We follow Egypt's voters online as they tweet and post their election experience for all to see. Meanwhile, Western media focuses on women and the democratic process, as veiled voters hold up their inky fingers on front pages around the globe. Azerbaijan prepares for the Eurovision song contest, while human rights activists in the country draw attention to forced evictions in the capital, Baku.
Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.
Fifteen months after Hosni Mubarak's fall, the second act of Egypt's revolution is underway. Millions of Egyptians are choosing a president in the first free elections in the country's 5,000-year history. Douglas Herbert and his panel discuss whether the newly elected president will have a chance of healing divisions while tackling poverty and fighting violent crime.
François Hollande makes good on his promise to name France’s first ever government with gender parity. But men still get the lion’s share of the big posts. François Picard’s panel breaks down the surprises of a government that now looks ahead to parliamentary elections in June.
Libya is still facing violence as tribal clashes undermine the country’s fledgling democracy. In Morocco, women's rights activists continue to pile pressure on the government to do away with laws that led to the suicide of a teen forced to marry her rapist. And hundreds of Moroccans working onboard an impounded ship in France anxiously await their fate.
His presidential ambitions long dashed, Dominique Strauss-Kahn now finds himself linked to a prostitution ring in northern France. François Picard’s panel weighs up the relative impact on French politics and society.
His presidential ambitions long dashed, Dominique Strauss-Kahn now finds himself linked to a prostitution ring in northern France. François Picard’s panel weighs up the relative impact on French politics and society.
Hundreds of Afghan women are in prison for "moral crimes", including fleeing domestic violence or adultery for having been raped, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, adding that Afghan authorities have failed to uphold international human rights laws.
Activist Bertha Soler (centre) and dozens of others from the Ladies in White dissident group were detained Sunday in Havana ahead of a weekly march calling for the release of political prisoners. Many were later released; Soler remains in custody.
Britain’s health ministry announced Thursday that an additional 7,000 women have potentially faulty breast implants manufactured by the now-defunct French company PIP, raising the total number of British women affected to some 47,000.
