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Freedom of Expression... A Constitutional Right That Clashes with Defamation Campaigns and Targeting of Women
Although freedom of expression is a right guaranteed by the Iraqi constitution, its exercise on the ground still faces challenges and pressures, particularly for women journalists, activists, and human rights defenders.
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Iraqi Women Journalists Between Professional Pressures and Legal Protection Gaps
The experience of Iraqi women journalists reveal that press freedom is not linked to legal texts alone, but to the extent to which institutions can provide actual protection and hold accountable those behind threats and violations.
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70 Years After the Personal Status Code... Feminists Fear a Rollback of Gains
Feminists in Tunisia are fighting to protect women's gains, particularly the Personal Status Code, given its significance as an influential legislative experience in the region and Africa.
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Amna Asgari: Children’s Rights Must Become a Public Demand in Iran
"Amna Asgari, child rights activist, called for documenting violations, strengthening civil society, and demanding free quality education for Iranian children."
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Her Friend's Experience Led Her to Fight Against Child Marriage in Morocco
"Amid Morocco's Family Code revision debate, social, economic, and cultural factors perpetuate child marriage, robbing girls of education and choice."
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One Year After Ja’fari Code Asoption: Women’s Rights at Center of Debate
Since the amendment’s adoption, the Ja’fari Code has sparked widespread debate over its potential impact on the Iraqi family, particularly regarding marriage, custody, divorce, and women’s and children’s rights.
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“Khatwat Al-Nisa”: A Legal and Social Space for Defending Women’s Rights
“Khatwat Al-Nisa,” founded by a group of women lawyers in Rojava, works to raise women’s legal aearness, provide support, and contribute to establishing social and transitional justice in Syria.
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Lawyer: Women's Participation in Political Life Is an Inalienable Right and an Essential Path to Justice
Lawyer Qamar Shalghin affirms that documenting violations in As-Sweida was a crucial step toward protecting women, seeking justice, and ensuring their participation in political lfe and decision-making.
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Child Marriage in Iraq…A Childhood Reduced to a Marriage Contract and Responsibilities Beyond Age
Despite laws andagrements protecting childhood,child marriage in Iraq persists, threatening girls’ education and sagety and imposing responsibilities far beyond their age and capacity to choose.
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Syrian Children Under the Weight to Violence…Protection Absent, Crimes Without Deterrence
Noudem Shiro warns that child violations in Syria far exceed the capacity of local institutions to prevent them, amid weak protection mechanisms, limited accountability, and a lack of effective cooperation.
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Kurdish Language Rights at Center of Syria's Education Battle
As debate intensiflies over future of education in Syria,Kurds hold firm to their right to education in their mother tongue, as a foundation for protecting their identity,culture,and history, and as aguarantee of linguistic diversity in the country.
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How Does Civil Society Confront the Campaigns Targeting the Personal Status Code?
Fierce campaigns against Tunisia's Personal Status Code persist, claimed by patriarchal society to have "empowered women," making its revision an openly declared goal.
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Crimes of Violence Against Children in Syria Are Recurring... Where Is Protection and the Law?
Rising child violence in Syria demands addressing it as a societal issue with legal and psychological protection,and safe spaces for children to disclose without fear or stigma.
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Run Over by Cars,Physical and Digital Viiolece…Sudanese Women Journalists Face Targeting
Sudanese women journalists face arrest,enforced disappearance, and physical/digital vioilence amid war.The Journalists Syndicate documents violations,seeking protection,accouuntability,and justice fort them.
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Arrest of Women in Herat...Hijab as a Pretext and Escalating Violations
Concerns rise in Herat over Taliban detentions of women, including activist Khatira Jami, amid reports of mistreatment and grave violations against female detainees.
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The Roadmap to Gaza Reveals the Need for a Women's Partnership in Peacemaking
The Gaza roadmap’s success hinges on binding implementation, international guarantees,and comprehensive national participation,especially women’s representation in decision-making.
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Amid Rising Assaults…Calls for Strengthening Protection of Iraqi Women and Holding Perpetrators Accountable
A women’s rights activist has called for tightening oversight within Iraqi security institutions,holding perpetrators of violations against women accountable,enacting legislation that ensures legal protection and prevents the recurrence of such crimes.
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Two Weeks After the Flogging Incident in Sabha... The Rights Debate Continues
Sabha’s public flogging reignites debate on sentence publicity; justice must uphold dignity, equality,and prevent stigmatization, not just implement rulings.
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Is Law Sufficient to Protect Women from Obstetric Violence?
Zainab Abu Talib: Obstetric violence reveals legal gaps and evidentiary issues, requiring informed consent, dignity protection, and broader accountability.
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Violence Against Women in Egypt... Escalating Crimes and Shifting Patterns Amid Ongoing Challenges
Despite government efforts and community initiatives to curb violence against women, the phenomenon remains one of the most complex social issues, shaped by intertwined economic, cultural, and legislative factors influencing its scale and patterns.