Khalife

But Human Rights Watch researcher Nadya Khalife says that as the jubilation subsides and the reality of rebuilding the government takes hold, women are facing exclusion from the political process.

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"This ruling ... is evidence that the authorities consider violence against women and children to be completely acceptable," Nadya Khalife of the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement Wednesday.

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There have been several groups who are opposing women's presence in politics, noted Khalife.

Egyptian Women Search for Place in New Government 2011

Khalife describes the opinion of one woman whom she approached in Tahrir Square on International Women's Day.

Egyptian Women Search for Place in New Government 2011

Ensuring women's rights in Saudi Arabia is not about opening larger universities, it's really about ensuring that women are allowed to study all fields and to be able to find future employment in these fields, says Khalife.

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It's time for the institutions to be built in the country, and then women's rights will come later, added Khalife.

Egyptian Women Search for Place in New Government 2011

We would need to assess whether this new facility will open up more male-dominated fields to women, says Nadya Khalife, from Human Rights Watch.

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"The government not only needs to take action to end this practice, but to work for public affirmation of a new standard - not mutilating their girls," Khalife said.

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"FGM is a complex issue, but its harm to girls and women is clear," Khalife said.

Human Rights Watch: Iraqi Kurdistan: Girls and Women Suffer the Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation 2010

Among the dead were the members of the Khalife family: Mahmoud, a pharmacist; his wife, Ibtisam; and their three children, Hussein, 12, Fatima, 5, and Ahmad, 3.

Thursday, August 31, 2006 As'ad 2006