Law reform

Tanzania: Court throws out petition...

On 8th September 2006, The High Court of Tanzania rejected a petition by human rights activists to declare the customary inheritance law unconstitutional.

Pakistan: Appeasing the mullahs

Today, 13th September 2006, the government of Pakistan is scheduled to present the revised draft of the Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2006 before the Parliament.

Pakistan: Pakistan rape reform fails

In a setback for women's rights in Pakistan, the ruling party in Islamabad has caved in to religious conservatives by dropping its plans to reform rape laws.

الهند: لمحة عن المفكر الإسلامي أصغر علي انجنير

تقييم حول وضع المرأة في العراق: الامتثال القانوني والواقعي ضمن المعايير القانونية الدولية

Iraq: The status of women in Iraq: an assessment of Iraq’s de jure and de facto compliance with international legal standards

The Assessment covers thematic categories: political participation, civil society and women in decision making; violence against women and the right to personal security; labor and economic rights; family and marriage; nationality; health; and education.

Malaysia: Push for first gender equality bill

WLUML and the Women's Centre for Change recently organised the International Conference on Mechanisms and Legislation to Promote and Protect Gender Equality, with participants from South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran and Germany.

Iraq: Recommendations for the Iraqi Personal Status Law

As part of a series of articles about the law and its amendments, exclusively published by Niqash, Dr. Faiza Babakhan, a lawyer and legal advisor for women’s affairs and a member of parliament, outlines her recommendations.

Iran: 'Divorce Iranian Style' now available online

This 2001 documentary by Kim Longinotto is about women and divorce in Iran set in a family law court in Tehran. It focuses on several cases of women trying to divorce their husbands and can now be viewed online.

Iran: Campaign to collect one million signatures demanding changes to discriminatory laws

Iranian women’s rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to legal discrimination against women in Iranian law. The Campaign aims to collect one million signatures to demand changes to discriminatory laws against women and is a follow-up effort to the peaceful protest of the same aim, which took place on June 12, 2006 in Haft-e Tir Square in Tehran.