Law reform

A French court has denied citizenship to a Muslim woman from Morocco, ruling that her practice of "radical" Islam is not compatible with French values.
La burqa est-elle incompatible avec la nationalité française?
In June 2006 human and women's rights organisations from throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region came to together in Rabat, Morocco to launch the “Rabat Appeal for the Regional Campaign Equality without Reservation.”
A zambian court reaches a landmark decision in teacher rape case, ruling in favour of the girl who was awarded K45 million ($14,000).
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights has issued an alert regarding the “Bill for an Act to Prohibit and Punish Public Nudity, Sexual Intimidation and Other Related Offences in Nigeria”.
On 18 June, 2008 the Parliament of Vanuatu, an island in the Pacific, passed a Family Protection Order Bill.
Un mariage sans papiers officiels : le mariage orfi est de plus en plus répandu en Egypte. Sans frais, cette union secrète qui permet aux jeunes d’avoir des relations sexuelles n’est pas sans danger pour les femmes.
Calls from two Islamic leaders to legalise polygamous marriages in Australia have been rejected by the government.
Saudi children born to non-Saudi mothers abroad are facing an "identity crisis," as they are unable to obtain the required documents to ensure their eligibility for Saudi nationality.
The shares of the first Islamic holding company established and directed by women and intended to serve women in the country will soon hit the Kuwait market.
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