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27/10/2006
Canada: Is covering women's faces feminism? Wearing the Muslim veil conveys exclusion
From a hard knot of contradictions a further thread has unravelled, and the most preposterous rationalization of all, particularly coming out of the mouths of men - that the niqab is a feminist declaration.
27/10/2006
Egypt: Behind the veil
The hijab survived the controversy it once generated because it is a milder form of modesty. Allow me to mention that our mothers and sisters didn't feel the need to wrap their heads or cover their faces and still maintained their modesty in public.
26/10/2006
Morocco: Morocco's feminists
The women’s movement in Morocco – which now bridges secular and religious communities – is setting an example of the power of social thought in a traditional society.
25/10/2006
Pakistan: Death penalty by non state actors - "Swara" killings continue
Women are given in marriage to hostile families as compensation for a relative's crime in a practise called "swara" in Pashtun, parts of Afghanistan and the NWFP, and "vanni" in the Punjab. Although officially outlawed in Pakistan, the custom prevails.
25/10/2006
Lebanon: Re-launching the nationality campaign
“When the laws in most countries in the MENA and Gulf regions say that a citizen is someone born of a father of that country only, this clearly says that the state considers that only men are real citizens," said Lina Abou-Habib, Director of CRTD-A.
24/10/2006
Iran: Citizenship rights in Iran - one step forward, many more to take
It was reported late in September 2006 that for the first time in Iranian history an unprecedented law had been passed in the parliament to "offer" Iranian citizenship to children born to Iranian mothers and non-Iranian fathers.
24/10/2006
UPDATE: Iraq: Campaign to affirm Personal Status Law and remove Article 41 from the constitution
23/10/2006
Iraq: Conference on women's role in national reconciliation
The conference was held in Kurdistan-Erbil on 21-22 September 2006, under the slogan "let's build a safe home" and dealt with women's role in achieving national reconciliation.
22/10/2006
Marieme Hélie-Lucas on 'Veil-S'
Whoever today does not add an S to 'veil' and, even worse, refers to ‘The Islamic Veil' (singular), wittingly or unwittingly, promotes the fundamentalist agenda. In these troubled times of history, I have become finicky about concepts and epistemology, writes sociologist and founder of WLUML, Marieme Hélie-Lucas
22/10/2006
UK: Key perspectives on women, fundamentalism and freedom
All are welcome for a seminar on 26 October 2006 at Goldsmiths College, London on religious absolutism/antinomian lives.