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Women involved in elections in Palestine

Women and Electoral Politics in Palestine: A Revolution in the Making?

The West Bank, and Palestine as a whole, faces a broken political system, rife with problems of representation and corruption. But addressing the issue of women in politics has the potential to revolutionize the way that politics are conducted overall.

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Syrian women and their children flee the violence in the northwestern city of Sermin

Syrian Refugees and “Marriages of Convenience”

Marriages of convenience, or even forced marriages, can thrive, essentially undetected, as those fleeing across the border are “integrated” into Syrian society, and into homes and pre-existing structures

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Syrian Activist Rodaina Eessa with her sister

Syria: Women Combat an Oppressive Regime Online, On the Ground, and Sometimes Armed

Syria’s media war is being waged with gory images from the ground. But preconceived notions about subservient Middle Eastern women could lead the world to assume that there have been no women active on the ground in Syria. This is simply not true: we’re just not looking hard enough.