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11/6/2007
Kurdistan: Kurdish women resent new passport system
A law requiring women to have a male guardian sign their passport application angers women in Iraqi Kurdistan.
11/6/2007
UN: Human rights violators must not be allowed to further weaken UN human rights protections
The UN Human Rights Council should vote to maintain all country-specific rapporteurs and should reject limits on the Council’s ability to address human rights abuses proposed by some of the world’s worst human rights violators, Freedom House said today.
11/6/2007
Pakistan: Couple detained in Pakistan need your letters of support
11/6/2007
Pakistan: Couple detained in Pakistan need your letters of support
11/6/2007
Pakistan: Couple detained in Pakistan need your letters of support
10/6/2007
Kuwait: Kuwait bars women from working night jobs
The Kuwaiti parliament on Monday passed a law banning women from working at night, except those in the medical profession, and barring them from jobs considered ‘immoral.’
10/6/2007
Nepal: Women’s Human Rights Defenders Threatened and Harassed
Women's Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) is alarmed about the threats and harassment of Rita Mahato and Dev Kumari Mahara, Women’s Human Rights Defenders and WOREC staff members working in the Siraha district in Nepal.
10/6/2007
Australia: Controversial Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali steps down from Australian Muslim council
Australia's top Islamic cleric, who came under fire last year when he likened women without head scarves to ''uncovered meat,'' stepped down Sunday. Muslim leaders appointed a new mufti.
7/6/2007
Iraq: Iraqi journalist murdered outside her home in Mosul
Sahar Hussein al-Haideri had long been concerned for her safety and had been submitting her accounts anonymously for the past year.
7/6/2007
Afghanistan: Two female journalists murdered by extremists this week in Afghanistan
The murder of two female journalists in Afghanistan in the space of a week has brought home the risks that newswomen face in a country where women are not expected to ask questions.