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5/12/2008
Saudi Arabia: Shoura Council rejects proposal to ease Saudi marriages to foreigners
The Shoura Council yesterday rejected a recommendation to simplify regulations governing Saudis marrying non-Saudis.
3/12/2008
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s All-Girl Rock Band
Who says Saudi girls can’t rock? Four of them recently struck hammer to the anvil to forge The Accolade, an all-girl rock band. The band’s name comes from an Edmund Leighton painting of a princess knitting herself a warrior.
2/12/2008
Nepal: Muslim women in the streets against ‘talak’ divorce
Hundreds of divorced Muslim women demand the same rights as men during two days of protest against ‘talak’. Islamic divorce allows husbands to repudiate their wives, throw them out of the house without any support.
2/12/2008
Morocco: Publication: "Conditions, Not Conflict"
"Conditions, Not Conflict: Promoting Women's Human Rights in the Maghreb through Strategic Use of the Marriage Contract"
2/12/2008
Bangladesh: High Court Orders on Jahagirnagar University
Press release: human rights defenders ask the High Court to explain why a university teacher was exonerated of sexual harassment.
2/12/2008
India: Joint statement against the attacks in Mumbai
The following Joint Statement was released to the press simultaneously in Pakistan and India on November 30 2008.
2/12/2008
Nigeria: Nigerian city tense after riots
At least 200 people have been killed in the Nigerian town of Jos after two days of violence, officials say.
1/12/2008
Kenya: Committee Against Torture's recommendations to Kenyan state
The UN Committee Against Torture issues recommendations addressing the economic, social and cultural root causes of violence in Kenya as well as specific forms of torture and ill-treatment against women and children.
1/12/2008
Egypt: Did Housing Policy Reforms Curb the Delay in Marriage Among Young Men in Egypt?
A series of reforms in Egypt has reduced barriers to young people entering the rental housing market...This has led to a reversal in delayed marriage among young men, beginning with those born after 1972.
1/12/2008
International: Vacancy: Programme Coordinator, "Women reclaiming and re-defining cultures"
Job Advertisement: Programme Coordinator: "Women reclaiming and re-defining cultures: Asserting rights over body, self, and public space"