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4/11/2015

Nepalese politicians have elected a longtime women's rights campaigner to become the country's first female president, as the Himalayan nation pushes for more gender equality in politics and work life.

3/11/2015

Taliban Stone Woman To Death For Eloping

Tuesday, 03 November 2015 12:26

A young Afghan woman has been stoned to death by the Taliban in Afghanistan's western zone, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

8/10/2015

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect Series Are Up Now!

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been uploading one story per day onto the ‘Our Voices’ section of the WELDD portal.

5/10/2015

Board member Karima Bennoune Appointed Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights by the United Nations Human Rights Council

24/9/2015

Update: Activists Yara Sallam, Sanaa Seif released from prison

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 20:10

President Abdel Fattal al-Sisi has pardoned 100 young people serving time for charges including violating the protest law, the president's Facebook page announced on Wednesday. The pardon comes the day before Sisi departs for New York to meet with the United Nations General Assembly.

10/9/2015

Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert

September 4, 2015

Political motivations are taking precedence over the law when it comes to activists such as Bahareh Hedayat, who is being kept in prison despite the completion of her sentence, legal expert Mohammad Oliaei-Fard told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.

2/9/2015

India: 'Now, men will be a bit scared to say talaq'

September 1, 2015

'Our case should act as a warning. It is high time change comes to society. This is not the way to treat a woman.'

'I don't want any other woman to have a fate like mine.'

1/9/2015

Indonesia: The Other Face of the Helsinki Peace Process, Aceh 10 Years Later

MARJAANA JAUHOLA / Academy of Finland Research Fellow, University of Helsinki // August 8th, 2015

The 15th of August marks the ten-year anniversary of the signature ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Government of Indonesia and Aceh independe

1/9/2015

8th CSBR Sexuality Institute - Call for Applications!

The Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) is pleased to announce our Call for Applications for the 8th CSBR Sexuality Institute, to be held from 9-16 February 2016, in Sri Lanka.

Interested?

27/8/2015

From genocide to resistance: Yazidi women fight back

By Dilar Dirik On