"Few athletes will have overcome the obstacles 21-year-old Abdul-Razzaq has faced to reach the Beijing Olympics, from a sniper's bullets to a paucity of adequate training facilities and religious and cultural opposition to female athletes."
The Conflict, Security and Development Group at King's College London announces a call for applications for Peace & Security Fellowships for African women. Click to download more information.
Call for the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) "Sexuality Institute". Deadline for applications: May 15, 2008! Institute to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 16-23 August 2008.
Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia are moving to promote a sense of civic nationalism alongside religious education to help stop violence committed in the name of religion, reports AMANA.
The Global Rights Morocco field office, in collaboration with NGO partners, announces the launch of a legislative advocacy campaign including a poster "Penalisation, Protection, Zero Tolerance: Women demand a law against violence".
Le bureau de terrain au Maroc de Global Rights, en collaboration avec des ONGs partenaires venant de diverses régions à travers le pays, lance une campagne de plaidoyer législatif à travers deux nouveaux outils:
