International

Six female human rights defenders you should know

Samah Hadid is a global human rights activist from Australia and a member of WLUML's Council. You can follow her work @samahhadid.

As a human rights activist, I know too well the unwavering determination needed to defend the rights of society's most vulnerable and marginalised.

For many activists and human rights defenders, especially women, this struggle for freedom often comes with persecution, imprisonment, exile and political attacks.

WE are being slaughtered by YOUR secondary enemy!

OPEN LETTER TO THE LEFT AND FAR LEFT

If you would like to sign on to this letter, please email Fatou Sow at fatou@wluml.org

Le Piège Intégriste

Fatou Sow, Directrice International, WLUML

Les attentats des 7 et 9 janvier 2015 contre la rédaction de Charlie Hebdo et un supermarché juif et à Paris ont causé de profondes émotions et affecté toutes les sensibilités.

The triple whammy: towards the eclipse of women’s rights

DENIZ KANDIYOTI 19 January 2015

Caught in the cross-fire of political opportunism, neo-liberal triumphalism and geopolitical adventurism, feminist platforms are in retreat. Only a politics of coalition building can avert their eclipse.

WLUML Gazette, 14th Edition at the end of 2014

The WLUML E-Gazette is a quarterly publication sent out to subscribers which aims to shed light upon the activities of the network and share important updates about women's and gender issues in the Muslim world and beyond.

Toute défense de Charlie Hebdo doit également devenir celle d’autres blasphémateurs et apostats.

Source:http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamn...

Traduit de l'anglais par Marieme Hélie Lucas. Posté en anglais sur siawi : http://www.siawi.org/ecrire/?exec=articles&id_article=8515

Maryam Namazie

WLUML Annual Report 2013

Gender equality: Building our strength together

Annual Report 2013 Women Living Under Muslim Laws

Please download the pdf for the full report.

International Conference on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights

Via SecularConference.com

Watch videos from the conference here

The two-day International Conference on the Religious Right, Secularism and Civil Rights held in London during 11-12 October 2014 was a rousing success. A broad coalition of secularists, including believers, free-thinkers, agnostics and atheists assembled from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and the Diaspora at the unprecedented and historic gathering to discuss resistance against the repression and violence of ISIS and other manifestations of the religious-Right, including in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkey, Tunisia and Yemen.

Feminist Movement Builder's Dictionary

16 Days of Activism: Remembering Our Roots, Looking Forward

27th November 2014 -

By Edna Aquino

This week marks the beginning of the yearly commemoration of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence - a global campaign initiated and led by women's groups and movements in many parts of the world which put the spotlight on this pandemic. I have been a part of this campaign since its beginnings and through the lenses it has given me on why women are being targeted and subjected to the most inhuman manifestations of oppression, my feminist outlook has been sharpened and my activism for women's rights became an integral part of who I am. I am now a 62 year old feminist and human rights activist and on the road to slowing down while casting my vision to new fields where I can still be useful to my causes within my given limitations.