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This document presents the first issue of the online Journal of Women and Human Rights in the Middle East, “A Change of Seasons for Women in the Middle East?”. The first issue, looked at the state of women in the Middle East since the Arab Awakening. Despite the bravery and sacrifice of so many women who flocked to the streets and social networking sites to inspire change, the post-revolution environment remains formidable for those seeking representation and rights. The first paper, “Consequences of the Arab Spring for Women’s Political Participation,” explores women’s involvement in politics through social media, and the factors that have delayed women’s progress post-revolution, using Egypt and Tunisia as case studies. The second article, “An Unfulfilled Promise? The Role of Women in the Arab Awakening,” highlights the diverse participation of women throughout the revolutions and how the U.S. and other international actors can support women’s empowerment. The final article, “Remembering Their Role: Keeping Women Involved Post-Arab Awakening,” looks at Egypt’s and Tunisia’s histories of women’s rights and how those countries can build upon their previous progress.

This article presents the results of research conducted in 2009-2011 on sexual violence against female university students at a mid-sized English university. Included are findings on: the nature and prevalence of sexual violence (sexual harassment, stalking and sexual assault and other coercive sexual acts); the identity of perpetrators; most frequent victimisation locations; extent of, and reasons given for and against, disclosing victimisation to university authorities and police; nature of prevention and response policies, institutional arrangements and practices at the university; female student’s awareness of, and willingness to access, available services for victims; and suggestions for improvements in the university’s responses to this problem. All finding are based on data from (i) an online survey of female students, (ii) a small focus group discussion with female students, and (iii) interviews with ‘key stakeholders’ within and outside the university. Implications of the findings for university policies, institutional arrangements and practices are discussed.

Spotted-Obligations-to-Protect-Women-Students-Safety-Equality-Using the Public Sector Equality Duty & the Human Rights Act in Higher and Further Education Institutions to Improve Policies and Practices on Violence Against Women and Girls, is a Legal Briefing prepared by Louise Whitfield and Holly Dustin for the End Violence Against Women Coalition

The Status & Progress of Women in the Middle East & North Africa is a compendium prepared by the Social and Economic Development Group and the Office of the Chief Economist of the Middle East and North Africa Region of the World Bank. Over the years, the Middle East and North Africa Social and Economic Development Group has regularly compiled briefs on the status and progress of women in the region for internal and external use. Based on feedback from readers, we were encouraged to present these briefs in a compendium, making the information more accessible to a wider public. This is the third compendium and its content is drawn from existing data banks, records, statistics, and sources found in the public domain. The compendium includes a regional gender overview, country gender profiles covering all MENA countries, individual country gender briefs for Djibouti, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, West Bank and Gaza, and the Republic of Yemen. In addition, the compendium provides information on research carried out in the area of gender and transport as there is an increased interest in the role of infrastructure in women’s economic empowerment, as well as research on attitudes regarding gender roles based on the World Values Survey.

This volume gathers 15 selected papers that were presented in the seventh edition of the Mediterranean Forum which was held in Fez, Morocco on May 29, 30 and 31 in partnership between Isis Center for Women and Development and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Rabat. The volume contains papers from Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, The USA and Germany. The central aim of the book is to document and unveil the new types of violence that women are subject to across the Middle East and North Africa region, link them to the familiar types, understand their social, economic and political ramifications, dig out their surface and deeper underpinnings especially in relation to Jihadism, propose strategies to stop them, and seek short- and long- term policies that would implement these strategies. The overarching aim of the book is to highlight the relevance of the topics tackled by authors who belong to the worlds of academia, politics and activism for the sensitive, tantalizing, and boarder issues such women’s economic and political empowerment, the reform of education, the reform of the religious field, masculinity, the enhancement of an inclusive democracy in the region, the separation of religion from politics, the role of the media, and the heterogeneous nature of political Islam. As Islam is at the same time an integral part of men’s and women’s everyday life and a ruling tool at all levels, the papers in this book seek to integrate it as part of the solution not the problem.