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24/4/2007
Bahrain: Women's Union Vows to Push for Family Status Law
The Bahrain Women's Union, a loose association of 12 women's organisations, has pledged to reinvigorate a dormant plan to promulgate a family status law in the kingdom.
24/4/2007
Italy: Italy asks Muslim groups to join ‘values charter’
Italy’s interior ministry has published a “values charter” for religious minorities that promotes integration while shunning polygamy and the wearing of face-concealing veils.
23/4/2007
Egypt: International petition launched to support Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi and the freedom of expression
The Arab Women's Solidarity Association - Belgium has created a trilingual online petition in protest of the threats faced by writer Nawal El Saadawi by non-state actors and express support for the freedom of expression and creativity in all contexts.
23/4/2007
Saudi Arabia: Forum on the role of women suggests that empowerment is the key to future economic prosperity
At a recent forum looking at the role of Saudi women in the year 2020, the discussions were candid, the potential was exciting and the reality often disturbing.
22/4/2007
UN: The 'Women’s Rights Architecture' - Strengthening a coherent approach to women’s rights in the United Nations
At a meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York (February–March, 2007), 155 women’s NGOs submitted an open letter to the UN Member States and the UN Secretary General, welcoming the strong impetus for a specific women’s entity in the UN.
19/4/2007
Pakistan: Citizens take to the streets to demonstrate against rising fundamentalisms
Rights activists, feminists, and concerned citizens demonstrated in four Pakistani cities yesterday, denouncing the recent examples of a 'Talibanization' of the country.
19/4/2007
Iran: More women's rights defenders summoned to the Revolutionary Court; two arrested
18/4/2007
International: Lobbying for Women's Rights at the UN - an interview with Leyla Pervizat
Leyla Pervizat is a Turkish feminist researcher and activist who played a pivotal role in lobbying for the UN resolution on elimination of crimes against women and girls committed in the name of honour. An interview by Soheila Vahdati.
17/4/2007
Iran: UPDATE: 'One Million Signatures Campaign': Two Iranian Women Activists Released; 11 Others Summoned to Revolutionary Court
Activists Mahboubeh Hossein Zadeh and Nahid Keshavarz have been released from Evin prison on 15 April, after 13 days of incarceration.
17/4/2007
Canada: Op-ed piece maintains that "the hijab has nothing to do with morality"
Farzana Hassan and Tarek Fateh discuss how the hijab is used in Canada and around the world as a tool to further political agendas.