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<DIV>I am very pleased to share with you a Freedom House Report on Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa that was published yesterday. I have been delighted about the attention it has received, ranging from an AP piece in the New York Times to being a featured story on Al-Arabiya. <BR><BR>Here is the link to the report: <A href="http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=384&key=260&parent=24&report=86" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=384&key=260&parent=24&report=86</A><BR><BR>With all my best</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM>Fatima Sadiqi (MA, PhD)</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM>Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies </EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Co-Founder of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC), Fez </FONT></EM><A href="http://www.inlac.net/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><EM><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">www.inlac.net</FONT></EM></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM>Director of the Isis Center for Women and Development</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM>UN Gender Expert</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM>Website: </EM></FONT><A href="http://www.fatimasadiqi.on.ma/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><EM>www.fatimasadiqi.on.ma</EM></FONT></A><EM><FONT color=#0000bf face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"> </FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><BR><BR>--- En date de : <B>Ven 5.3.10, Laura Coffey <I><L.Coffey@HUD.AC.UK></I></B> a écrit :<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>De: Laura Coffey <L.Coffey@HUD.AC.UK><BR>Objet: [GALA-L] Masculine Identifications conference, University of Huddersfield, 9-11th July 2010<BR>À: GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR>Date: Vendredi 5 mars 2010, 11h00<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Dear all<BR><BR>We are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary conference on Masculine Identifications to be hosted by the University of Huddersfield from 9th-11th July 2010, which aims to combine research on masculinities within the Humanities and Social Sciences. Attached is the call for papers; the deadline for abstracts is 16th April.<BR><BR>Dr Paul Baker from Lancaster University is one of our confirmed plenary speakers, who will be talking on the representation of homosexual male identities in a newspaper corpus.<BR><BR>Best wishes<BR>Laura<BR><BR><BR>Miss Laura Coffey<BR>PhD student in English Language<BR>School of Music, Humanities and Media<BR>Room WG/26<BR>West Building<BR>University of Huddersfield<BR>Queensgate<BR>Huddersfield<BR>HD1 3DH<BR>UK<BR><BR><BR>________________________________<BR><BR>---<BR>This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately
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