News

13/5/2009

International pressure may have set Roxana Saberi free, but the plight of seven Iranian Baha'is, imprisoned in Tehran a year ago, has gone largely unnoticed.

11/5/2009

Pakistan: Talibanisation of the mind

Be it warnings delivered to the medical community in NWFP to wear shalwar qameez, or reports regarding women being harassed in public spaces, there has been a surge in vigilante action being carried out by self-styled moral police, writes Babar Sattar.

10/5/2009

Sudan: Backlash in the fight against FGM

Women’s and children’s rights activists in the Sudan protest the annulment of an article that prohibits FGM/C.

10/5/2009

UPDATE: Iran: Roxana Saberi released

The Iranian-American journalist who was sentenced to eight years of jail on charges of spying for Washington was released Monday after an appeal court reduced the sentence, her lawyer said.

10/5/2009

UK: Launch of Forced Marriage.net!

The one-stop website that provides you with practical information and sources of advice and help on forced marriage.

10/5/2009

Mauritania: Rape victims seek justice but find jail

Women in Mauritania who press charges for sexual assault face the risk of jail time because of poorly defined laws and stigma that criminalise victims rather than offenders, according to a local UN-funded non-profit.

10/5/2009

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of people killed by military on Sunday

Hundreds of civilians are reported to have been killed when the Sri Lankan army launched a concerted assault on an area it had just designated as a safe zone.

7/5/2009

Bahrain: Opposition to minimum marriage age of 15

Lawmakers from the largest opposition bloc in the Bahraini Parliament are opposing setting the minimum marriage age for girls at 15, saying this is against Islamic principles.

7/5/2009

North Africa: Women's Political Participation

In partnership with the Centre for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR), UN-INSTRAW has initiated a project on Strengthening women’s leadership and participation in politics and decision-making in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

7/5/2009

Mexico: Historic Femicide Trial Gets Underway

Marking the first time the Organization of American States’ court has heard a Mexican femicide case, the historic legal proceeding centers on the slayings of three young women who were found with five other female victims in Ciudad Juarez in 2001.