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15/12/2005
Nigeria: Nigerian women ignore bike ban
Women in the northern Nigerian state of Kano are ignoring a ban stopping them travelling on public motorbike taxis. On Monday religious authorities began implementing the ban passed earlier this year.
14/12/2005
Iran: Women writers at Afghan literary festival in Tehran
Most of the 28 finalists, and 9 of the 13 prize winners were women. These figures reflect the high proportion of women participating in youth literary activities among Afghans in Iran, a reflection of Afghan women’s demand to have their voices heard.
13/12/2005
International: On normative and contextual in understanding the Qur'an
The interpretation of the Qur’an is not possible without dividing verses into normative ones ie. norms that are transcendent in character & contextual ie. those verses revealed in response to a given situation and the Prophet (PBUH) responding to queries.
12/12/2005
India: Nikaah in Shiv Sena 'first family'
Times are changing, and faster than Bal Thackeray knows it. The Shiv Sena patriarch watched his party bite the dust yesterday in its Konkan stronghold, routed by a former Sainik.
11/12/2005
International: Defending women, defending rights
WLUML was one of the organisers of this international consultation and Feminist International Radio Endeavour has made audio files of the speeches of participants available online.
10/12/2005
Canada: Needs assessment for Muslim women
The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) is holding a series of regional meetings across the country in December 2005 and January 2006.
9/12/2005
Egypt: Women between Islamic Shari’a and personal status laws
This paper by Nehad Abu El-Komsan covers issues such as divorce, inheritance, travel abroad, 'orfi' marriages and the role of the Family Court. It includes case studies and an analysis of the recent amendments to the Personal Status Law.
8/12/2005
Turkmenistan: One wife or two?
Polygamy has staged a comeback, though opinion is split on legalisation.
7/12/2005
International: Interview with UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women
In a special interview with IRIN, Yakin Ertürk said that the rule of law had been women's best friend globally, but that violence against women persisted everywhere, even in developed democracies, partly because so many abuses occur in the private sphere.
6/12/2005
Saudi Arabia: Saudi rights body saves woman from husband
An Egyptian woman, Wafa, who was subjected to physical abuse by her husband and his sister-in-law, has been provided shelter following intervention in her case by the Saudi Arabian Human Rights Commission.