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23/4/2008
Pakistan: Militants target “Western entertainment” shops, girls’ schools
"Girls’ schools have also become a target. At least six schools were attacked in the Darra Adam Khel area, about 35km south of Peshawar, in 2008, badly affecting girls’ education, with parents terrified to send their daughters to school."
23/4/2008
Afghanistan: Millions of children not attending school
“We still have 1.2 million girls of school age who do not have access to schools,” said Catherine Mbengue, UNICEF Country Representative in Afghanistan.
22/4/2008
Fiji: Women Reclaim the Night & Call for End to Sexual Violence
The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre is calling for a safer environment for women and children.
22/4/2008
Iraq: Call for action against murderers of women in Baghdad
Residents of a western Baghdad neighbourhood have said militant groups in the area are hunting down women and killing them, and have appealed to parliament to do something, a member of parliament (MP) said on 22 April, 2008.
21/4/2008
Iran: Flogging and Prison Sentences for Women's Rights Activists
The Iranian Judiciary has issued flogging and prison sentences for four campaigners for women's rights, thus continuing its program of harassment and prosecution of the women's rights movement.
20/4/2008
UPDATE: UN: Voices of protest over appointment of UNIFEM head
On 7 April 2008, Inés Alberdi was appointed the new Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). However, the appointment has sparked criticism from women's rights activists who had campaigned for a candidate from the developing world
20/4/2008
Saudi Arabia: Sex Segregation Keeps Women Out of Public Life
Saudi Arabia's male guardianship of women and policies of sex segregation stop women from enjoying their basic rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
20/4/2008
International: How the Aid Agenda Needs to Listen to Women on the Ground
Isis International prepared the following statement for the ongoing UNCSW meeting in New York City on Financing for Development and Aid Effectiveness.
20/4/2008
Afghanistan: Proposed legislation echoes Taliban-era restrictions
A draft proposal put forth last week would ban loud music, women and men mingling in public, billiards, and more.
20/4/2008
UAE: Meeting of Women Parliamentarians of the Gulf States
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Submits report to Inter-Parliament Union on Gulf Cooperation Council Women Parliamentarians Meeting.