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2/7/2009
Africa: Impact of Shariah On Gender and Sexual Minorities
Over the last decade The Inner Circle (TIC) has discovered that Muslims who are queer struggle to make peace with their sexuality and their faith. They often trade in the one at the expense of the other and find it difficult to accept both identities.
1/7/2009
Iran: Stoning to be omitted from penal laws
Head of the Majlis judiciary commission Ali Shahrokhi says stoning, heresy and cutting hands will be omitted from Iran's penal laws.
1/7/2009
Egypt: Women's political participation critical to addressing developmental issues
Egypt elected the first Arab woman to parliament in 1957, but in the half century since, the most populous country in the Arab world has gone from being a leader in women's political participation to a lagger.
1/7/2009
Pakistan: Women Rights & Ground Realities
An investigative report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) claims that one woman is raped every hour, while another is killed on the pretext of karokari.
30/6/2009
India: A nation's gay revolution
The Indian government is reviewing legislation that outlaws homosexuality.
30/6/2009
Indonesia: Presidential Poll Race Disappoints Women’s Activists
As the country prepares to elect its new president next week, Indonesian activists are trying to push gender issues onto the political agenda.
25/6/2009
International: Body Politics in Development
Wendy Harcourt's 'Body Politics in Development' sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades.
25/6/2009
Iran: Women take key role in protests
Iranian women have been on the front lines of anti-government protests challenging the official results of the June 12 election, in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor.
24/6/2009
France: MCC welcomes Sarkozy's comment on Burka
The Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC) applauds French president Nicholas Sarkozy for his clarity in condemning the burka as a tool of oppression against Muslim women.
24/6/2009
UN: Preventing Wartime Rape from Becoming a Peacetime Reality
“If sexual violence is not fully addressed in ceasefires and peace processes, there will be no peace for women,” said former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland at a UN high-level meeting on peace negotiations in New York.