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10/9/2013
UK: Abuse of Asian girls missed because of focus on white victims, says report

Asian girls are the hidden victims of child grooming gangs, dipping under the radar of police or social services, according to a report released on Tuesday.

10/9/2013
India: All four men found guilty in Delhi gang-rape trial

Four men have been convicted for their roles in the gang-rape and murder of a young woman in a moving bus in Delhi last year.

10/9/2013
Yemen: 8-year-old child dies at hands of 40-year-old husband on wedding night

An eight year old died of sexual injuries on her wedding night with her 40 year old husband in Yemen. 

9/9/2013
Top human rights activist dies

Leading human rights activist Sunila Abeysekera passed away today after suffering from a prolonged illness.

She passed away while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.

9/9/2013
Afghan Women: "No nation can donate liberation to another"*

June 2013 marked the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces and US troops are preparing for their final withdrawal from Afghanistan next year after more than a decade of occupation. The growing concerns of women's and human rights groups and observers both within and outside the country over the transition process are well-documented. In the approach to the handover, there has been an escalation of violence with women and children the primary casualties. While both occupying forces and insurgents have been responsible for injury and loss of civilian life, the insurgents have been at the forefront of the most recent violence.

9/9/2013
Bangladesh: Slum dwellers face higher risk of domestic violence

DHAKA, 5 September 2013 (IRIN) - Women living in the slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital of 15 million people, face a higher risk of domestic violence than women in other parts of the country, say researchers. 

Nationwide, recordkeeping and data collection on the extent and types of violence against women are still scarce, according to an expert panel in 2011monitoring the country’s progress on eliminating violence against women. But the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Rashida Manjoo, found ample evidence in a recent visit to Bangladesh that “discrimination and violence against women continues in law and practice”. 

4/9/2013
The future of abortion rights in Islam

There is no explicit reference to abortion in the Qur'an, and classical jurisprudence and modern-day religious scholarship highlight the diversity of Islamic thought on this subject. Naureen Shameen asks what the new antipathy to family planning by some of the Muslim majority countries means for the future of abortion rights.

2/9/2013
Egyptian TV series spotlights underage marriage

The MBC series, which began at the start of Ramadan, includes some realistic and shocking scenes, said Cairo University psychology professor and family relations consultant Waliyuddine Mukhtar.

2/9/2013
Nigeria's child brides: 'I thought being in labour would never end'

Ibrahim Kanuma winces as he recalls the moment a 63-year-old man asked him for his teenage daughter's hand in marriage. The proposal was not unusual in north-western Nigeria's remote, dust-blown state of Zamfara, but he considered the suitor too old for his only daughter, Zainab, 13.

30/8/2013
Justice for Iran Goes Online with Documentary on Sexual Torture in the Islamic Republic

June 25, 2013| In anticipation of 26 June, the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, JFI is announcing the on-line release of its documentary Final Moments. In this groundbreaking production victims and witnesses recall experiences involving rape of virgin girls prior to execution and sexual torture at the hands of Islamic Rep