Dominique Soguel, Author at Women's eNews

Libya Liberation Speech Raises Hackles on Polygamy

By Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● October 28, 2011

(WOMENSENEWS)–The mood couldn’t have been more festive as tens of thousands of Libyans came to hear acting president Mustafa Abdul-Jalil speak in Benghazi in what promised to be a historic speech setting the tone for the next stage of Libya’s future.

Libya Liberation Speech Raises Hackles on Polygamy

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● October 28, 2011

Libya’s long-awaited declaration of liberation excluded female voices and raised questions about how the tide might turn on matters of family law. The country’s interim leader faced immediate backlash for endorsing a return to unrestricted polygamy.

Egyptian Women Lay Claim to Revolutionary Role

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● February 3, 2011

Women who have been joining the Egyptian protests to oust Mubarak minimize the risk that the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood could dominate a future government. If the revolution succeeds, they look forward to playing a part in the transition.

Unmarried Iraqis Endure Risky Wait for Ticket Out

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● November 19, 2010

Iraqi war refugees in Syria are legally barred from work while they wait for resettlement. For single women the risk of forced prostitution and sex trafficking is so high that a U.S. legal advocate says they deserve priority refugee status.

Iraqi Refugee Urged to Trade Sex for Food, Cash

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● November 16, 2010

An Iraqi refugee woman in Syria cannot, by law, take local work. But her U.N. assistance check doesn’t cover living costs and she doesn’t want a “pleasure marriage” to help her survive. Her children are so unhappy she’s ready to give them up.

In Syria, Iraqi Refugee Daughters Risk Being Sold

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● October 11, 2010

Iraqi women who have fled to Syria to escape the U.S.-led war face another form of violence: sales to brothels by male relatives desperate for money. Damascus is escalating its legal response to trafficking, but the risks remain high.

Ethiopian FGM Radio Warnings Reach Nomadic Women

By Dominique Soguel ● Commentary ● June 25, 2010

Nomadic girls in the Danakil Desert of Ethiopia often skip school to fetch and carry water. But in one settled pocket, girls are going to school and mothers in the past two years have begun heeding radio warnings on female genital mutilation.

Women Online In Iran Brave Heavy Web Surveillance

By Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● April 9, 2010

Iranian female journalists are veterans of government closure of their print publications and early Internet ventures. Now they are prevailing against the region’s most advanced censoring and monitoring software.

Report from Cairo

By Rita Henley Jensen & Dominique Soguel ● Arts & Culture ● December 9, 2009

Women in Muslim Nations Debate Islam’s Role

Death Threats, Via Text Msg, Scare Congo Reporters

By Dominique Soguel ● Uncategorized ● October 6, 2009

Three female radio reporters in Bukavu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have received death threats via a cell phone text message. That’s spreading a chill in a city where three male journalists have been killed since 2007.

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