Women's rightsResearch from Human Rights Watch released Tuesday shows that in many Middle East and North African countries women are still prevented from moving freely around the country they live in, or from travelling abroad. 🚨Did you know that, in 2023, many countries in the Middle East and North Africa still prevent women from moving freely in their own country? The report is based on a comparative analysis of dozens of laws, regulations, and policies, as well as information provided by lawyers, activists, and women in 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Discriminatory restrictions on women’s mobility within their country and to travel abroad violate women’s rights to freedom of movement, work, study, access health care, and marry. The NGO recommends that governments in the Middle East and North Africa remove all remaining discriminatory restrictions, both in law and practice;This espcially concerns women’s freedom to move within their own country, to obtain a passport, and to travel abroad, including with their children.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2023 10:40 UTC