Tag Archive for ‘women’
Completing Democracy: Women’s Rights in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya
by Lucas Bento* The beginning of the Arab Awakening was defined by a wave of protests, demonstrations and revolutions that collectively rejected autocratic rule and singularly expressed a preference for democratic governance. As democratization is an ongoing process, the emerging democratic projects in the region are currently in a state of flux. Worryingly, in the [...]
Investing in Women’s Education in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Aziz Royesh and Orzala Ashraf Nemat, Yale World Fellows
[simpleviewer gallery_id="12"] Photo Essay by Suchitra Vijayan. Images from Marefat High School, Dasti-e-barchi, Kabul, founded by Aziz Royesh for Afghan refugees in Pakistan in 1994. A Conversation with Aziz Royesh and Orzala Ashraf Nemat, Yale World Fellows Aziz Royesh and Orzala Ashraf Nemat worked close to each other in Pakistan and Afghanistan for many years as leading [...]
Rape is Not Inevitable in War
BY ELISABETH JEAN WOOD, PhD From Volume 5, Issue 2 – Spring/Summer 2010: Spotlight on Security. Analyzing wars where sexual violence is rare to help combat sexual violence in the future
