Women in Algeria

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This paper begins by stating the women in the twentieth century advanced in many spheres in most countries, especially the western world, but how women in Algeria are still treated as second-class citizens. It provides an overview of the political situation in Algeria and then looks at issues such as domestic abuse, the legal environment for women and women in government. It also discusses assassinations on women for "honor" reasons and the Islamic Salvation Front's (FIS) attitude towards women. The paper also discusses the Algerian woman's response to this type of treatment.

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"President Liamine Zeroual, a former general, was elected in November 1995 to a five-year term. Zeroual previously had served as president of a transition government established by the army in 1994, which included a National Transition Council as a surrogate parliament. The President controls defense and foreign policy, appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers, and may dissolve the legislature. The presidential election was competitive. In a referendum held in November 1996, the government obtained approval of proposed changes to the constitution, including the provision of a second parliamentary chamber and greater presidential authority. In June 1997, Algeria held its first parliamentary elections since January 1992 (when elections were canceled due to unrest) and elected the first multiparty Parliament in Algerian history. The cancellation of the 1992 elections, which the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) was poised to win, suspended the democratization process and a transition to a pluralistic republic, and escalated fighting, which still continues, between the security forces and armed Islamist groups seeking to overthrow the government and impose an Islamic state (Algeria Country Report, 1998, p. 1)."

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