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More than a thousand Sudanese women took to the streets on Thursday to denounce the phenomenon of rape, after the United Nations reported receiving 13 reports of sexual violence that occurre... Read more
3 women out of 8 occupied the position of Deputy Speaker of the House in Morocco Second Deputy-Speaker Khadija Zoumi Istiqlali Group of Unity and Egalitarianism Sixth Deputy-Speaker Nadia Th... Read more
In Qatar, None of the women candidates won the Shura Council elections. The vote was for 30 members out of 45, and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani appoints the remaining 15 members. The Emir o... Read more
In Tunisia: On October 11, 2021, President Kais Saied approved forming the new government with 10 women out of 26 ministries with a percentage of 38.4%. Naglaa Boden: Prime Minister Laila Ja... Read more
On October 10, 2021, Iraqi women managed to win 97 seats in the elections out of 329 members with a percentage of 29.4%, an increase of 14 seats over the quota for women. The women’s q... Read more
Amman-Jordan. The Coalition of Women MPs from Arab Countries to Combat Violence against Women, represented by its members, congratulates the Chairperson of the Coalition for assuming the pos... Read more
On October 2, 2021, the first elections for the Advisory Shura Council were held. Voters chose none of the 26 women who stood for election. The candidates’ total number is 234. The vote was... Read more
Member of the Algerian Council of the Nation, H.E. Nawara Jaafar, and Member of the People’s National Assembly, H.E. Saliha Makhref, spoke about the issues they are working on in terms... Read more
On 18/3/2021, and as part of the meeting of the Committee on the Status of Women CSW65, UN Women in Jordan, the Inter Ministerial Committee for the Empowerment of Women and the Jordanian Na... 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