While the lack of rights and fundamental freedom for women is one of the most egregious manifestations of autocratic and oppressive regimes in the Middle East, prominent human rights NGOs fail to direct sustained attention to womens rights in this area of the world.
Ariella Kimmel shows how Human Rights Watch, one of the worlds largest human rights organizations, got the "Arab Spring" wrong.
Ariella Kimmel writes on womens rights in the Middle East since the Arab Spring, and the failure of NGOs. Looking at Egypt as a case study, she argues that human rights groups, such as HRW, have failed the women of the region, who have remained marginalized following the revolution.
Communications Director Jason Edelstein argues that politicized NGO agendas have played a role in limiting the impact of the Arab Springs.
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