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6/8/2008
Saudi Arabia: Call for Legislation to Stop Saudi Child Marriages
"There are no laws defining the minimum age for marriage. Although a woman’s consent is legally required, some marriage officials do not seek it."
6/8/2008
UN: Eminent Irish jurist appointed UN's first female legal chief
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Patricia O'Brien of Ireland as the new United Nations legal chief, making her the first woman in the Organization's history to hold that post.
5/8/2008
UK: Defending secular spaces
"In the rush to be tolerant or sensitive to religious difference, the space is created for the most reactionary and even fundamentalist religious leaders to take control."
4/8/2008
Saudi Arabia: Women can issue fatwas and be muftis, says senior Sheikh
A senior member of the Board of Senior Ulemas has said women are allowed to join the board in order to break the monopoly held by men.
3/8/2008
UN: Another woman to head the UN Human Rights body
Navanethem Pillay confirmed as new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
2/8/2008
Laos: "Hidden Beyond the Mekong: Muslims in Laos"
A report on the Muslim minority community in Laos, by Yoginder Sikand.
1/8/2008
Bahrain: Abandoned women seek legal redress
Women abandoned by their husbands in Bahrain broke their silence and staged two sit-ins in July to highlight the legal challenges they faced in getting their marriage annulled.
31/7/2008
Mali: Renewed Call for a Law Against Female Genital Mutilation
"Female genital mutilation (FGM) is practiced in all parts of Mali with a prevalence rate of 92% according to the country’s third Demographic and Health Survey of 2001."
18/7/2008
Yemen: Women's union in Yemen slams clerics for issuing 'defamatory decree'
A women's union in Yemen slammed a religious decree issued by a group of clerics earlier in July 2008, banning female participation in public life.
16/7/2008
Saudia Arabia: Saudi King Opens Inter-Faith Conference With Appeal for Dialogue
200 Religious Leaders to Attend Madrid Interfaith Conference