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26/9/2007
Pakistan: Publication: "Reproductive Health and Rights: Unravelling Realities"
In this new publication, Dr. Rehana Kariapper analyses case studies of 55 women experiencing reproductive health complications and provides recommendations for improvement. Published by Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre, Pakistan.
25/9/2007
Myanmar: Peaceful protestors in Burma defy violent crackdown
Up to 10,000 Burmese Buddhist monks and civilians, including many women and students, have defied police tear gas and live bullets on the ninth day of protests against the military rulers.
25/9/2007
Sudan: Activists Take Their Own Hard Line on Improving Women's Rights in Sudan
Harassment of women's organizations by government security agents is common and the government does not allow women's organizations to register as NGOs. But female activists have found a way to beat the system by exploiting loopholes in the law.
23/9/2007
Syria: Publicizing "honour" crimes in Syria
The murder of 16-year-old Zahra al-Azzo prompts rights activists, lawyers and the media to speak out against so-called crimes of honour.
22/9/2007
International: Film: "Jihad for Love" documents the lives of gay Muslims
"A controversial film about gay Muslims is more a labour of love than a call to arms."
21/9/2007
UK: Mother and son from Sikh family jailed for "honour" killing
A mother and son were today jailed for life at the Old Bailey for their part in an "honour" killing.
20/9/2007
Palestine: Hamas recruits women into police force as 'proof' of progressive thinking
"Females can't be touched by a man, therefore we need women police. That's proof we are a lawful country and not an Islamic state. It doesn't violate Shariah law either."
20/9/2007
UPDATE: Iran: Iranian-American Academic Kian Tajbakhsh Released
Iran has released an Iranian-American democracy scholar who spent four months in prison — the third time in recent weeks Tehran has set free dual citizens it accuses of trying to stir up a revolution.
19/9/2007
Afghanistan: Activists say NATO provincial reconstruction teams need a gender policy
"Furthermore, says AWN, investing in women builds security, and projects that fail to engage women are unlikely to succeed. In one case, women did not use a PRT-funded road because it led to a government center rather than clinics or schools."
18/9/2007
Chechnya: Chechnya imposes an 'Islamic' dress code
Chechnya's president Ramzan Kadyrov orders female civil servants to wear headscarves.