Arab League, group of cross-party MPs from UK and Arab region gather together to stand united in reaffirming their commitment to tackling violence against women and girls and to making our societies safer, more inclusive and equitable.

An exhibition in the Kurdistan region aims to honour and remember the victims and to dispel the silence and shame that accompanies gender-based violence.

On Wednesday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, issued a strong appeal for a political solution to Syria’s nearly nine-year civil war.

The United Nations has released its latest report on gender equality. Among the countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Tunisia ranked among the highest while Syria, Iraq and Yemen ranked the lowest. Across the Middle East, the issue of citizenship law was noted as a problem in many countries.

Women will likely play a big role in determining Tunisia's future in the coming elections, especially if the vote goes to a second round.

AWLA fellowships are designed to develop a cadre of scientists for leadership roles in agriculture. A total of 22 scientists from across the MENA region have just become the first AWLA fellows.

University of Mosul students are complaining because of the ban that the university has enacted on the mixing of the sexes. Their compatriots at the University of Anbar are unhappy, too.

Rights and women activists are exerting efforts to convince Jordan’s Senate to amend several articles of the Personal Status Law that allow child marriage, and disregards women’s rights in divorce and inheritance.

Held in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a 16-day campaign was launched to combat violence against women and girls

Syrian-Kurdish women marched in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria to end gender-based violence to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Women of all ages carried the portraits of fighters in the Women's Protection Units. 

Although a significant number of women won in the May 6 municipal elections in Tunisia, female politicians still have a long way to go to make it to the presidency.

Questions on journalism ethics and trauma have shadowed journalists’ coverage of wars and conflict for a long time. Where do...

Ibtikar, the first Libyan social innovation competition specifically for women was held for three days between 13th-15th February in Tripoli....

Fighting gender-based violence through art has been a tool long used by feminists and feminist movements.

Across the Middle East, campaigns are building up to stop violence against women and laws that enable such discrimination.

Women across Iraq are opening bookshops and are finding ways to oppose conservative gender roles in the country.