Countries that have ratified or acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) are legally bound to put their provis
Palestinian women and girls account for over half of the Arab population in Israel, which comprises approximately 17% of the Israeli population.
As currently foreseen, neither the two-state nor the one-state solution offers much hope of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In the wake of 9-11, both the United States and the G-8 have launched initiatives aimed at reforming governance in the Middle East.
IDRC has a long history of supporting the advancement of science journalism in the Third World.
The second intifada has witnessed unprecedented levels of violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
The relative lack of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) voices and representation means the tone and content of Wikipedia as a global resource, which represents MENA, is being determined by outsiders with a potential misunderstanding of the s