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7/4/2015

147 dead, Islamist gunmen killed after attack at Kenya college

The massacre that killed 147 people and wounded scores of others at a Kenyan university lasted for hours Thursday before the terror was over.

2/4/2015

Tahira Sami Khoso , Looking for Justice

It is a real story of feudalism within Sindh, which is still running in the brains of almost every Sindhi People living within Sindh. We still living the life where women is just been used for the trade. In Sindh, we claim that we respect our Women and we honor them, but reality is still different.

1/4/2015

Bahrain: Authorities continue to target women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer

2015-03-25

1/4/2015

Uganda prosecutor in al-Shabab bomb case shot dead

Joan Kagezi, the top Ugandan state prosecutor in the trial of 13 men accused of a deadly al-Shabab bomb attack, has been shot dead in Kampala.

Ms Kagezi was targeted on her way home by motorbike gunmen, officials say.

The trial of the men, accused of links to the 2010 Kampala suicide bombing which killed 76 people, has been suspended.

31/3/2015

Indonesia's highest Islamic clerical body issues fatwa proposing death penalty for people caught having gay sex

Indonesia's most prominent Islamic clerical body has issued a fatwa proposing a host of punishments for

30/3/2015

CSW: the vital need to defend women human rights defenders

30/3/2015

The missing link in women's human rights

Gender incompetent policies and hierarchical understandings of rights dominate global economic governance programmes.

30/3/2015

Challenging Iran's women's rights narrative

MARCH 25, 2015

25/3/2015

What a Houthi-controlled Yemen Means for Women

The circular stirred controversy in Yemeni society, especially among women who feel that the next phase will bring in many unpleasant surprises regarding hard-won gains they had achieved. Some women have concerns about Houthis since they are so dogmatic when it comes to women’s rights.

23/3/2015

Meet Estayqazat, Syria’s online feminist movement

Estayqazat, a Syrian feminist movement, seeks to empower women to accept and freely talk about their sexuality, which is a taboo subject in Syria's patriarchal society.

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