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10/5/2006
Iran: Iran lifts ban barring women from attending sporting events
Women can attend games in Iran's stadiums for the first time in nearly three decades, after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unexpectedly lifted a ban last week on their presence in the stands.
9/5/2006
Sri Lanka: Women NGO workers in East under threat
Details of the 'Campaign for the Protection of Women's Human Rights' relating to the issue of women in the East of Sri Lanka not being able to work in NGOs.
9/5/2006
Sri Lanka: Statement - defend women's right to work
As women who have always been committed to the principles of non-discrimination and of equality, we have noted with grave concern, the controversy around women working in non-governmental sector in the Eastern province.
8/5/2006
International: Book review: On how Christian fundamentalists pray for the destruction of the world
Yoginder Sikand reviews the recent title by Grace Halsell, "Forcing God’s Hand: Why Millions Pray for a Quick Rapture and Destruction of Planet Earth."
8/5/2006
Egypt: Female activists in the clutches of state security
On 8 May, three female activists were arrested by state security. These repeating events remind us of what happened on the dark day of the Referendum last year when state security used sexual harassment as a weapon against female journalists.
8/5/2006
UN: Act now for UN reform and gender equality
7/5/2006
Afghanistan: Afghanistan should make room for its female leaders
Women are denied positions of influence after recent cabinet and Supreme Court nominations.
7/5/2006
Iraq: 'No one knows what we are going through'
Women in Iraq are living a nightmare that is hidden from the west. Now one has turned film-maker to give us a window on to what they endure.
6/5/2006
International: What clash of civilizations? Why religious identity isn't destiny
This essay is adapted from the new book Identity and Violence, by Amartya Sen and published by Norton.
5/5/2006
International: When women's human rights defenders face political non-state actors
There is a slow process within human rights organisations that started twenty years ago: it aims at fully incorporating women's rights within their mandate.