Algerian women bravely waged a battle against colonialism and patriarchy. Today, their legacy continues to inspire a new generation in the struggle for justice. On a late September afternoon in ...

The number of women in the legislative council has gradually increased since Algeria's independence from France in 1962. That year, female fighters against French colonialism, including Meriem ...

that number had grown to more than 70 percent of women. Rabea Kerzabi during her days working in Algeria’s government in 1996 [Photo courtesy Rabea Kerzabi] The daughter of revolutionary ...

Last month also marked the anniversary of the assassination of Nabila Djahnine, a women's rights activist killed during the civil war in the 1990s. Djahnine fought for the rights of Algerian women ...

Throughout Algeria’s history under French colonialism, women played a vital role in the quest for self-determination, as well as in protecting and developing the country’s culture and traditions.

ALGIERS, Algeria — In this tradition-bound nation scarred by a brutal Islamist-led civil war that killed more than 100,000, a quiet revolution is under way: Women are emerging as an economic and ...

Their aim is to steer women away from false preachers ... which killed at least 200,000 people. The war erupted after authorities cancelled the 1991 elections, Algeria’s first democratic vote ...