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30/8/2004
International: Development Alternatives with Women for a new Era (DAWN) celebrates its 20th anniversary
DAWN is a network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy.
26/8/2004
Egypt: Network for resistance of violence against women
This project aims to help to end violence against women by making different groups of society aware of the danger of this phenomenon and its impact, not only on women but on the family and society.
24/8/2004
International: The website of "Bint el Nas" an Arabic phrase that literally translates to "Daughter of the People".
For women who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer, and who are identified ethnically or culturally with the Arab world, regardless of where they live.
22/8/2004
Bangladesh: Fanatic tempers run high against Ahmadiyyas
Religious bigots encouraged apparently by the ban on Ahmadiyya publications intensified aggression to the religious minority sect in a desperate bid to force the government to declare the Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim.
19/8/2004
Burkina Faso: Circumcision arrests in Burkina
Police in the west African state of Burkina Faso have arrested 14 people for carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls.
18/8/2004
Egypt: Women and strategies for change: An Egyptian model
Apart from international efforts to "rescue" women in the Middle East, female activists in Arab countries have been toiling for decades for reforms that achieve concrete gains for women.
17/8/2004
Cameroon: Religious Tensions on the Rise in the North
Earlier this year, conflict in Nigeria’s Plateau state, resulting in part from religious tensions, sparked concern about relations between Christians and Muslims in that country.
16/8/2004
"Shari'a", "Traditional Muslim Jurisprudence", "Muslim Laws": A Plea for Replacing the term "Islamic Law"
Political correctness has yet to stem the public use of language that reinforces very false ideas about Muslim people and Muslim contexts.
15/8/2004
Nigeria: Nigerian Catholics told to be modest
The country's Muslims in particular are going to greater lengths than ever to be seen to be dressing modestly. Now the Catholic Church has joined the debate.
12/8/2004
Uzbekistan: On the treaty of marriage again
There is an opinion that conclusion of the treaty of marriage predetermines the fact that the couple will eventually get divorced.