Home

News

8/4/2009
UPDATE: Iran: Khadijeh Moghadam Released after Sixteen Days of Detention
Prominent women’s rights activist Khadijeh Moghadam, who has been in detention since 26 March 2009, was released from Tehran’s Evin Prison on bail on 8 April, at 8:15 pm, local time.
8/4/2009
Pakistan: The SKSW Campaign denounces the flogging of woman in Swat
The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! urges the government of Pakistan to bring to justice the perpetrators of the flogging of a young woman in Swat.
7/4/2009
International: UN Resolution on Defamation of Religions
Women Living Under Muslim Laws Demands the Resolution on Combating Defamation of Religions be revoked.
7/4/2009
Afghanistan: Kabul Declaration on Women’s Rights
Declaration of the Participants of the international conference “Family Law and Women’s Rights in Muslim Countries: Perspective and Lessons Learned”
5/4/2009
Pakistan: 17-year-old's flogging by the Taliban captured in video
The Pakistani government has ordered an inquiry into the flogging of a 17-year-old woman by Taliban militants in the troubled Swat valley, after public outrage triggered by shocking video footage of the punishment.
5/4/2009
Syria: Fears over gender-based violence in Iraqi community
UN agencies working in Syria are worried about high levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Iraqi refugee community.
5/4/2009
International: Call for applications for 2nd CSBR Sexuality Institute
The Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) is pleased to announce the 2nd CSBR Sexuality Institute 2009 to be held between August 8 and 16 2009 at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Faculty of Health Sciences in Lebanon.
5/4/2009
Kyrgyzstan: Bride Theft Custom Fuels Divorce Rate
Eight out of ten divorces in Kyrgyzstan involve brides who were “stolen” by their husbands, women’s rights groups say.
1/4/2009
Pakistan: A climate of fear and self-censorship in the Swat valley
The fear imposed by the Taliban means that women’s rights and abuses committed by Maulana Fazlullah’s followers are being covered less and less by the local press.
31/3/2009
Afghanistan: Karzai accused of bid to 'legalise rape'
Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which "legalises" rape, women's groups and the United Nations warn.