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13/4/2006
International: Patriarchy in secular and religious varieties
WLUML networker Vivienne Wee argues that patriarchy is alive and well in secular as well as religious hierarchies. She suggests instead of talking about religious fundamentalisms we need to talk about equality versus hierarchy.
12/4/2006
Algeria: The women speak
The 200,000 dead & 8,000 disappeared of Algeria’s civil war were mainly men. They left behind a generation of women from different backgrounds & political opinions who have come together in opposition to the president’s charter for peace & reconciliation.
12/4/2006
Germany: Honour killing brother jailed
A 19-year-old Turkish man has been jailed for nine years and three months by a German court for shooting his sister in an honour killing.
11/4/2006
Bahrain: Bahrain women battle for their rights
Bahraini women are battling a male-dominated society and powerful Islamists in their quest for reforms that would shift jurisdiction over family and women's affairs from Islamic to civil courts.
10/4/2006
International: The 1325 award
For an individual or organisation in a conflict country or region, that has developed groundbreaking and effective initiatives to promote the rights of women & to increase their participation at decision-making levels in peace processes.
10/4/2006
Syria: Syria breaks taboo on violence against women
Syria has broken a taboo by presenting a high profile study on violence against women, which found that one in four married women gets beaten -- usually by her husband or father.
9/4/2006
International: Unspeakable Love
Homosexuality is still taboo in the Arab countries. In this absorbing account, Guardian journalist Brian Whitaker paints a disturbing picture of people who live secretive, often fearful lives.
8/4/2006
Bangladesh: Delegates funded militants while on tour here
Investigators suspect that some delegates of foreign Islamic organisations while visiting Bangladesh at different times in the past provided Islamist militants with financial and logistic supports without any government body monitoring their activities.
8/4/2006
Europe: 8 March comes to Europe March 28, 2006
German and Dutch people woke to a very different kind of 8 March commemorations this year.
7/4/2006
International: Seeking justice through Islam
Islamic scholars and thinkers confirm that there is a need to question laws made in the name of religion, to ensure justice is done.