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Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/printout/0,8816,1567155,00.html
What's Holding Back Arab Women?
[TIME] Scott Macleod - A report released Thursday by a panel of distinguished Arab thinkers, "Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World," is the final installment of the Arab Human Development Report compiled under the auspices of the UN Development Fund. The latest report debunks the Arab conspiracy theory that promoting women's rights is part of a Western plot against Islam. On the contrary, the advancement of women has long been an Arab goal - Egyptian women's rights organizations date back to 1881. The report goes on to draw a devastating picture of the plight of Arab women - and offering some creative proposals for progress.