Women’s rights in the Arab world- does revolution bring equality?

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Eman al-Obeidy burst into a hotel filled with foreign journalists and onto televisions across the world, claiming that she’d been raped by Gaddafi forces. Whisked away by Government forces her whereabouts are still unconfirmed. Her story highlights the precarious position of women in times of conflict: what’s happening when the cameras aren’t on? And will their struggle to overthrow autocratic regimes lead to greater equality?

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Tuesday, March 29 2011
Produced By Shevonne Hunt
Featured in story Dr Nijmeh Hajjar- Chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic studies at Sydney University Nadya Khalife - researcher for women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa for Human Rights Watch.
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