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International: What clash of civilizations? Why religious identity isn't destiny
This essay is adapted from the new book Identity and Violence, by Amartya Sen and published by Norton.
International: When women's human rights defenders face political non-state actors
There is a slow process within human rights organisations that started twenty years ago: it aims at fully incorporating women's rights within their mandate.
International: Women victims of honor killing
It is estimated by the United Nations Population Fund that as many as 5000 women and girls are murdered by family members each year in so-called “honor killings” around the world.
International: Women of peace award
Awards for women and girls involved in grassroots projects who are working to bring peace to the everyday lives of women and their families. The majority of awards are for activities in two broad categories: violence against women and waging peace.
International: Islam and human rights: advocacy for social change in local contexts
This new book explores the relationship between human rights and Islam, with the objective of helping people within Muslim societies promote and protect human rights from an Islamic perspective.
International: Female Nobel Laureates launch peace bid
Shirin Ebadi remembers a time years ago when she was one of 100 female judges in Iran. She also recalls when the Islamic revolution changed everything.
زواج المسيار يثير غضبا نسويا في الخليج
International: OECD database charts discrimination against women
A new database includes practices that discriminate against women, from forced marriages and female genital mutilation to restrictions on inheritance and ownership rights, that stand in the way of gender equality and economic development.
International: Child abduction and custody laws in the Muslim world
It must be appreciated that family law in the majority of Muslim countries is based largely on religious teachings, although the interpretation and application of these teachings can be diverse. Therefore, there is no one Islamic law applicable to all.
International: Book review of 'Great Ancestors: Women Asserting Rights in Muslim Contexts'
This publication highlights the lives and deeds of women from diverse Muslim countries and communities who have engaged in the struggle for gender equality. It provides many examples of women's rights advocates ranging from the 8th century to the 1950s.
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