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12/2/2007
Statement on the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
Message from Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
9/2/2007
Morocco: Morocco's Nationality Code Amended
An amendment to the Nationality Code will allow mothers married to foreigners to pass on Moroccan citizenship to their children.
8/2/2007
Pakistan: Teenage girl abducted, raped and disrobed: demand justice
7/2/2007
Kuwait: Kuwaiti Panel Passes Women's Rights Bill
A Kuwaiti parliamentary panel yesterday approved landmark draft legislation that grants a host of benefits to women, the head of the committee said.
6/2/2007
Afghanistan: Afghan assembly grants immunity for war crimes
Afghanistan's parliament has granted immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of conflict, despite calls by human rights groups for war crimes trials.
6/2/2007
Egypt: Islam does not bar women from becoming heads of state, says chief mufti
Cairo: Egypt’s top cleric declared yesterday that Islam does not bar women from becoming heads of state, denying press reports that had earlier attributed to him the opposite position.
5/2/2007
Africa: Charter of Principles for African feminists
The launching of the Charter of Feminists Principles for African Feminists at the 3rd International Feminist Dialogue marks a major contribution by the African Feminist Forum (AFF) and the larger feminist movement to the on-going world social forum.
5/2/2007
Pakistan: Teenaged victim of rape and forced disrobing seeks justice
Six men have been arrested on a charge of raping a teenaged girl and forcing her to parade naked through her village near Ubaro because one of her relatives had eloped with a young woman from the men’s family.
5/2/2007
Pakistan: Four women allegedly murdered under the pretext of 'honour'
4/2/2007
International: Update on WLP's 'Claiming Equal Citizenship' Campaign
There are many exciting updates since Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) joined with partners in Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, and Algeria in support of the regional campaign for Arab women's right to nationality.