International

De la gauche extrême à la droite rigide, la classe politique a un même ennemi: le voile dit "islamique".

Worldwide: Let's not reduce God to a mere policeman

In an article in The Toronto Star, Raheel Raza, a Pakistani-Canadian, urges fellow Muslims not to reduce God to the role of a mere policeman.

UNFPA campaign to end Fistula

Each year some 50,000-100,000 women sustain an obstetric fistula which is a preventable and treatable condition.

Resources: Women's Learning Partnership Training Materials

WLP creates leadership curricula for developing and enhancing participatory leadership skills, the kind individuals and organizations need for effective collaborative action.

Worldwide: Women's rights at stake

A dramatic development shocked most delegates and observers on the last day of the 47th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, March 2003.

Dossier 17

This issue of the Dossiers focuses on two main areas: the role of culture in the making of religious identities; and progressive interpretations within Islam. The issue of culture viz religion and identity is crucial to us; one of the aims of WLUML is to facilitate debate towards disentangling cultural identity from religious and political identities.

Worldwide: Rights at Home Project

An Approach to the Internalization of Human Rights in Family Relations in Islamic Communities.

WLUML statement on the war on Iraq

Within hours American and British military forces are expected to attack Iraq in a war that has no international legal sanction.

Worldwide: Once there was a thriving Arab women's movement. Right now, survival is our political act

Arab women are generally portrayed as victimised, subservient.

Worldwide: New publication - The Application of Human Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health

A compilation of the Concluding Observations and General Comments or General Recommendations, relating to reproductive and sexual health, developed by the international human rights treaty bodies.