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12/5/2008
Kenya: Muslim clerics declare war on condoms
Muslim leaders in Kenya's North Eastern Province have resolved to campaign against the promotion of condoms as a means of preventing HIV.
12/5/2008
Saudi Arabia: Young woman married at 10 years old must pay for divorce
A 23 year old woman, forced to marry at ten in Saudi Arabia, was ordered to pay the equivalent of 16,750 euros to obtain a divorce from her husband, according to Saudi daily al-Watan.
12/5/2008
Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women to visit Tajikistan
Prof. Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, will conduct an official visit to Tajikistan, at the invitation of the Government, from 15 to 23 May 2008.
9/5/2008
Peru: Crimes of passion: Hundreds of women murdered in the name of 'honour' and 'passion'
Close to 70 percent of all the women killed in one year in Peru died at the hands of their husbands, partners, lovers or boyfriends, and the murders were committed at home or in a place that was frequented by the couple.
7/5/2008
India: Increase in women-initiated divorces
"India is a country where marriage is considered sacred, so it is hardly a surprise that there is no word in Hindi for divorce. But increasing numbers of women trapped in unhappy relationships are finding a way out."
5/5/2008
Afghanistan:"My husband cut off my ears and nose and broke my teeth"
Doctors at a hospital in Qalat, capital of Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan, are treating a brutally tortured woman whose husband cut off both her ears and nose, broke her teeth and shaved her head only three months after their marriage.
3/5/2008
Africa: Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) regional consultation meeting
In 2008 the WGNRR Regional consultation meeting in Africa will be linked to the AWID Forum.
2/5/2008
Jordan: Increased domestic violence among Iraqi refugees
A study published in March by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the mental state of Iraqis in Jordan and Lebanon has pointed to mounting social and economic problems as the cause of increased domestic violence.
1/5/2008
Iran: Parvin Ardalan given a 2-year suspended sentence
The 13th branch of the Revolutionary Courts has issued a sentence in the case of Parvin Ardalan.
1/5/2008
Pakistan: New Magazine on Sex, Sexuality and Pakistan
"Chay Magazine" issues a call for submissions.