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18/11/2005
Nigeria: Hauwa Ibrahim wins top human rights award
Nigerian lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim, who was instrumental in defending Amina Lawal in 2003, has been awarded the 2005 Sakharov Prize.
17/11/2005
International: Women and legislative reform in Muslim-majority societies
On 17 November 2005 at Johns Hopkins, women leaders from Muslim-majority societies will discuss strategies for the creation of egalitarian communities and reform of family law based on women's capability to choose.
17/11/2005
Canada: New law to ban religious tribunals
Divorce and other family law matters in Ontario will no longer be settled through sharia or any other faith-based system under legislation proposed yesterday.
16/11/2005
France: French struggle to build local Islam
As part of a series on French Muslims, the BBC News website's Henri Astier reports on efforts to build a home-grown version of Islam.
15/11/2005
Pakistan: Report from the Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation
A progress report on weeks three and four (22 October - 4 November 2005) after the earthquake.
14/11/2005
Pakistan: Shirkat Gah earthquake relief report
Shirkat Gah feels an urgent need to document JAC-ERE and selected civil society initiatives on a priority basis to facilitate the identification of the most urgent needs and will also be undertaking monitoring and advocacy.
14/11/2005
Pakistan: Pregnant earthquake survivors face life-threatening complications
UNFPA warns that some 17,000 earthquake-affected women in Pakistan are expected to give birth in the next two months. An estimated 1,200 of them will face major complications and about 400 will require surgical assistance.
13/11/2005
International: Patriarchies and fascisms - secular and religious varieties
In the current context of assertive 'fundamentalisms', an opinion that is often voiced is that a re-emphasis on secularism or, more specifically, the secular state would address (and by implication, control) these undesirable forms of religiosity.
12/11/2005
Canada: Marieme Hélie-Lucas '2005 Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitor'
Feminist activist and political theorist Marieme Hélie-Lucas will give the 9th Annual Dame Nita Barrow public lecture ''Women Living Under Muslim Laws'' on Tuesday, 15 Nov, 19:00 George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Canada.
11/11/2005
Women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and justice
The Egyptian Center for Women's Rights has summarised the Freedom House survey on women’s rights in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates & Yemen.