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Africa: Women have greater role to play in Sudan, Congo and Uganda
Settling of interlocking conflicts cries out for new approaches.
Africa: Protocol to African Charter - women in Africa
The Africa Union on Friday urged its member states to put an end to the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), saying the ritual traumatised millions of girls and women on the continent.
West Africa: West African women's organisations at the 39th session of the African Commission for Human and People's Rights
Statement from the West African Women’s Right Coalition (WAWORC) recently formed in Banjul the Gambia to promote and advocate for the rights of women in West Africa using African Union mechanisms, in particular the African Commission and ECOWAS.
ملف 26

يحتوي هذا الملف على مجموعة مقالات تبحث قضايا تهم النساء في المجتمعات والبلدان المسلمة تتعلق بالهوية والسياسة وحركات التغيير والتحالفات.

Europe: 8 March comes to Europe March 28, 2006
German and Dutch people woke to a very different kind of 8 March commemorations this year.
Dossier 27: Muslim Minorities

In some contexts, such as Sri Lanka, women from the minority have been demanding positive reform in the existing separate legal system that is binding upon Muslims and in the Philippines an entire alternative Code has been drafted; in Israel, Arab women’s groups have focused on demanding access to the State Family Court, rather than reforming the Shari’a Courts).

Africa: In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and blending
Inside a mosque in sub-Saharan Africa's largest metropolis hangs a life-size portrait of Jesus Christ. Yet worshipers at "The True Message of God Mission" say it's entirely natural for Christianity and Islam to co-exist, even overlap.
West Africa: Religious leaders denounce FGM
In December 2005, West African religious and traditional leaders met with political officials and affirmed their commitment to eradicating female genital mutilation, saying that to abandon the practice is not to reject traditional or religious values.
أخر تحديث: 17.01.06
Women and Muslim fundamentalists’ entryist policies in Europe and North America
Report back of the Muriel V. Roscoe Annual lecture given by Marieme Hélie-Lucas in November 2005.
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