for Human Rights and Development (ECHRD) and the Dialogue Forum Foundation released a report entitled “Women’s Participation in Parliament” which showed that wom... Read more
According to the Solidarity is a global Institute for Women, three out of five female candidates believe that campaign slogans include stereotypical images of women. 32% of women candidates... Read more