Violence against women

Sudan: Call to halt case brought against journalist Lubna Ahmad Hussein

The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) International solidarity network is gravely concerned to hear that tomorrow, Wednesday 29 July, at 10:00 am, Sudanese time, the court will hear the case brought against Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmad Hussein for ‘inappropriate dress and conduct’.

Malaysia: Woman to be caned for drinking alcohol

"An Islamic court in Malaysia has sentenced a Muslim woman to be flogged with a rattan cane for having a beer in a nightclub, a court official said Tuesday.

Malaysia: Sisters in Islam criticize whipping of women

Open letter: 'Sisters in Islam' (SIS) urges the government to review whipping of women as a form of judicial punishment by the Syariah Courts.

Maldives: 150 women face adultery flogging

The women face a public flogging for indulging in extra-marital sex after being convicted by the Muslim country's conservative courts. Around 50 men also face the punishment.

Iran: Prison Abuse of Protesters

The names and stories of the Iranians who have been brutalized or killed in the aftermath of the post-election protests are gradually seeping into a memorial vault of the faces of suffering and endurance in the name of sociopolitical reform.

Jordan: No legal exemption for 'honour crimes'

Legal experts and religious leaders insist that there should be no exemption for so-called honour crimes under the law.

India: Court of Women on Dowry and Related Forms of VAW

Dowry deaths or sex selection resulting in the termination of female fetuses, are but two most extreme manifestations of the phenomena of violence against women that is taking new and more contemporary forms.

Mozambique: Assembly Passes Bill Against Domestic Violence

Up until now, there has been no such crime as domestic violence on the Mozambican statute book. When a husband beat up his wife, this was treated as a simple case of assault.

Afghanistan: Call for tougher laws on rape

Rapists in Afghanistan too often get away with their crime, whilst rape victims lack access to justice and experience stigma and shame, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Palestine: Mehwar Centre for women and children

Mehwar is the first Palestinian centre providing integrative answers to domestic violence. At the centre they not only protect physically and sexually abused women, they seek "to empower" them to play a defining role in society.