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5/11/2004
International: Website launch of Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations
The new website examines the advocacy work of the Coalition at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
5/11/2004
United Arab Emirates: UAE to get first woman minister
Sheikha Lubna al-Qasimi, a member of the Sharjah royal family, is to take on the key job of economics and planning minister.
4/11/2004
Nigeria: Update on the case of Daso Adamu
Daso Adamu's case was argued on 3rd November 2004.
4/11/2004
UN: Resolution - Elimination of Crimes Committed against Women and Girls in the Name of Honour
The UN General Assembly Third Committee resolution titled Working Towards Elimination of Crimes Committed Against Women and Girls in the Name of Honour is adopted this year again at the 59th Session in New York City.
3/11/2004
Nigeria: Update on the case of Hajara Ibrahim
Hajara Ibrahim's case was argued on October 27th 2004.
2/11/2004
Afghanistan: Women failed by progress in Afghanistan
Among the principles of Security Council Resolution 1325 is that women must have equal participation in the resolution of conflict and in peace processes.
1/11/2004
Lebanon: Helem, Lebanese Protection for LGBT
Helem leads a peaceful struggle for the liberation of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon from all sorts of legal, social and cultural discrimination.
28/10/2004
Pakistan: Cultural Cruelties: Confronting honour killings
The Pakistan government bulldozed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2004 against “honour killings” in the National Assembly and adopted it on 26 October 2004 without any debate amidst opposition walkout.
27/10/2004
Palestine: New publication 'Stop the Apartheid Wall' by the Jerusalem Center for Women
This publication notes the results of a year long program that aimed to increase awareness of Palestinian women on human rights, violence against women, democracy and the importance of women’s political participation.
26/10/2004
Iraq: Chaos, murder and mayhem
Kidnapping and killing is a daily reality in Iraq, but in the west the atrocities go unrecorded and the dead are unnamed.