Insight November 2018 - Untold Stories

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06 UNTOLD STORIES WOMEN OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA UNTOLD STORIES Women across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to face higher levels of legal and social discrimination, and are more likely to suffer violence and abuse relative to other parts of the world. Despite this, women of the MENA are making a real and powerful difference to the future of the region – they are raising and inspiring the next generation. Freedoms and attitudes vary widely across the region; in Kuwait, women can now vote and run for election to political office, whereas in Iran women are not able to work or travel without a man’s permission. The fight for gender equality continues. Despite their own personal struggles, these mothers, sisters, aunts, teachers and role models are the ones speaking into children’s lives and shaping their opinions on the world. They are nurturing the children scarred by conflict and war, teaching the millions who have no access to formal education, and continually sacrificing behind the scenes to give the next generation a better future. These everyday but heroic women’s stories tend to play out behind closed doors. The voices of these women go unheard, or their stories are told for them. In the following pages you will read the first-hand experiences of Middle Eastern women – in their own words. 80% of women in the MENA are unemployed – the highest level of any world region 1 IN 5 girls in the MENA subjects are married before age 18 77+ are closed to women in Iranian universities
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Page 1 and 2: News from SAT-7 November 2018 INSIG
Page 3 and 4: NEWS FROM SAT-7 03 SPIRITUAL AWAKEN
Page 5: UPDATES FROM THE CHANNELS 05 SAT-7
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Page 11 and 12: UNTOLD STORIES 11 THE SPIRITUAL MOT
Page 13 and 14: UNTOLD STORIES 13 THE INSPIRED DAUG
Page 15 and 16: CHANGED LIVES 15 Facilitators repor

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