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==List of Additional Resources== | ==List of Additional Resources== | ||
* Click [https://www.equaldex.com/region/bahrain here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Bahrain. As of May 2018, homosexuality is a grey area (i.e. not clearly legal or illegal) and it is legal to change gender. However, homosexual marriage is illegal, and there are no laws to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination related to housing or employment. Conversion therapy is also legal in Bahrain, but we don't know to what extent, if any, it is practiced. | |||
* [http://www.scw.bh/en/Pages/default.aspx Supreme Council for Women]: "The Supreme Council for Women was established on 22nd August 2001 upon Amiri order No. 44 which was amended by the Amiri Orders No. 55 in 2001, No. 2 in 2002, and the Royal Decree No. 36 in 2004... The Supreme Council for Women is to be established and directly affiliated to His Majesty the King. It is considered the reference for all official bodies in regards to women affairs and its headquarters is to be in Riffa." | * [http://www.scw.bh/en/Pages/default.aspx Supreme Council for Women]: "The Supreme Council for Women was established on 22nd August 2001 upon Amiri order No. 44 which was amended by the Amiri Orders No. 55 in 2001, No. 2 in 2002, and the Royal Decree No. 36 in 2004... The Supreme Council for Women is to be established and directly affiliated to His Majesty the King. It is considered the reference for all official bodies in regards to women affairs and its headquarters is to be in Riffa." | ||
* [http://en.bahrainws.org/ Bahrain Women Association]: Call: +973 1724 6471. Email: info@bahrainws.org | * [http://en.bahrainws.org/ Bahrain Women Association]: Call: +973 1724 6471. Email: info@bahrainws.org | ||
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* [http://awabahrain.org/ American Women Association]: "The American Women’s Association (Bahrain) is a non-profit organization founded to further relations among all women residing in Bahrain and to promote Bahraini and International friendship." Registered 1974 - 2015. No. 19/C/RXW, P.O. Box 26135, Manama, Bahrain. Phone: +973 3888 4924. Email: info@awabahrain.org | * [http://awabahrain.org/ American Women Association]: "The American Women’s Association (Bahrain) is a non-profit organization founded to further relations among all women residing in Bahrain and to promote Bahraini and International friendship." Registered 1974 - 2015. No. 19/C/RXW, P.O. Box 26135, Manama, Bahrain. Phone: +973 3888 4924. Email: info@awabahrain.org | ||
* [https://www.womenscci.org/ Women's Crisis Care International]: "Women's Crisis Care International is the first and only violence crisis response center in the Arabian Gulf. WCCI provides violence crisis response services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse in Bahrain. Call 3844 7588 for 24 hour support in English. You can also visit us at our official partner, American Mission Hospital, in Manama, Saar, or Amwaj. All services are 100% confidential and free of charge. All women are welcome." English helpline: 38447588 .. الخط الساخن العربي: 66710901 | * [https://www.womenscci.org/ Women's Crisis Care International]: "Women's Crisis Care International is the first and only violence crisis response center in the Arabian Gulf. WCCI provides violence crisis response services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse in Bahrain. Call 3844 7588 for 24 hour support in English. You can also visit us at our official partner, American Mission Hospital, in Manama, Saar, or Amwaj. All services are 100% confidential and free of charge. All women are welcome." English helpline: 38447588 .. الخط الساخن العربي: 66710901 | ||
* [http://www.bahrainrights.org/ Bahrain Center for Human Rights]: This organization is headquartered in Denmark but focuses on issues in Bahrain. "The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, registered with the Bahraini Ministry of Labor and Social Services since July 2002. Despite an order by the authorities in November 2004 to close, the BCHR is still functioning after gaining a wide local and international support for its struggle to promote human rights in Bahrain." Phone: 004553893133. | |||
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