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27/11/2007
UPDATE: Saudi Arabia: Justice officials state gang-rape victim has admitted to adultery
"Saudi justice officials say a woman who was sentenced to prison and flogging after she was gang-raped has now 'confessed' to an extramarital affair."
27/11/2007
Sudan: Teacher arrested over a teddy bear named Muhammad
The Sudanese police arrested a British schoolteacher and accused her of insulting Islam after she allowed her 7-year-old pupils to name a class teddy bear Muhammad, said Sudanese officials.
26/11/2007
International: Sex-selection technology and 163 million 'missing' women
Experts at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights paint an apocalyptical vision of the Asian region where 163 million women are ‘missing’
25/11/2007
International: Watch the webcast of the launch of the Global Campaign!
At 10:00 AM (GMT +2) watch the launch of the 'Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women!' live.
24/11/2007
USA: "When making music, faith is incidental", by Ani Zonneveld
"The fact that I am a Muslim woman is incidental when it comes to this process. I'm judged based on the success I've had as a songwriter, the body of work I have produced and the awards I have won."
23/11/2007
Cambodia: Cambodia to Launch Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women
The Cambodian Committee for Women (Cambow) will launch a 16-day campaign against gender-based violence to raise awareness of the issue and change the Cambodian 'mindset' on violence and abuse against women.
22/11/2007
International: Publication: "SexPolitics - Reports from the Front Lines"
SexPolitics - Reports from the Front Lines is the outcome of a project launched by Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW) in 2004: a transnational, cross-cultural research initiative that hoped to capture some dynamics of sexual politics in our time.
22/11/2007
International: The Global Campaign to Stop Stoning and Killing Women! - Programme of the Launch
The Global Campaign will be launched on 26 November 2007, at 10 AM, at Bilgi University in Istanbul. Speakers at the launch include: Shadi Sadr, Ayesha Imam, Sri Wiyanti Eddyono, Nebahat Akkoç, Yakin Ertürk, and Farida Shaheed.
22/11/2007
International: Global Forum: ‘Culture’, Women, Violence: "Rejecting ‘cultural’ justifications for violence against women"
The International Forum "'Culture', Women, Violence" will be held on 26 November 2007. The event is hosted by the City University of Hong Kong, SEARC, WEMC, the Center for Migration Research and Istanbul Bilgi University.
22/11/2007
International: Launch of the Global Campaign to Stop Stoning and Killing Women!
On 26 November 2007, WLUML will launch a global campaign to "Stop Stoning and Killing Women", as inhumane punishments for women's alleged sexual transgressions. Download the background paper here!