Law reform

البحرين: المطالبة بسرعة إصدار قانون الأحوال الشخصية: "احترام" تطلق عريضتها الشعبية في الثامن من آذار

A study of the Iraqi Constitution and the international obligations of Iraq under CEDAW with specific relation to Article 39 of the Constitution.

Pakistan: Hudood laws must go

Four bills directly relating to women were introduced in the National Assembly. The most important of these was the one moved by the PPP (Parliamentarians) simply titled the Hudood Laws (Repeal) Bill 2005.

نائب من "حماس": نعمل لـ"أسلمة" قانون العقوبات

India: Till the state recognises us

The Supreme Court’s directive for compulsory registration of marriages will be nothing short of a revolution. Whether it will lead to a corresponding social revolution in the protection of rights, especially of women and children, remains to be seen.

India: India 'to register all marriages'

India's Supreme Court has given the federal and state governments three months to enact legislation making it compulsory to register all marriages. The court said the public's views would be invited on the new legislation.

Morocco: Women push for change in nationality laws

Under current law, Ehtimad Bensallah's children cannot obtain Moroccan citizenship because nationality is conferred by fathers and her children's father is a foreigner.

Canada: Ontario passes new law

Family legal arbitrations must now use Canadian law.

Turkey: Turkish Civil and Penal Code Reforms from a gender perspective: the success of two nationwide campaigns

A concise overview of the new legal status of women in Turkey in light of recent legal changes. Women see new gains across many areas ranging from domestic violence to political participation & from sexual rights to women's right to economic independence.