Equal inheritance for daughters is key to Tunisian women’s empowerment
t was to be expected. The speech given by the Tunisian president on Women’s Day in August of this year, marking the 1956 anniversary of the Code of Personal Status,...
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Europe rights chief warns Italy on Libya migrant interception and...
The Council of Europe [official website] published a letter [text] Wednesday in which Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks [official website] asked the government of Italy to explain why the Italian navy dispatched ships to the coast...
OECD: Laws Discriminating Against Women Cost Mideast, North Africa Billions...
Women in the Middle East and North Africa are better educated than ever before, but legal and social barriers are hampering their access to jobs and careers, costing the region...
Arab coalition on blacklist of countries that commit abuses against...
Many people are persuaded that the United Nations has a key role to play in maintaining peace and in making the world less bad and less shaken, especially in the...
School dropouts in Tunisia’s marginalised border regions
Border communities in Tunisia appear to be facing a phenomenon of high rates of dropouts from school, according to local civil society organisations. Rates are as high as double the...
Tophet at Carthage: An ancient burial ground believed to be...
Tophets are at the center of one of the most contentious archaeological debates surrounding the region of northern Africa that was once part of the ancient Carthaginian Empire. The enigmatic...
Mainstreaming migration for poverty reduction –in diverse country contexts
I recently visited a number of countries on a monitoring mission for the joint IOM-UNDP Global Project on Mainstreaming Migration in National Development Strategies. Funded by Switzerland, this project is implemented...
Nostalgia for the present in Tunis’s belle-époque downtown
Dusty light filters through dirt-smeared windows in a hammam apparently frozen in time. Upstairs are the apartments of the family who owned it, redolent in faded, turn-of-the-century drapings. Carved, wooden,...
Angela Merkel: You deserve being a prominent leader despite pain
Angela Merkel is set for a fourth term as Germany’s chancellor after her centre right CDU/CSU won a projected 33% of the vote in federal elections, making it the largest...
THE POWER OF HAVING FUN
How Meaningful Breaks Can Help You Get More Done Fun should be a top priority. It shouldn’t be relegated to the bottom drawer, the one you open only when all the...
