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2/11/2006
Malaysia: Stemming the 'I divorce you' trend
Malaysia was one of the first Muslim countries to provide for divorce to take place only in court. But in 1994 the law was amended to allow the registration of divorces outside courts, thus defeating the original intent & spirit of the 1984 law reform.
1/11/2006
Afghanistan: Taking Stock update: Afghan women and girls five years on
Women and girls in Afghanistan have been woefully let down and left to face ever increasing levels of violence. This is the central message of a new report produced by WOMANKIND Worldwide.
1/11/2006
Canada: Canada criticized over polygamy
Canada is violating its international human rights obligations regarding women and children by allowing polygamy to persist unchecked, says a new study commissioned by the federal Justice Department.
31/10/2006
India: Imrana's dilemma
The pronouncements of Muslim clerics following the conviction of Imrana's father-in-law for rape are revealing in many respects. After Imrana's alleged rape, Muslim clerics held that there had been no rape and she continued to be her husband's wife.
31/10/2006
Iraq: Sex traffickers target women
Thousands of Iraqi women are being taken advantage of by unscrupulous sex worker traffickers seeking to exploit young girls’ desperate socio-economic situation for profit, United Nations agencies have reported.
30/10/2006
International: Psychosocial challenges and interventions for women affected by conflict
This issue of Critical Half (Vol. 4, No. 1) focuses on psychosocial support for women in conflict and post-conflict societies. Authors provide examples from Sudan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Gaza, Croatia, and Nigeria.
30/10/2006
Sri Lanka: Impressions - war and peace in Mutur
This is a short impressionistic imprint by the Coalition of Tamils and Muslims for Peace and Coexistence (CTMPC) of a village in Mutur district today, a village unable to recover, unable to recuperate in the continuing condition of war and instability.
28/10/2006
UK: How about secular schooling?
A comment piece by Minette Marrin entitled, "Let us pray we have an end to faith schools."
28/10/2006
India: New law on domestic violence
For the first time, women in India have legal protection against abuse in their own homes. It is the first time Indian law has recognised marital rape, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse of a woman by her husband as crimes.
27/10/2006
International: Clothes aren't the issue
Asra Q Nomani writes about Verse 4:34 which retains a strong following, even among many who say that women must be treated as equals under Islam. They reject outright violence against women but accept aggression that fits definitions of domestic violence.