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9/10/2007
UPDATE: Myanmar: Joint NGO statement supporting Human Rights Defenders in Burma
8/10/2007
Nepal: Badi Women Human Rights Defenders Attacked and Detained
The Badis are a small Dalit community, considered a minority group and are the most disadvantaged ethnic groups in Nepal. The women earn most of their families' income through sex work. During a peaceful protest on 27-Aug-07 they were beaten by police.
7/10/2007
Egypt: The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights granted Consultative Status to the UN
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) has been granted Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
7/10/2007
Pakistan: Closure of girls' schools in the Northwest Frontier Province
The closure of 204 Government Community Primary Schools in NWFP: 408 female teachers and 14,000 girl students affected.
6/10/2007
Egypt: Update on government closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid
A statement from Amnesty International denouncing the closure and recommendations for action.
6/10/2007
Bahrain: Bahraini authorities impose media blockade on women's rights activist Ghada Jamsheer
The president of the Women's Petition (WP), the Bahraini activist Ms Ghada Jamsheer revealed the existence of a formal decision preventing her from appearing in any of the Bahraini media.
5/10/2007
USA: Theater: "The Veiled Monologues"
Opening soon: two plays from Adelheid Roosen based on the writer and director's interviews with Muslims living in the West. The complementary pieces, "The Veiled Monologues," and "Is. Man" will make their North American debut this weekend in New York.
4/10/2007
Pakistan: Bombs damage buildings of two girls' schools
Buildings of two girls schools in the Kabal area of Swat were damaged by a powerful blast on the night of September 29th.
4/10/2007
Iran: Another woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery
A woman who committed adultery, having a husband and three children was sentenced to death in an Iranian court in Mashhad, Iran.
3/10/2007
Senegal: Senegal's new Senate doubles number of women in chamber
President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal Friday named 65 new senators, more than half of them women, for the predominantly conservative Muslim country in West Africa.