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11/3/2009
International: Call for applications for Sexuality and Internet research project
Deadline extended for exploratory research on how emerging debates and growing practice of regulating online content might either impede or facilitate different ways women use the internet, and its impact on their sexual expression and sexualities.
11/3/2009
International: Ending Violence Against Women: Strategies for Strengthening Advocacy
This was the title of the parallel session at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, in which the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! presented the following talk on 6 March.
11/3/2009
UK: Anti-racist rally against Sharia and religious-based laws
March 7 was One Law for All's "first warning to the British government and the political Islamic movement".
10/3/2009
Saudi Arabia: Court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes
Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi, was convicted and sentenced last week for meeting with men who were not her immediate relatives.
10/3/2009
Afghanistan: Jihadis silence women's voices
Afghanistan has one of the highest percentages of female lawmakers in the world but their voices are rarely heard.
10/3/2009
Malaysia: The state is eroding freedoms of women and minorities
Malay Muslim women have been one of the biggest casualties in the ‘holier than thou’ race between the political parties to outdo each other in demonstrating superior Islamic credentials, says a publication by APWLD.
10/3/2009
Palestine: Alice Walker and Medea Benjamin in Gaza for International Women’s Day
"Our purpose was to connect with the women for International Women’s Day to show our support and to educate ourselves so that we can go back to the United States and work hard on our policies."
9/3/2009
Sri Lanka: Women Against War on International Women's Day
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development issue a statement: Stop human rights abuse of women, and uphold gender equality and non-discrimination.
8/3/2009
International: Yakin Ertürk calls on women and men to unite in times of economic crisis
On the occasion of International Women's Day the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women issued the following statement:
6/3/2009
International: Gender Equality and Sport
This report on women in sport has been published to promote the goals of the Beijing declaration and the platform for action.