State control

Pakistan: Women's access and rights to land and property

This study is an attempt to understand gender and social and power relations that govern women's land and property rights, their access and control over land and other related resources.

WSF: The rise of fundamentalism and the role of the ‘state’ in the specific political context of Palestine

WSF: Two cheers for multiculturalism

Nigeria: Amina Lawal haunts Yar’adua

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’adua is now confronted with his past and the role he played in the sentencing of Amina Lawal Kurami to death by stoning by a Sharia Court in 2002.

Canada: Muslim women embrace Canada as home but remain on the margins of civic and socio-economic life

A recent report by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW), Engaging Muslim Women: Issues and Needs, reveals Canadian Muslim women’s affinity and affection for Canada but a lack of engagement in the political, social and economic life of the country.

المرأة البحرينية والانتخابات النيابية.. قراءة في النتائج

South Africa: Respecting diversity and difference - the challenge facing a secular democracy

A case study of South Africa by WLUML networker Rashida Manjoo in which she outlines the implications of a lack of debate on identity politics in South Africa, and the apparent conflation of culture and religion with other identity issues.

المشاركة السياسية للمرأة من خلال المواثيق العربية والإسلامية

UAE: Ban on prenuptial tests at private health facilities

Private health facilities have been banned from conducting prenuptial tests required to finalise marriage procedures, according to a senior official.

UK: Muslim women angry at views being ignored, study shows

Muslim women in Britain feel their views are being ignored because community leaders and male-dominated national Muslim organisations are failing to represent them, according to a recent government report.