Rights activists laud passage of women’s commission bill - January 23, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Women rights activists on Sunday lauded the passage of National Commission on Women Bill by National Assembly, holding it as a landmark achievement of the government towards women emancipation...read more from dailytimes
New restrictions limit women’s rights in Iraq - January 22, 2012
A new regulation by the women affairs coordinator in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil has raised many campaigns of protest by Iraqi women and human rights activists. The regulation forbid women working in the ministry of wearing dresses, skirts, modern shoes, trousers, and colorful clothes...read more from mideastyouth
Malawian women protest over 'trouser attacks'- January 20, 2012
Hundreds of people have protested in Blantyre in Malawi about attacks on women for wearing trousers.
Some women were this week beaten and stripped by vendors on the streets of the capital, Lilongwe, and Blantyre for not wearing traditional dress...read more from BBC
Mali rolls back women's rights - January 20, 2012
Bamako - Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure has signed a new family law, an official said Friday, after it was revised due to pressure from Muslim groups to cut out sections providing for greater women's freedoms...read more from New24
Egyptian Court Ruling on “Virginity Tests” a Win For Women - January 17, 2012
By now, almost everyone has heard the about the 18 women protestors in Egypt’s Tahrir Square who this past spring were detained, beaten, given electric shocks, strip searched and forced to submit to “virginity tests.”...read more from amnestyusa
In This Indian Village Voting By Women Is A Taboo - January 12, 2012
In Sehruwa - a village in India's Uttar Pradesh state, women have never exercised one of their most important constitutional rights: vote Ironically, Sehruwa is only 144 km away from Lucknow - the state capital where Mayawati - the state's (woman) chief minister resides...read more from groundreport
New Prime Minister Surprises Moroccans With Support for Abortion - January 11, 2012
CASABLANCA — Less than two months after winning power in Morocco’s elections, the moderate Islamic party of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane is surprising opponents by moving to relax the country’s strict abortion laws...read more from nytimes
Revolution hasn't made Egypt safer for women - January 10, 2012
LONDON (TrustLaw)--Despite an increasing feeling of empowerment experienced by many Egyptian women during and after the revolution, they continue to be sexually harassed and abused by men in public on a daily basis, as recent coverage of events in Cairo—from “virginity tests” conducted by the military to male assaults on female protesters—illustrated...read more from trustlaw
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