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19/3/2006
Lebanon: Launching of the Silent Witness project in Lebanon
KAFA,”Enough Violence and Exploitation" organization chose the 8th of March, 2006, for launching the Silent Witness project in Lebanon. On this date thirty silhouettes were displayed in the UNESCO Palace in Beirut.
18/3/2006
Canada: Leading the mufti; progress in the Islamic tradition
It’s not often that one is asked to lead a grand mufti in prayer. Especially if one is a woman. Indeed, until this February, no Muslim woman had ever been asked to lead a grand mufti in prayer.
17/3/2006
Serbia and Montenegro: Ethnic fundamentalism in Serbia
After Tito's death in 1980, and especially at the end of the 1980s, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) faced a serious political and social-economic crisis.
16/3/2006
Egypt: Ministry of Education cancels ECWR's celebration of Egyptian women's day
ECWR is deeply saddened and extremely concerned about this cancellation and what it implies about the supposed support of the government for women's empowerment and civil society.
16/3/2006
Pakistan: Prohibiting Basant, penalising jubilation
Once again the axe of prohibition has fallen on a culturally and aesthetically most gratifying festival of spring - Basant. Playing to the tunes of clerics, the Punjab government earned the stigma of banning the colourful festival of kite flying.
16/3/2006
Pakistan: A thousand mutinies for life and laughter in Pakistan
Professional manipulators of Religion on the one side, and the Generals and the establishment (aided by Uncle Sam) on the other have heavily contributed to sour the dreams of Pakistan's silent majority and spread mayhem elsewhere too.
15/3/2006
Israel/Palestine: 2005 international women's day address to the European Parliament
Although a year on from the time of this address by Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, the issues and need for such honesty remain the same.
15/3/2006
Iraq: No day is a woman's day
"There is chaos in Iraq now, and there is danger everywhere," 27-year-old Nora Ahmed told IPS. The situation has gone "from bad to worse, and only when the occupation ends, women in Iraq will be in a better situation," said Fatima al-Naddaf.
15/3/2006
Egypt: In celebration of Egyptian women's day on 16 March
ECWR will organize a celebration of Egyptian Women's Day on March 16 during which the first martyrdom of a female candidate will be recognized and freedoms in Egypt will be promoted. The celebration is entitled, " New year ….. New Hope."
14/3/2006
Mali: WLUML Africa regional meeting
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights organized the Africa Regional Meeting in collaboration with Femmes et Droits Humains, (FDH) Mali from January 24 -28, 2006 in Bamako Mali. There were 33 participants drawn from 14 African countries.