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5/8/2001
India: Sodomy and obscenity charges formally filed in trial of 'Lucknow Four'
On July 7, 2001, police in Lucknow raided the offices of Bharosa Trust and the Naz Foundation, seizing HIV/AIDS prevention material, including educational brochures, videos, and condoms.  The Senior Superintendent of Police concluded that both agencies were running "gay clubs" and spreading gay culture throughout Lucknow.
16/7/2001
UN: Reproductive Health Goal Dropped
The World Bank, IMF, OECD and the United Nations have dropped the goal to 'make accessible, through the primary health care system, reproductive health to all individuals of appropriate ages as soon as possible and no later than the year 2015.'
28/6/2001
Morocco: Grant women greater rights
Move towards the improvement of the status of women through wide-reaching legislative reforms.
16/5/2001
Iran: Attempts to persecute human rights defender Mehrangiz Kar by silencing her husband
Mehrangiz Kar, journalist and Iranian women's rights activist, who was jailed in April 2000 for her writings and speeches on women's rights, was allowed to leave Iran for medical treatment for breast cancer in autumn 2001.
5/3/2001
Egypt: Attempt to annul the marriage of Dr Nawal el-Saadawi
We are deeply concerned about politically-motivated court action brought against Dr. Nawal el-Saadawi and the possibility of threats to her personal security and that of her husband. Now 70, the prominent Egyptian feminist writer, doctor and active defender of the rights of women has become the latest intellectual to face the possibility of apostasy charges.
28/2/2001
Turkey: Government scraps virginity tests
The Turkish Government has rescinded a controversial law that allowed school girls suspected of having pre-marital sex to be given virginity tests.
10/2/2001
Austria: Women's NGOs threatened
Right-wing Austrian government abolishes women's ministry.
2/2/2001
Iran: Lift Harsh Sentences Imposed on Human Rights Activists
17 human rights activists imprisoned after secret trials.