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26/6/2007
Egypt: The Egyptian Grand Mufti says female circumcision is forbidden by Islam
Egypt's state-appointed Grand Mufti said on Sunday that female genital cutting was forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic in southern Egypt.
25/6/2007
Egypt: Rights group demands the criminalization of FGM
Statement by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights.
25/6/2007
UK: "In the name of the law" - A report on unofficial Islamic courts in Britain
"As Dan Bell discovers, the backstreets of Britain are full of Islamic courts ruling on everything from banking and alcopops to forced marriage and divorce."
25/6/2007
UPDATE: Pakistan: Transgender couple sentenced to three year imprisonment; need your letters of support
25/6/2007
UPDATE: Pakistan: Transgender couple sentenced to three year imprisonment; need your letters of support
25/6/2007
UPDATE: Pakistan: Transgender couple sentenced to three year imprisonment; need your letters of support
24/6/2007
Palestine: "Are Recent Clashes in Gaza a Threat to Women's Activists?"
Some women's activists in the Gaza Strip are nervously reopening centers for women and girls following civil war clashes. Others have stayed off the streets fearing a crackdown against them and their work by militant Hamas forces now in control.
24/6/2007
UK: "Purity ring" schoolgirl goes to High Court
A teenage schoolgirl will appeal to the High Court on Friday to overturn a ban on her wearing a "purity ring" at school to symbolize her decision to abstain from sex before marriage.
24/6/2007
Uganda: Ugandan adultery law curbs the effects of polygamy
Uganda's Supreme Court recently nullified a law that made adultery criminal for women, but not men. The constitutional case also strengthened women's rights on divorce and inheritance.
21/6/2007
Tanzania: Early marriages and pregnancies hinder girls' education
Women's rights activists campaign to raise the age of marriage in Tanzania