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24/3/2004
Jordan: Amnesty International launches a campaign to stop violence against women
Amnesty International called on people in the Middle East and North Africa to support its worldwide campaign to Stop Violence Against Women.
23/3/2004
The construction of "Muslim Women's" sexuality and the political use of tradition and religion
A summary of the presentation by Marieme Helie-Lucas at the workshop on Muslim women and sexuality at the 2004 World Social Forum.
23/3/2004
Sudan: Mass rape atrocity in west Sudan
Government-backed Arab militias are systematically raping and killing in Darfur region, says the UN.
22/3/2004
Pakistan: Cobwebs in the mind
What are we to make of the President's stated commitment to women's rights, as articulated on several occasions ...
22/3/2004
Report on Gender, Citizenship and Nationality in the Arab Region
Summary of Regional Research.
18/3/2004
Bangladesh: Is the Law Fair towards Women?
Taherunnessa Begum was only sixteen when she was married off to small time trader Sattar Mia twice her age.
17/3/2004
India: Hindutva Agenda of Hindi Press
Book review of Press and Prejudice by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
16/3/2004
Jordan: UN says Jordan women suffer abuse
The report marks the first time that violence against women in Jordan has been statistically analysed.
16/3/2004
Bangladesh: Is this the Bangladesh we wanted?
Eminent writer and freethinker Humayun Azad famously posed this question to us all.
16/3/2004
Malaysia: Joint Action Group against Violence against Women
Women Monitoring Election Candidates (WoMEC).