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13/11/2006
Palestine: The silence and indolence of the international community
An article by Luisa Morgantini, Member of the European Parliament on the situation in Palestine demanding that the massacre of the Palestinians stop now.
12/11/2006
Malaysia: Know your reproductive rights, Malaysians told
Do you know your reproductive rights? This was the question of which the answers dominated the discussions in a media sensitisation workshop on sexual and reproductive health issues held in Kuala Lumpur on 4 November.
11/11/2006
Egypt: Help stop sexual harassment!
In response to the incidents of sexual harassment reported during the Eid holiday and the rising frequency and severity of sexual harassment of women, please join us in speaking out.
11/11/2006
Egypt: Women protest against mass harassment
Scores of Egyptian women demonstrated in Cairo against sexual harassment on Thursday in response to reports that gangs of young men attacked women in the street at random and groped them last month.
10/11/2006
Malaysia: Hate ideology a threat to unity
In this article by Zainah Anwar, she is heartened that public opinion in Malaysia does not accept the hostile and aggressive propagation of a narrow understanding of one's faith and the turning of dogmatic personal piety into a directive for all to obey.
10/11/2006
Israel: MEPS call for an international force to stop the killing in Gaza
We, the undersigned Members of the European Parliament, recently returned from a fact finding mission to Israel and Palestine, are shocked and appalled by what we have seen and experienced in Gaza.
9/11/2006
Israel: After Gaza atrocity - demonstrations in Tel-Aviv and Haifa
Gush Shalom, representing the Gaza Coalition, have issued a press release. After yesterday's "end of the Beit Hanoun operation" - we now know it was not the end.
9/11/2006
Bahrain: Appointment of Shari'a Judges as political gifts for religious groups
The Committee of Women’s Petition (CWP) demands that the Sharia Court System, Ministry of Justice and the government prove their real intentions behind the reform of the current justice system, especially as procedure and rulings have steadily worsened.
9/11/2006
Serbia: International day of action against fascism and anti-semitism
A public announcement from Women in Black and Queeria which starts, "We are stopping fascism - we are building solidarity!"
8/11/2006
International: Security Council open debate - women, peace and security
On 26 October 2006, the Japanese Presidency to the Security Council convened the Council's annual open debate on Women, Peace and Security. The theme of this year's discussion was the role of women in the consolidation of peace.