A key question in judicial reform concerns the extent to which male and female citizens have equal access to justice, and if they do not, where priority improvements should be targeted. For lack of hard data, most studies of women's access to justice have used qualitative or anecdotal analyses....

An interesting consequence of the Arab Spring is that it is compelling the West to re-evaluate its understanding of the Middle East. Stereotypes and misconceptions have abounded, but today the region can no longer be grossly dismissed as home only to extremists or the oil-rich. Instead, a more...