Four religious leaders yesterday spoke out openly about their HIV status. The Christian and Muslim clergy from various African countries cited fear of stigma and discrimination as the main obstacles to the fight against the Aids pandemic.
This year 1000 women from more than 150 countries are jointly nominated for the famous Nobel Peace Prize. The official nomination was given to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo in January 2005 & the names of the 1000 women have now been publicised.
BRAC and the Pratichi Trust-Bangladesh founded by Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen, took an initiative to train women from the remote corners of Bangladesh in journalism.
In June 1995, I was finishing off my book on refugees from former Yugoslavia, "The Suitcase," (University Press of California), interviewing women and men of different nationalities, wherever they came from and wherever they had been displaced.
WLUML would like to share this first reaction from a Londoner to the 7th July 2005 bombings which is currently being circulated by e-mail. WLUML shares many of the concerns and analysis expressed in this letter.
The Women's National Commission (WNC) was awarded funding from the British Council to run an internship programme for women from Iraq representing the diversity of Iraqi regions, faiths, ethnicities, political and social affiliations.
According to local police, dozens of women have had parts of their bodies burned by religious conservatives in a string of incidents throughout the capital in recent weeks.
