July 8, 2009Kashmiri women lift veil, eye career in the skiesFar from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young […]
July 6, 2009Immigrant Mothers in Finland Face Special Language ProblemsMore women immigrants in Finland miss out on language instruction than do their male counterparts: in particular, the […]
July 2, 2009Italy: Pakistani girl ‘leaps from balcony after refusing arranged marriage’A 15-year-old Pakistani girl was hospitalised after reportedly jumping from a balcony in the northern Italian town of […]
June 2, 2009Proposal to Outlaw forced marriages in SwedenNearly 70,000 young Swedes feel they aren’t able to freely choose whom they want to marry, according to […]
May 26, 2009‘If We Now Kill Schoolgirls, You Shouldn’t Be Surprised’Responding to threats from the Taliban, at least 10 girls’ schools have shut down near Kunduz in northern […]
May 20, 2009Islamic College in Berkeley plannedThe proposed Zaytuna College in Berkeley would the first four-year, accredited, Islamic college in the United States: while […]
May 17, 2009Women’s Rights Activist Named Afghanistan’s Person Of The YearRadio Free Afghanistan has named Anarkali Honaryar, a 25-year-old dentist and women’s rights activist, as its Person of […]
April 15, 2009Afghan Women Protest New Law on Home LifeKabul, Afghanistan: The young women stepped off the bus and moved toward the protest march just beginning on […]
April 14, 2009Harvard Chaplain’s Statements on Apostasy Spark ControversyHarvard Islamic chaplain Taha Abdul-Basser has recently come under fire for controversial statements in which he allegedly endorsed […]
April 14, 2009‘Honour’ culture common in StockholmMore than 4,000 teenagers in Stockholm are exposed on a daily basis to cultures of honour that involve […]
March 15, 2009Hannah Shah: “My imam father came after me with an axe”Hannah Shah had been raped by her father and faced a forced marriage. She fled, became a Christian […]
April 15, 200817 honor killings in Belgium in five yearsThe Institute for Equality of Women and Men has filed an amicus brief in court in the case […]
March 26, 2008Many Muslims in Lodi, CA Turn to Home SchoolingLike dozens of other Pakistani-American girls in Lodi, California, Hajra Bibi stopped attending the local public school when […]
November 25, 2007Parents force daughters to fly home to Pakistan for arranged marriagesIt’s a well-kept secret in Pakistani homes across New York city: Young women violently forced to return to […]