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    The piquetera/o movement of Argentina

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2008
    Argentina’s Piquetero/a Movement originates from the unemployed worker protests, usually blocking highways and roads, during the 1990s financial crisis. The women of the movement, played a variety of crucial roles. The Piquetero/a Movement reached its height during the crisis of 2001 and 2002.
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    The demobilization of women’s movements: the case of Palestine

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2008
    Like women’s movements worldwide, Palestinian women’s movements have been faced with both old agendas of mobilisation and liberation, and new ones concerning women’s equality and empowerment. The Palestinian context is extraordinary because the state and society are threatened in their very physical existence by a military occupation.
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    Breaking through the iron ceiling: Iran’s new government and the hopes of the Iranian women’s movements

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013
    Iranian women's rights activist Sussan Tahmasebi has spoken to AWID as part of their Friday File series. Up for discussion is the topic of Iran's new president Hassan Rouhani, and what his election may mean for Iranian women.
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    Women’s rights and transitions to democracy: an annotated bibliography

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013
    Women's Rights and Transitions to Democracy: An Annotated Bibliography is an AWID project that aims to contribute to the desire for learning and engagement identified by MENA activists reflecting on the aftermath of recent tumultuous events in the region.
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    Manual on women human rights defenders

    Nazra for Feminist Studies, 2012
    In 2012, the Women Human Rights Defenders programme at Nazra for Feminist Studies produced this manual, especially tailored to the Egyptian context (it is written in Arabic), on Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs).
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    The relevance of the feminist encuentro for Latin American feminist movements

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
    In the build up to the 2011 12th Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Gathering (EFLAC or Encuentro), AWID’s Friday File interviewed Virgina Vargas about the history of the Encuentros and the importance of reaching beyond a regional focus.
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    Women’s rights and organising in China

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2012
    As part of AWID's series Friday File, the organisation interviewed Cai Yiping, an Executive Committee member of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) about the status of women’s rights and major issues affecting women in China. The following summary is structured according to the themes that were discussed.
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    Women in the Arab Spring: new and distinct forms of political participation

    Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, 2011
    This article by Lebanese researcher and writer Dalal al-Bizri reviews the specific details of each country in which Arab Spring revolutions occurred, looking particularly at the female contributions to them. She examines three issues of central concern to this subject: democracy, political Islam and the media.
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    The pulse of Egypt's revolt

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
    How do we explain the way in which change unfolded in the wake of the recent Egyptian uprisings? What can this tell us about the success or failure of related development policies?
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    Critically absent: women in internet governance - a policy advocacy toolkit

    Women's Networking Support Programme, APC, 2012
    Women face particular challenges and dangers regarding information and communication technology (ICT). This policy advocacy toolkit has been designed to raise awareness and encourage women and their organisations to promote ICT development that is inclusive, fair and respects human rights.

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