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Normalizing The Abnormal When it comes to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Arab countries that ratified this did so with qualifications. But now, Tunisia has just withdrawn all such reservations, making it the first Arab country to grant equal rights to men and women under CEDAW. With Reservations It is [...] Fear Of Increase In Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) The Indonesian Ministry of Health’s regulation issued in November last year on female circumcision continues to attract criticism. The most recent one is that there might be an increase in cases of FGM/C. Dr Junralis Uddin, a medical graduate and lecturer at Yarsi Univeristy in Jakarta, fears that the [...] Countries Oppressing Women May Take Seats Because of its donations, Saudi Arabia is guaranteed of a seat on the 41-nation board of the newly instituted UN Women agency. The formation of the UN Women agency is one of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s top priorities. Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will head the UN Women agency [...] Saudi activist Wajeha al-Huweidar’s once said: “All Arab regimes are members of the United Nations and have ratified the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, granting justice and equality, duties and rights to all human beings. However in our male chauvinist countries, women are considered a private property of the family. In all Arab countries, without [...] |
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