Tag: Middle East & North Africa
129 Articles
- Business & Economics
Explanations for Women’s Limited Economic Participation and Empowerment in the MENA Region
Introduction Female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains low despite increases in other components of women’s empowerment. Why this is…
May 29, 2023
- Dialogues
The Proposed Judicial Overhaul from an Israeli-Palestinian Perspective, with Josh Ruebner
GJIA: Can you give us a brief overview of the relevant parts of Israel’s judiciary, and how the proposed amendments—this so-called “judicial overhaul”—aim to reshape…
April 3, 2023
- Human Rights & Development
Empowering Iranian Judges: A Venue for Reducing Capital Punishment
Introduction In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish girl named Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran, after…
February 13, 2023
- Dialogues
Understanding the Kafala Migrant Labor System in Qatar and the Middle East at Large, with ILO Senior Migration Specialist Ryszard Cholewinski
As the eyes of the globe shifted towards Qatar during the 2022 World Cup, media reports focused on the working conditions and deaths of migrant workers building Qatar’s…
February 1, 2023
- Dialogues
Decoding The US Response to Iran’s Protests Amid An Unsettled Middle East, with Former Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker
GJIA: Protests have swept Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 13th. President Biden has stated his support for the protestors’ cause, though hasn’t…
October 28, 2022
- Conflict & Security
India, Israel, and Geopolitical Imaginaries of Cooperation and Oppression
The contemporary global moment requires us to be alert to the multiple trajectories of repression. Tactics and technologies circulate amongst and between democracies and…
June 17, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Women’s Rights and Islamic Feminism in Egypt
Over the past few decades, there has been intense competition between Islamists and the Egyptian state over who is the true representative of Islam. Since Anwar el-Sadat’s era,…
June 8, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Iran’s Educational System and the Institutionalization of Gender Inequality
In 2020, instead of attending school, a fourteen-year-old girl named Romina Ashrafi was killed at the hands of her father because she had eloped with a twenty-nine-year-old man.…
April 4, 2022
- Global Governance
With Tunisia’s Democracy Slipping, the EU Must Act
On July 25, 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and began ruling by decree, effectively derailing the only democracy that emerged from the Arab Spring in.…
February 9, 2022
- Global Governance
To Promote Democracy in Sudan, Focus On the People
The Chinese word for crisis, consisting of the concepts “danger” and “turning point,” offers a valuable framing for considering how to break a disturbing and chaotic…
December 27, 2021