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25/10/2004
Nigeria: Update on the cases of Hajara Ibrahim and Dasso Adamu
More information about the cases of two women sentenced to death by stoning in Bauchi.
24/10/2004
Turkey: Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR)-New Ways has submitted a Turkey Shadow Report to the CEDAW Pre-session in July 2004 for Turkey's periodic review by CEDAW
The shadow report raises critical questions and concerns on the Turkish Government's official report regarding the implementation of CEDAW in Turkey. The report is also endorsed by the Women’s Platform on the Turkish Penal Code.
21/10/2004
Turkey: First South/Southeast Asian conference held on sexuality and human rights in Muslim societies
Twenty-five NGO representatives and researchers from Muslim societies in South and Southeast Asia met in Jakarta to discuss pivotal human rights issues related to sexual and bodily rights, sexual politics, power and gender in Muslim societies.
21/10/2004
Nigeria: The cases of two women sentenced to death in Bauchi state
Following reports from the media about the cases of two young women sentenced to death by stoning in Bauchi State under the Sharia legal system, BAOBAB For Women’s Human Rights has conducted a fact-finding mission to the State.
19/10/2004
Europe: Feminist European initiative for the No to the Constitution
At the ESF European Assembly for Women, several women's organisations presented their declaration against the European Constitution.
18/10/2004
France: Strategies of resistance and solidarity - outsider women
Professional discrimination and gender bias seems more severe in the case of women who do not have French citizenship or come from French families. For them, the idea of equal rights merely emphasises that there is a wide gap between theory and practice.
17/10/2004
Pakistan: No compromise on murder
Murder by any other name still smells foul. It is still murder.
14/10/2004
India: Burqa row in school
A 15-year-old schoolgirl has become the public face of a radical group's campaign for an "Islamic" dress code in a controversy similar to the one sparked by the recent French ban on headscarves in classrooms.
14/10/2004
UK: European Social Forum - Tariq Ramadan: not our ally
Tariq Ramadan is one of the top-billed speakers at the European Social Forum, appearing on a panel to present “Voices of resistance and alternatives from the global South”.
13/10/2004
Turkey: Turkey's homosexuals come out for their rights
The movement in Turkey is still in its fledgling stages, but gays and lesbians are increasingly outspoken: they are expanding their networks, organizing conferences and film festivals and taking part in May Day marches.