Arabic Video News in English

Although Saudi Arabia ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women seven years ago it has recently been questioned by a UN committee about gender equality abuses in the kingdom. The Kayan hill tribe from Myanmar stand out because their women wear multiple rings round their necks. Now one young girl is fighting back. In an act of defiance, she has removed the rings. Everywoman went to meet her.

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Afaf Jabiri was part of a delegation of Jordanian women who travelled to New York recently to report on CEDAW, a UN Convention to end discrimination against women.In June this year (colleague) Rebecca Lipkin was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer. In her second video diary she tells us how she is coping with chemotherapy.