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29/11/2007
Sudan: UPDATE: Teacher charged for 'inciting hatred' with a toy
The British Foreign Office demands an explanation from Sudan, where a British primary school teacher was charged yesterday with "insulting religion and inciting hatred" after allowing children in her class to name a teddy bear Muhammad.
29/11/2007
International: Launch of the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women!
The global 'Stop Killing and Stoning Women!' campaign is initiated to address the intensifying trend of cultural and religious legitimization of lethal violence against women.
29/11/2007
Iran: Female Doctor's Prison Death Causes Public Outcry
Zahra Bani Yaghoub was a 27-year-old medical university graduate from Tehran who some two years ago volunteered to work in the western city of Hamadan.
29/11/2007
UN: Special Rapporteurs urge states to stop using culture to justify violence
A press statement from United Nations independent experts, calling on states to strengthen the protection of women from violence.
29/11/2007
International: Over 100 activists met for the 4th Front Line Platform for Human Rights Defenders
In Nov. 2007, over 100 human rights defenders from some 80 countries gathered in Dublin for the 4th Front Line Platform for Human Rights Defenders. Click for the keynote address from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Louise Arbour.
29/11/2007
Lebanon: KAFA
Women's support organization KAFA ('enough') in Lebanon participates in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign
29/11/2007
Palestine: Palestinian women increasingly face "honour" killings
Rights activists say such murders have increased as a result of the worsened security situation, and press for a new law.
28/11/2007
Pakistan: Woman's account of lawyer husband's arrest
Ghazala Minallah's account of the arrest of her husband, a lawyer in Pakistan. Her account suggests perhaps 6000 prisoners in a jail designed to hold 2000 people.
28/11/2007
International: Essay: "Liberate the Prophet from the Stranglehold of Religion"
In his long and detailed plea for a secular Islamic Studies, Tilman Nagel calls on the discipline to emancipate itself from the Muslim understanding of Mohammed if it wants to get closer to historical reality.
28/11/2007
International: AWID Forum: The Power of Movements
From 14-17 November 2008, up to 1500 women's rights leaders and activists from around the world will converge on Cape Town, South Africa at the 11th AWID International Forum to discuss the power of movements. Deadline to apply: 28 Jan 2008