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28/5/2007
Afghanistan: Member of Parliament, Malalai Joya, suspended for 'criticizing colleagues'
Censure of Malalai Joya sets back human rights and the democratic process.
28/5/2007
Iran: Haleh Esfiandiari and other Iranian-American citizens unlawfully arrested and detained
25/5/2007
USA: Interview with Asra Q. Nomani
Asra Q. Nomani organised of the first woman-led mixed gender prayers in Muslim history.
24/5/2007
Nigeria: 'Sharia police' shut down theatres in northern Nigeria
Nigerian Islamic police have demolished four theatres in the north-western state of Kano in a campaign to stamp out anti-social and immoral behaviour.
23/5/2007
Nigeria: Increasing 'talibanization' in northern Nigeria targets Christian residents
In areas such as Kano it is corruption, not religion, fuelling Muslim extremism.
22/5/2007
Israel: Israeli Women Fight Back-Of-Bus Status
Five women in Israel are going to court to protest the way sex-segregated public buses are run in Israel.
22/5/2007
Turkey: Essay - Observations on women's demonstrations in Turkey
"Internationally, the role of women in organising and fomenting the demonstrations that have rocked Turkey in recent weeks has gone almost unnoticed. But in Turkey, commentators describe it as nothing short of a 'women's revolution'."
22/5/2007
International: Women’s and Girls’ Rights to Reparation and The Political Meaning of Caring
Show your support - sign the Nairobi Declaration!
22/5/2007
International: The 'Women Won't Wait' campaign urges the G8 to end HIV and violence against women now.
The fight against one epidemic - HIV/AIDS - cannot be won without tackling another epidemic - gender-based violence.
22/5/2007
Iraq: "Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present" by Nadje Sadig Al-Ali
The lives of many Iraqi women have become appreciably harsher following international sanctions and the US-led invasion. Although pleased to see Saddam toppled, some look back on the prosperity and social liberation of the Ba’athist years with nostalgia.