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12/6/2006
Kyrgyzstan: Support the campaign to ensure continued access to abortion
11/6/2006
UK: Forced marriage law 'not needed'
The Home Office has decided a specific law to ban forced marriages in the UK is not needed. It is thought the disadvantages of a new law would outweigh the advantages, and possibly drive the practice of forced marriages underground.
11/6/2006
Iran: Police beat women activists
Police in Iran have beaten a small group of women activists trying to hold a protest for greater legal rights in the biggest square of the capital. Several people were arrested by the security forces who moved in as soon as activists started gathering.
10/6/2006
Egypt: Recommendations from conference on FGM and early marriage
On June 7-8, 2006, partners from 6 African countries and the UK met to prepare a plan to fight FGM and early marriage at the international conference on "FGM and Early Marriage from the Religious and Legal Perspectives."
9/6/2006
UK: International widows day 23 June 2006 - support Iraqi widows now!
According to official and NGO sources, more than 90 Iraqi women become widows each day due to continuing violence across the country.
8/6/2006
Afghanistan: Talking with Malalai Joya
On December 17, 2003, a 26-year-old woman named Malalai Joya joined hundreds of others in a large tent in Kabul, Afghanistan, to adopt a new constitution for their war-torn nation.
7/6/2006
International: Negotiating religion and social identity
Muslim men may wed non-Muslim women whereas Muslim women are, in theory, not allowed to marry non-Muslim men. Now Abdullahi An-Naim has published a book that takes a close look at Muslims and inter-religious marriages. Yogi Sikand has read it.
7/6/2006
Iran: Support Iranian women - demonstration 12 June 2006
6/6/2006
Nepal: WHRD Nepal national consultation
The Kathmandu Declaration adopted by the National Conference of Women Human Rights Defenders.
5/6/2006
Canada: 'Limited' polygamy
Multiple-wife marriages have been legally recognized in Canada to award spousal support and inheritance payments.