News

16/6/2004

Spain: Court Steps in to Save Girls from FGM

The judiciary is embroiled in a simmering row with Gambia over the best way to protect girls from circumcision.

15/6/2004

Canada: Protest rises over Islamic law in Ontario

When Britain's Muslim community requested the right to use Islamic law to settle family disputes, the government's refusal was unequivocal.

13/6/2004

International: New Oxfam publication - Development, Women, and War. Feminist Perspectives

A set of short chapters edited and introduced by Professor Haleh Afshar of the University of York (UK), and Deborah Eade, Editor of the international journal 'Development In Practice.'

10/6/2004

France: New publications about women, fundamentalisms and the state.

Short abstracts of two, recently published, controversial books.

7/6/2004

Nigeria: Analysis: Behind Nigeria's violence

In the first four years following Nigeria's return to democratic rule in 1999, at least 10,000 people were killed in communal violence across the country, but in recent months, these clashes have been notably less frequent.

6/6/2004

South Africa: Unveiling the mind

A herstory of the historical evolution of the legal position of women in Islam by Prof Najma Moosa.

4/6/2004

Jordan: Honour killing in Jordan hospital

The Jordan Times says this is the third case of so-called "honour" killing in the country this week.

3/6/2004

Nigeria: Nigerian state bans Muslim march

The Nigerian authorities have banned a procession by Muslims in the northern city of Kano, after appeals from Christian leaders.

3/6/2004

Sudan: Situation of human rights in the Darfur region of the Sudan

WLUML continues to be concerned about the situation in Darfur, Sudan.

2/6/2004

Sudan: Darfur Needs Action on Human Rights

WLUML is attempting to contact networkers in the Sudan. In the meantime please click on the above for some information related to the deeply worrying situation in Darfur.