News

8/5/2005

International: Symposium builds momentum for international efforts to eliminate violence against women

Activists, policy-makers, UN representatives, scholars & heads of NGOs from 40 countries gathered at Women's Learning Partnership's international symposium, "Leading to Change: Eliminating Violence against Women in Muslim Societies" in March in New York.

7/5/2005

India: AIDWA response to Muslim Personal Law Board (MPLB) recommendations

The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has noted that the Board has made recommendations which have started the process of discussions, change, codification and reform in Muslim Personal Laws.

6/5/2005

India: The Board of no shame

It is time to take the matter to the state and argue for some form of state protection which would be equally applicable to all women in vulnerable positions, irrespective of religious affiliations.

6/5/2005

Pakistan: South Asia confronts trend of violence against women

Changing laws is the easy part, changing attitudes is something else.

5/5/2005

International: University of Minnesota human rights library

One of the largest collections of more than 21,000 core human rights documents, including several hundred human rights treaties and other primary international human rights instruments available in Arabic, English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.

5/5/2005

Nigeria: Women's Leadership and Training of Trainers Institute

Baobab for Women's Human Rights co-organised the Institute, to strengthen participants' capacity to become better trainers & advocates in empowering grassroots women to become effective decision-makers in their families, communities, & societies.

5/5/2005

UPDATE: Turkey: Muyeser Gunes and members of Mothers for Peace are free

4/5/2005

Afghanistan: Women protest murder of Afghan women

Afghan women protest at the silence and inactivity of the Afghan government regarding the recent killings in Baghlan (3 women raped and murdered for NGO activity), and in Badakshan (1 woman stoned to death).

3/5/2005

Kuwait: Kuwaiti MPs scupper women's vote

The Kuwaiti parliament has failed to pass a law which would, for the first time, have given women the right to vote and stand in municipal elections.

3/5/2005

Afghanistan: Three Afghan women killed as warning to stop working for aid groups

Three Afghan women were found raped and strangled to death in the northern province of Baghlan with a warning for women to stop working for aid groups.