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July 1, 2011
Five Saudi women who defied religious traditions by driving this week were detained by police in Jeddah on […]
June 30, 2011
Every year, thousands of European girls are sent out of Europe and forced to marry men they’ve never […]
June 29, 2011
Sharia law is inherently discriminatory and is causing women in Britain to suffer, a prominent humanitarian campaigner has […]
June 28, 2011
A Moroccan carpenter living in northern Italy is suspected of stabbing his wife to death because she wanted […]
June 23, 2011
In the Financial Times, Ayaan writes about proposals to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, writing we’re perceived as […]
June 22, 2011
In the UK, a roadshow tackling the issues related to “honor” based violence shows there is a way […]
June 21, 2011
In Uganda, at least 254 former “practitioners” of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Sebei have received grinding machines […]
June 21, 2011
In Australia, a Muslim woman has escaped jail by remaining behind her burqa: the woman in question had […]
June 16, 2011
The practice of FGM might seem a distant problem, taking place as it does mainly in African countries, […]
June 15, 2011
Sweden will teach its diplomats how to protect Swedish youth from forced marriages they could be subjected to […]
June 15, 2011
Pakistan’s female madrassas breed radicalism. via:[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/us-pakistan-women-idUSTRE75E27T20110615?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FworldNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+International%29]
June 14, 2011
From forced marriages in Afghanistan and “honor killings” in Pakistan to feticide in India and trafficking in Nepal, […]
June 13, 2011
The re-trial of the so-called Hogsby ‘honour killing’ opened in southern Sweden on Monday with the parents of […]
June 12, 2011
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents […]
June 12, 2011
In the UK, police have been accused of “covering up” a campaign of abuse, threats and violence aimed […]