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25/6/2002
UN: Support Navi Pillay, the only woman candidate, as next High Commissioner for Human Rights
The search for a successor to Mary Robinson has begun.
24/6/2002
Afghanistan: Loss of female minister in row over Sharia law
Sima Samar, former women's affairs minister, fears for her safety.
23/6/2002
Egypt: Retrial announced in 'Cairo 52' case
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has learned that the Egyptian government has decided to retry 50 of the defendants in the "Cairo 52" case.
11/6/2002
Sehakia: The voice of North African and Arab lesbians
A collective of Arab lesbians or lesbians of Arabic language and culture, living in native lands or lands of exile.
10/6/2002
Malaysia: Women's groups say no to strict Islamic law in Malaysian state
Malaysian women's groups have warned that plans to enact strict Islamic laws in an opposition-ruled state would be a leap backwards in the fight for gender equality.
9/6/2002
India: Rapes go unpunished - claims are ignored
Gujarat police are routinely refusing to file charges against individuals accused of rape during the violence in late February and early March, because they say mob violence cannot be broken down into specific crimes.
9/6/2002
Vatican/Africa: Vatican ignoring the sexual abuse of black nuns in Africa
As U. S. Catholic priests returned from the Vatican in Rome this week to discuss the problem of sexual abuse of children by priests, little attention is being paid to reports of sexual exploitation of nuns in Africa by the church's clergy.
2/6/2002
Nigeria: Legislature set to ban female genital mutilation
The legislature is set to pass a law banning female genital mutilation and imposing a two year jail term for offenders.
2/6/2002
South Asia: South Asians against nukes
South Asians Against Nukes is an independent web site to bring together information resources for peace and anti nuclear activists in South Asia.
2/6/2002
Palestine/Israel: The human chain
Israeli-Palestinian Peoples' Peace Campaign (IPPPC) declares that in both peoples there are majorities that believe in the possibility for peace based on ending the occupation, on two states for two peoples and on Jerusalem two capitals for two states.