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16/4/2009
International: Young feminists on “Changing their World”
Mariam Gagoshashvili and Mozn Hassan, two young feminists from Georgia and Egypt respectively, offer their reaction to AWID Associate Scholar Srilatha Batliwala's paper, "Changing their World" on the concepts and practices of women’s movements.
15/4/2009
Afghanistan: Women's groups protest new laws
Statement of Iranian Women’s Movement in Support of Women in Afghanistan Against their New Family Law. Also About 300 Afghan women walked the streets of the capital on Wednesday to demand that Parliament repeal a new law.
15/4/2009
Sierra Leone: Chiefs ban genital cutting for girls under 18
Village chiefs, community members and women who perform female genital cutting have signed an agreement stating that girls in northern Kambia district will not undergo genital mutilation – or ‘cutting’ – before age 18.
14/4/2009
Palestine: Interview with director of the PA Ministry of Women’s Affairs
Mashoor Basissy, MOWA’s director in the West Bank, brings a fresh male perspective to the growing problem of domestic violence against Palestinian women.
14/4/2009
India: Women begin fast for Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka
A group of around 30 women began a fast unto death, on 13 April, to demand the cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka.
13/4/2009
Yemen: Does Shari'a Oppose the State Law on Marriage?
In addition to family law, another site of tension between the state and religious groups is the constitution.
13/4/2009
Egypt: Fatwa on Misyar Marriage
The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights says Misyar marriage is An Insult to Men and Women, and an Endorsement for the Trafficking of Women.
13/4/2009
MENA: Equality without Reservation campaign
An interview with Lina Abou Habib, the Executive Director of the Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action, a Lebanon based organisation involved in the regional Equality without Reservation campaign.
13/4/2009
Europe: Proposal of new indicators to measure the effects of gender violence
GVEI starts from the hypothesis that the existing systems of indicators of GV at the European level do not pay attention to the specific and multidimensional effects that violence against women has on women’s life.
13/4/2009
Iran: Technology Used to Bolster Women’s Movement
Given the strict censorship the Islamic Republic government places on state television, print, and radio, Iranians are using nuanced techniques for spreading information.