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19/7/2007
International: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: November 25 - December 10, 2007
"Demanding Implementation, Challenging Obstacles: End Violence Against Women"
18/7/2007
Iran: An open letter from Shirin Ebadi on the arrests of activists in Iran
Those women who had been arrested, were hence sentenced to lashes and long-term imprisonment.
18/7/2007
Zimbabwe: Daughters fetch high prices as brides in crisis economy
"Unless the economic meltdown is addressed, we will continue to see parents commodifying their daughters."
17/7/2007
India: Human rights groups protest against Shrawasti mass rape
Human Rights organisations from across the state of Uttar Pradesh protest against the alleged mass rape in Shrawasti of 12 Muslim women.
17/7/2007
UPDATE: Pakistan: Transgender couple released on bail
17/7/2007
UPDATE: Pakistan: Transgender couple released on bail
17/7/2007
UPDATE: Pakistan: Transgender couple released on bail
16/7/2007
Netherlands: Dutch political party attempts to silence Muslim "apostate"
The Dutch Labour Party has been trying to muzzle a young member who is fighting for the rights and safety of Muslim apostates.
16/7/2007
UK: "No fondness for the Pentagon's politics": An open letter by Salman Rushdie
"It is bizarre and untruthful to say that I have a 'fondness for the Pentagon's politics'."
16/7/2007
International: Call for Papers: “Refugee Women in the Arab World.”
The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW), based in the Lebanese American University, is soliciting articles for the forthcoming issue of the quarterly publication, Al–Raida. The central topic will be “Refugee Women in the Arab World.”