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17/2/2005
Philippines: Moro ethnic women speak-out on sexual violence in customary practices and traditions
Stories from four women who are ethnically, educationally (culturally) and socio-economically apart and varied yet one common thread runs through their tales: these are women metamorphosing from victims to survivors to advocates of peace.
16/2/2005
USA: Religious right fights science for the heart of America
Creationists take their challenge to evolution theory into the classroom.
16/2/2005
Iraq: Iraqi vote gives Shia parties a mandate for Islamic law
A coalition of Shia religious parties has won the Iraq election, taking almost half the votes and raising the spectre of Islamic law finding its way into the country's new constitution.
16/2/2005
International: Calling on governments to universally reaffirm and implement the Beijing Platform for Action
It is very likely that governments will adopt a political declaration at the close of the BPfA review (Feb 28-Mar 11). The sign-on letter below calls for governments to support full reaffirmation and implementation of the BPfA.
16/2/2005
Bangladesh: We, the citizens of Bangladesh demand security...
A statement issued by 115 women in Dhaka, following the assassination of Shah A M S Kibria and five members of his audience (Abul Hossain, Farid, Manjurul Huda Manju, Siddiq Ali, Abdur Rahim) in a grenade attack on a public meeting in Habiganj, Sylhet.
15/2/2005
Saudi Arabia: Veiled hopes
Saudi Arabia has held its first elections of any kind for 40 years. Women had expected to have the vote: six even put their names forward as candidates. But, in one of the world's most repressive societies, they were banned from the poll.
14/2/2005
Interview with Cassandra Balchin of the WLUML network
Cassandra Balchin works with the WLUML network. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand she talks about the work of the organization.
14/2/2005
Nigeria: National Political Conference - women’s full participation not negotiable!
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights is lending its voice to the call for the full participation of women in the forthcoming National Political Conference.
12/2/2005
Pakistan: Women's struggle - one step forward, one step back
Women across the country commemorate February 12 as Pakistan Women's Day, in remembrance of the state's brutality against women who in 1983, protested against the Law of Evidence, which reduces the status of a woman witness to half that of a male witness.
11/2/2005
India: Patriarchy and sectarianism: explaining the dissensions in the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board
The recent spate of splits in the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has come as a rude shock to the ‘ulama on the Board who had arrogated to themselves the right to speak on behalf of the 150 million or more Muslims in India.