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Pakistan: Protection at the cost of freedom
Women no longer need to produce four witnesses when filing rape charges or fear they might be convicted of adultery, yet the Bill is accompanied by an anti-lewdness clause and the Hudood Ordinance will operate alongside the civil procedure.
UPDATE: Philippines: Demand a fair trial in the Subic rape case
Following strong protests from women's and left-wing groups, a US marine has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping a local woman in the Philippines last year. About 100 protesters were outside the courthouse for the verdict.
المغرب: حملة لإصدار قانون بمنع العنف ضد المرأة
UPDATE: Philippines: Demand a fair trial in the Subic rape case
Lebanon: Silent witness exhibition
An exhibition of 30 wooden silhouettes of women who were killed as a result of domestic violence or honour crimes. Each silhouette represents a woman who was killed by either her husband, father or brother, sometimes for mere suspicion of “bad behaviour”.
International: Celebrate 16 years of 16 Days - advance human rights, end violence against women
2006 marks the 16th anniversary of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign! Since 1991, the 16 Days campaign has worked to increase the visibility of violence against women as a human rights violation.
في اليوم العالمي لمناهضة العنف ضد النساء: واقع النساء ليس جميلا وصورة المجتمع ليست جميلة
International: Call to end FGM
Muslim scholars from around the world have called for female genital mutilation to be banned and those who carry it out to face punishment.
United Arab Emirates: Debate surrounds women's shelter in Dubai
The recent introduction of a federal law against trafficking in human beings, and its intention to step up efforts to curb abuse of laborers have sparked a debate on the need to establish a women's shelter in Dubai.
بيان صحــفي: المطالبة بالتحقيق في ملابسات الخلل الامنى والذي نتج عن وقائع التحرش الجماعي
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