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7/9/2007
Yemen: Gender gap in education among the highest in the world
''Non-availability of female teachers is a major factor often cited by parents for keeping girls away from school.''
7/9/2007
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Women not Allowed to Visit Foreign Embassies
Security officers at the gates of Riyadh's Diplomatic Quarter (DQ) are turning back Saudi females who are not accompanied by their male guardians.
6/9/2007
International: Muslim call for action on HIV/AIDS
About 50 representatives from across Muslim Asia called for greater understanding and more decisive action on HIV & AIDS in Sri Lanka in mid-August.
4/9/2007
International: First veiled Iranian referee will judge upcoming women's football games
The first Iranian veiled female football referee, Nadereh Doroudian, will judge the second West Asian women football games in Jordan.
4/9/2007
International: Online radio interview - Farida Shaheed on the Stop Stoning Forever campaign
WLUML founding member Farida Shaheed discusses the campaign to end stoning in Iran.
31/8/2007
Malawi: Vice President Chilumpha states women's empowerment crucial to good governance
"The theme of this year’s Ijtima was “Moslem Women Participation in Good Governance and Decision Making” and drew over 3 000 attendees from Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe."
31/8/2007
International: MadCat Women's International Film Festival (San Francisco, USA)
3rd I Films Co-presents: "My Daughter the Terrorist", 21 September 2007, 7:30pm.
30/8/2007
USA: Two Catholic women ordained as priests
Two Roman Catholic women were just ordained in Minneapolis, joining a roster that is condemned by Rome. On another front, advocates who prefer to engage the Vatican on female ordination pursue a "Ministry of Irritation."
30/8/2007
International: "ICED! I Can End Deportation" - Computer game on immigration
Available November 2007, game players have to live the day-to-day life of an immigrant teen in the US, constantly being chased by immigration officers, while making moral/consequential decisions and answering myth & fact quizzes about current immigration.
29/8/2007
Malaysia: Prime Minister declares, "Yes, we ARE an Islamic state"
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has for the first time said that Malaysia was an Islamic state and not a secular state.