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12/2/2008
UK: Catholic Cardinal critiques Archbishop's statements
"I don't believe in a multicultural society," he says firmly. "When people come into this country they have to obey the laws of the land."
12/2/2008
Egypt: ECWR’s Campaign Against Sexual Harassment
"Making Our Streets Safe for Everyone"
12/2/2008
Sri Lanka: Press Statement: "We, Women..."
60 years have passed since the independence from British rule; but have Sri Lankan women really been liberated? Direct link to the PDF image of the "We, Women" press advertisement, published in the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror on 5th Feb. 2008.
12/2/2008
Iran: Protest the closure of Zanan magazine!
Zanan Magazine, a reform-minded feminist magazine has been active in promoting women's rights for the last 16 years. Authorities revoked its license and friends in Tehran worry there's will be no avenue for appeal. Read the petition and sign on!
11/2/2008
Pakistan: 12 Feb: Celebrate the Pakistani women's movement!
Tuesday, 12 February 2008: join in the celebration of the Pakistani women's movement in Karachi.
11/2/2008
Kurdistan: Increasing trend of women's suicide by fire
Like their colleagues across Iraq, the doctors and nurses at the Emergency Management Centre in Irbil work relentlessly. The medical specializations at this hospital are war surgery and burns.
11/2/2008
UK: Polygamy - Multiple Wives Will Mean Multiple Benefits
Husbands with multiple wives have been given the go-ahead to claim extra welfare benefits following a year-long Government review, The Sunday Telegraph revealed.
10/2/2008
UK: Hundreds of girls in Liverpool subjected to genital mutilation
The most recent figures from Liverpool maternity services identified 237 women with FGM in three years.
9/2/2008
Egypt: Essay: "Women Activists without a Movement"
Mariz Tadros considers the modern Egyptian women's movement and the obstacles it faces.
8/2/2008
Iran: Editorial: Shutting Down "Zanan"
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and his hard-line allies rail against the United States and other external “enemies,” but who they really fear are their own citizens.