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Women’s rights and LGBT people
In this report, the Omani Center for Human Rights reviews the ways in which Omani law discriminates against women and LGBT people. Due to the sensitivity surrounding these topics,…
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International Women’s Day, 8 March – An Omani agenda
The United Nations has designated 8 March as an International Women’s Day. The Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR) takes this occasion to condemn rights violations suffered by…
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6 February: International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
The Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR) today, 6 February, affirms its condemnation of the violation of the human rights of girls and young women in Oman. In 2012 the UN General…
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Why Oman needs a domestic violence hotline
In 1993, the UN General Assembly issued a Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, which it defined as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is…
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November
In 1993 the UN General Assembly issued the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which defined violence against women as:
any act of gender-based violence…
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The Istanbul Convention: A model for the Arab world?
Figures published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicate that about one in three women worldwide are subjected to physical and/or sexual violence…
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights
Women’s sexual and reproductive rights are among the most taboo subjects in many Arab societies
Oman is…
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Gender Socialisation – Oman
The concept of “gender socialisation” may not be widely recognised, but many children fall victim to it in their upbringing, and adults tend to behave, and to treat children,!-->!-->!-->…
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Feminism History and Oman
The feminist movement has become a distinctive
feature of the world today. Even countries with a long history of democracy and
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International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October
On 11 October
each year since 2012 the world has celebrated the United Nations’ International
Day of the Girl Child.
Adolescent
girls in non-Western societies face many!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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