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19/6/2006
Iraq: The ugly truth about everyday life in Baghdad (by the US ambassador)
A leaked cable from the US embassy in Iraq to Condoleezza Rice shows the country falling apart and ruled by militias.
18/6/2006
USA: Legislation to benefit Iraqi women
On 6 June, Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), along with Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), introduced legislation to help enhance the lives of Iraqi women.
17/6/2006
Iran/USA: Women leaders urge negotiated solution to US-Iran stalemate to avert war
Two women peace prize winners — Jody Williams from the United States and Shirin Ebadi from Iran — have this week led a delegation of 10 civil society organizations from both countries.
16/6/2006
UK: In support of the silent vigil for Iraqi widows
You are invited to participate in workshops held on 20, 21 and 22 June from 11am-11pm at the ACAVA Studios in London in support of the vigil on 23 June.
15/6/2006
France: French women of migrant descent between the religious extreme Right and a coward Left
The international press has pointed at France on 2 occasions in the past 2 years: during the controversy around the so-called 'islamic veil' at the beginning of year 2004 and during the riots in suburbs [1] in 2005. These events are intimately linked.
15/6/2006
UPDATE: Iran: Support Iranian women - demonstration 12 June 2006
14/6/2006
Iraq: Fighting Iraq’s new Taliban
As women face escalating violence and exclusion in Iraq, activist Hanaa Edwar Busha brings news from the frontlines to a major international conference on women in reconciliation and security.
13/6/2006
Iraq: For the women of Iraq, the war is just beginning
The women of Basra have disappeared. Three years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, women's secular freedoms - once the envy of women across the Middle East - have been snatched away because militant Islam is rising across the country.
12/6/2006
Egypt: Landmark paternity case highlights dangers of urfi marriage
Activists and experts working on women’s rights issues warned of the dangers of a general lack of information regarding urfi marriage, a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly common in Egypt.
12/6/2006
Iran: Images of the violence unleashed against women activists
A feminist gathering in 7-Tir square of Tehran, in protest of the unequal rights and discriminatory laws against women in Iran, which was violently interrupted by the police, and dozens were arrested.