July 05, 2012 (IRIN)
Despite the placing on Pakistan's statute books of tougher laws against the practice of `swara' or the “giving away” of a woman to a rival party to settle a dispute, the tradition continues.
July 02, 2012 (Bikya Masr)
An ambitious new Morocco campaign launched by a women's rights organization has argued that the veiling of young girls in the country is a form of “child abuse.”
June 28, 2012 (Jennifer Vasquez for Al-Arabiya)
Religious views do not stand in opposition to women's rights in the Arab world, says a survey of men and women from across the Middle East. The survey, conducted by the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, shows that no correlation exists between people's attitudes towards Shariah law and their level of support for women's rights.
June 28, 2012 (Myra Imran for The News)
Participants of a national consultation have demanded representation of female political workers in all party ranks to ensure women's true participation in the political process.
June 28, 2012 (AllAfrica)
As a way of training young girls' leadership experiences, Nyagatare Secondary School administration has opened a "Gender Club" where girls will be meeting their brothers for discussions on several issues
June 28, 2012 (Human Rights Watch )
Saudi Arabia has announced that it will allow women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time, following more than a year of Human Rights Watch reporting, campaigning, and high-level advocacy with the International Olympic Committee.
June 27, 2012 (Himalayan News Service)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) committee has urged the government to prioritise adoption of legal provisions to fight discrimination against women.
June 20, 2012 (TruthDig)
Abdolfattah Soltani, a well-known Iranian lawyer who co-founded an organization that defends the rights of women, minorities and political prisoners, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his work and for what Iran's hard-line judiciary called spreading anti-government propaganda and endangering national security.
June 20, 2012 (Zofeen Ebrahim for TerraViva IPS)
“Rio what?” asks Saba Khan, 25, married and the mother of two young daughters, only able to catch the first part of the name of the city where the summit on sustainable development is taking place.
June 19, 2012 (Lyric Thompson, TrustLaw)
This scene is the ideal — every bride's dream wedding at the Taj, festooned with flowers, every guest bedecked in gold and silk, a feast for the eyes and days of feasting for the guests. If only the picture of marriage were so rosy for everyone.
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