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Paulo Casaca, executive director of the South Asia Democratic Forum, has been a MEP from 1999 to 2009 and a Councillor of the Portuguese Permanent Representation from 1996 to 1999.
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Women’s Rights
Tunisia’s National Women’s Day
August 13, 2013In the middle of the political crisis in Tunisia, Tunisian women, celebrating their national day today, seem caught in the [...]FEMEN Protests in Tunisia Revisited
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November 8, 2012Nearly two months separate Tunisians from the second anniversary of their revolution, and yet they can hardly believe two years [...]
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Riding the Roller Coaster of Hope: Two Years after the Tunisian Revolution
November 8, 2012Nearly two months separate Tunisians from the second anniversary of their revolution, and yet they can hardly believe two years [...]
Africa
Tunisia 2014: Redeem the Past, Rethink the Future
January 6, 2014Tunisia’s Islamist government, contrary to expectations, did not fall apart in 2013. 2013 may not have been a happy year [...]