May 28, 2010‘No support’ for female circumcisionDr Ted Weaver, president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), said […]
May 27, 2010Push to let Australian doctors perform genital “nick”The Royal Australian New Zealand College of Obstetricians will next month discuss backing “ritual nicks”, a modified form […]
May 26, 2010Saudi Princess to Religious Police: Loosen Your Grip on the Population and Fight Government CorruptionIn her column in the government daily Al-Madina, Saudi Princess Basma bint Saud attacked the Saudi religious police, […]
May 26, 2010Doctors Reverse Stand on CircumcisionThe American Academy of Pediatrics has reversed its decision last month regarding the practice of female circumcision by […]
May 25, 2010Two women acquitted on apostasy in IranFourteen months after being arrested for their Christian faith, two young Iranian women were acquitted on apostasy charges: […]
May 25, 2010Finland: Immigrant Kids in Cultural Conflict with ParentsChildren’s welfare officials in Helsinki say the number of immigrant children who have been taken into protective care […]
May 24, 2010Kenya court rules Islamic courts are illegalKenya’s Islamic courts are illegal and discriminatory, a panel of judges has ruled: the three judges said the […]
May 22, 2010Mosque pray-ins against segregation of sexes are springing up“Pray-in” protests have sprung up in Muslim communities across the country in the past decade as women’s rights […]
May 21, 2010Why Are American Doctors Mutilating Girls?Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues the American Academy of Pediatrics’ proposal to aid in female genital mutilation gives tacit […]
May 21, 2010Pressure for female genital cutting lingers in the U.S.The United States has outlawed female genital cutting, but cultural and religious pressures to circumcise girls linger among […]
May 21, 2010Family strife blamed for high suicide rate among Turkish womenWhile a nationwide study has yet to be undertaken, regional data from Cologne and Frankfurt shows that young […]
May 21, 2010Sweden launches inquiry into forced marriageThe Swedish government has announced the launch of an inquiry aimed at tightening legislation banning forced and child […]
May 20, 2010Pakistan blocks YouTube over un-Islamic contentThe Pakistani government blocked access to YouTube on Thursday because of “sacrilegious” content in a growing Internet crackdown […]
May 19, 2010Pakistan blocks Facebook in row over Muhammad drawingsPakistan today blocked Facebook indefinitely in response to public outrage over a competition on the social networking site […]
May 19, 2010Sarkozy calls burqa ban bill a ‘moral’ choiceFrench President Nicolas Sarkzoy has defended a draft government bill to ban full Islamic veils such as the […]
May 19, 2010France moves one step closer to burqa banThe French Council of Ministers approved a measure Wednesday to ban the wearing of full-face veils, sending the […]
May 19, 2010France: Burqa debate turns into fistfightA debate organised by “Ni putes ni soumises”, a French NGO, Tuesday night in Paris, on the question […]
May 18, 2010American College of Pediatricians Opposes All Forms of Female Genital CuttingThe American College of Pediatricians argues the American Academy of Pediatrics’ call for a “nick” on the clitoral […]
May 18, 2010Spanish town to debate veil banA Spanish town is to debate calls for a ban on wearing the full-face Islamic veil in public […]
May 18, 2010Saudi woman beats up religious police officer who stopped her for walking with a manWhen a Saudi religious policeman questioned a young couple walking together in an amusement park he got a […]