Created by the FreeMiddleEast.com organization, the film compared the rights of women in Iran with those in South Africa in the days of Apartheid.
“This oppression of Iranian women is reminiscent of black apartheid in South Africa,” FreeMiddleEast says. “Let's stop Iran's Gender Apartheid together."
GENEVA, March 7 (UNHCR) – In June last year, inter-ethnic clashes erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan. The days of violence, which followed the flight into exile seven weeks earlier of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, forced almost 400,000 people to flee their homes, with many finding temporary sanctuary in neighbouring Uzbekistan.
David Cortright is director of Policy Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. In October, he presented to the United Nations a report titled Afghan Women Speak: Enhancing Security and Human Rights in Afghanistan. It included recommendations for U.S. and NATO policymakers.
The President has taken part in the first congress of Kazakhstan's women, which was held in the city of Astana. The head of state noted that women have always been his most faithful teammates and the country's leader also hopes it will remain so during the new stage of the Republic's development.
100 women in Suva planted 100 seedlings to celebrate the 100th year of the International Women's Day organized by the Fiji Women's Rights Movement Green girls.
FWRM's Executive Director Virisila Buadromo said that with the support of the British High Commission, they have worked with a group of young girls to create more awareness on the linkages between gender and the environment.
Throughout the extraordinary events of the last few months, across the Middle East and North Africa, long-silenced voices demanding change are being heard worldwide -- and stalwart among them are the voices of women.
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is submitting this statement as a joint statement with leading Nepalese organisation, the Women's Rehabilitation Center (WOREC) Nepal. The findings in this submission are based on WOREC's extensive work in favour of women's rights in Nepal and with the aim of supporting women human rights defenders in their valuable work.
