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Modern Day Slavery in Qatar

Almost all of the Qatari labor force is made up of foreign workers.  They are several times more numerous than the normal citizenry.  These workers are employed under the kafala system, under which they are indentured to a Qatari sponsor.  A worker cannot leave the country or change employment, get a driver’s license, or rent […]

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Beware of the Middle East’s Fake Feminists

The true status of women in Bahrain contrasts dramatically with the image Mekhennet and the Bahraini government aim to convey. Thousands of Bahraini women continue to be victims of a state with paralyzing income inequality that has made no real moves to improve their daily reality.  Despite the characterization of Bahrain as a wealthy country, […]

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The Life of a Girl in the Developing World

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Young Women In Georgia : How They Live

Irina Kvelidze | CafeBabel As a young woman I feel compelled to talk about the situation faced by young women in my country, about how men treat women, and about my own experience as a young woman in Georgia.  In Georgia we have a lot of traditions that reduce women’s potential as a person. Men believe […]

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Al-Aswany Fires Back against ‘Stupidity’

After being driven off stage at the Arab World Institute in Paris by supporters of deposed president Morsi, Alaa Al-Aswany spoke in Cairo of the ignorance of those who have no feeling for the arts Mohammed Saad | AhramOnline In what may seem a response to the attack on his lecture in France, writer and […]

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Long Wait for Justice for Sex Assault in Egypt

Sexual violence in Egypt has reached epidemic proportions, according to human rights campaigners, but there is little hope of justice for the victims. By Orla Guerin | BBC News Sexual violence has long been a problem in Egypt, but mob assaults have increased dramatically since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The epidemic of […]

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India’s Most Dangerous Neighborhoods For Women

By Nilanjana Bhowmick  | Time In a country where a woman is sexually assaulted every three minutes, the website aims to encourage women to come forward and report incidents of sexual abuse, which are above and beyond the official estimates. The location tag allows the site — which features a tagline of “Pin the Creeps” — to […]

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Yemeni burns daughter to death for contacting fiance

TheDailyStar A Yemeni father has burned his 15-year-old daughter to death for keeping in touch with her fiance, police said, sparking further outrage in Yemen, where an eight-year girl died from internal bleeding on her wedding night a month ago. Police said a 35-year-old man had been arrested after the teenager’s death in a remote […]

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Purity Culture as Rape Culture

by Dianna E. Anderson | RH RealtyCheck In evangelical America, a woman’s potential relationships and sexual choices are of paramount importance. Relationship guides and purity pledges are a cottage industry in evangelicalism, but the influence reaches far beyond just evangelicals. During the recent government shutdown and the ongoing battle over the Affordable Care Act, we’re seeing the far-reaching effects […]

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The Last Jews of Ethiopia?

A page has been turned in the history of Jews in Ethiopia. But despite what Israel may think, the page doesn’t mark the end of the book, but merely a new, uncertain chapter. By Avi Bram | ThinkAfricaPress On 28 August, two aeroplanes carrying 450 Ethiopian migrants took off from Addis Ababa, headed for Israel. Their arrival […]

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