2008: 4 years have passed since the reform of the Family Code. Casablanca, a population of 3.5 million (officially), economic capital and melting pot of ancient resident and rural populations who have come to seek employment, of middle classes … Amal, Leyla, Ikram, Ghanya, Amina and Kawtar live their twenties here. Their priority: to work.

Despite the culture of disapproval and the fact that punishment can reach murder or reclusion, love is still worth the risk in Palestine.

They live different realities but almost all, with two exceptions, have place the word “love” on top of their scale of values. Yet they don’t dream of the white dress; “marriage” has a very low rating, whereas having children is everyone’s dream for the future.

Forty years have passed since the sexual revolution started on May ’68. How do young women in their 20’s live love today? Seven among them, students or workers coming from all parts of France, have accepted to speak to us about their love life. Intimate secrets.

If there is one thing that unites young Egyptian women in their twenties today it is that they are generally more articulate in expressing themselves than their mothers' and grandmothers' generation

In Beirut, few young men haven’t emigrated yet, and the competition is getting tough among women. From enticing dresses to plastic surgery, everything goes to attract the attention of their potential targets.

Neither Conchita, nor femme fatale… Only ten years have passed since the era of Franco and women’s conditions in Spain have witnessed quite a change.

US soldiers who have fought in Afghanistan or Iraq will use the Internet to stage a series of activities showing the public the real face of war.

Two rallies in Istanbul on International Women’s Day had very different flavours. One was more concerned with protesting against the headscarf than calling for women’s rights.

Five women from Turkey, all in their twenties. Marking International Women's Day, we have explored what they associate with womanhood, what their attitudes towards their sexuality are, and how they envisage their future.

Bianet asked women in Konya, central Anatolia, what 8 March means to them. For most, the day itself is meaningless, if they have even heard of it.

A new campaign has called on the government to stop delaying the implementation of EU reforms and to get rid of "democratic scandals" such as Article 301.

According to Ali, the whole of Iraqi society, but especially the children, bear psychological scars from witnessing violence and death every day: “Iraq needs psychological help, too.”

Parties and organisations of the left have condemned the operations and are calling for peace.

"It was surreal sitting there eating a Subway sandwich, listening to elevator music, and hearing explosions so loud they could knock your drink right off the table, and gunfire in the distance."

After 49 years in power, Fidel Castro has decided to step down from presidential office in Cuba. A newly-elected parliament will vote for a new president in March.

A project bringing together female journalists from nine Mediterranean countries wil result in 45 articles translated into seven languages.

Yesterday, the European Commission's Turkey Delegation organised a panel on democracy and human rights, where academics and the chair of the Prime Ministerial Human Rights Presidency discussed the current state of Turkey.

During a meeting with Macedonia’s Minister of Defense, Chief of General Staff Büyükanit also briefly answered questions about the current headscarf debate and the ultra-nationalist Ergenekon gang.

Why was it Hrant Dink’s death that made this distinction of ‘those’ and ‘they’ publicly visible? In other words, did he have to be killed? In order to find an answer, it is important to explore how the two groups view the question of "Armenian genocide".