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14/1/2008
Bahrain: Women's Petition Committee Condemns Attacks on Peaceful Protest
Bahraini Special Security Forces and National Security suppress peaceful demonstrations; Women's Petition Committee condemns the attack on women at the General Prosecutor's.
14/1/2008
Iraq: Islamic extremists target women in Basra
One hundred and thirty-three women were killed last year in Basra, Iraq’s second largest city, either by religious vigilantes or as a result of so-called “honour” killings, a report said on 31 December, 2007.
13/1/2008
ex-Yugoslavia: Publication: "The Body of War"
"The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-up of Yugoslavia" by Dubravka Žarkov is now available.
12/1/2008
International: "The 99": Muslim comic book superheroes
In the comic book "The 99", Muslim superheroes fight for a better world – and offend conservatives, reports Sonja Zekri.
11/1/2008
Chechnya: Dress Code for Chechen Women
Morality drive focuses on low-cut clothing and other signs of behaviour seen as 'un-traditional' and therefore inappropriate.
11/1/2008
Serbia: The 'Coalition for a Secular State' releases Manifesto
"We intend to bring attention to the constant abuse of religion, tradition, national and cultural heritage – all for political purposes, in order to gain legitimacy and political power..."
10/1/2008
UK: No cultural justifications for honour-based violence
"What we should learn from forced marriages and 'honour' killings is that we cannot allow cultural relativism to compromise women's human rights."
9/1/2008
Iraq: The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq condemns violence
The Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) condemns the killings of women in Basra and Umara and calls for women's protection services.
9/1/2008
International: "Re-imagining Women in Islam", by Syeda Hameed
"We learn from history how many a deadly lion has emerged from the harem and how many hennaed hands have held the reigns of kingdoms..."
9/1/2008
Indonesia: Essay: "Organized religion, the liberty of prejudice"
"These clerics are not democratically elected officials, nor legislators. There is no obligation for the state to legitimize their presence or support their activities with state funding."