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24/1/2004
India: Arrests over Gujarat riots case
Federal police in India have arrested 12 people on charges of murder and gang rape during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
23/1/2004
Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Supreme Court protests women singing on TV
In an embarrassing setback for moderates in Afghanistan's U.S.-backed government, authorities have reimposed a ban on women singing on state television just days after it was lifted.
23/1/2004
Iraq: Iraqi women reject decision Number 137 passed by the Iraqi Governing Council on 29/12/2003
We would like to express our horror at the Iraqi Governing Council’s Act 137 dated 29/12/2003 that replaces Iraqi civil law concerning family law with Sharia law.
22/1/2004
Morocco: Morocco boosts women's rights
Morocco has approved one of the most progressive laws on women's and family rights in the Arab world, which will see polygamy almost completely eradicated from the north African country.
22/1/2004
UK: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act
FGM has been a specific criminal offence in the United Kingdom since the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act was passed in 1985.
22/1/2004
Saudi Arabia: Unveiled women anger Saudi cleric
Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority has issued a stern rebuke to women who appeared at a conference unveiled in the presence of men.
21/1/2004
Malaysia: New PAS Terengganu dress code for women sparks furore
The state ruling party is weathering a barrage of criticism for 'riding roughshod' over female workers' rights in Terengganu.
21/1/2004
Malaysia: PAS chief makes about-turn on dress code
The Menteri Besar now says it is not right for the Terengganu state government to dictate what non-Muslims cannot wear.
20/1/2004
Turkey: Panlýurfa declaration on violence against women

The following Declaration was drafted pursuant to a symposium organized in Panlýurfa by the Human Rights Association of Panlýurfa. The symposium took place on November 22nd and 23rd 2003. We, the co-authors of this Declaration, are deeply concerned about the recent developments at the United Nations regarding the language adopted within various documents regarding women’s rights. The efforts in questioning and undermining already accepted language of the Beijing Conference and Beijing Platform for Action calls for an immediate action by women’s (human) rights defenders.

16/1/2004
Pakistan: Musharraf helps threatened woman
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to protect a woman who faces being murdered by members of her own tribe in an honour killing.