Middle East and North Africa
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NGOWG MAP Recommendations
Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for April 2011
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for April 2011, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in the Middle East and North Africa:
In all discussions related to the upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa, the Council should urge state authorities to: respect human rights, particularly the rights of women now demanding change; bring to justice perpetrators suspected of crimes; and demonstrate that necessary measures are being taken to secure the participation of women in political and electoral processes. In Egypt, efforts have already been taken to deny women a role in the creation of a new country, including being completely excluded from a new national committee formed to write the new Egyptian constitution.
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NGO Resources
Egypt: Egyptian women protesters forced to take ‘virginity tests’
23 March 2011
Amnesty International
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Egypt: Male Domination in Egypt is Only Half a Revolution
14 March 2011
Human Rights Watch
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