WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com WUNRN Release has TWO PARTS. Women Living Under Muslim Laws - WLUML http://wluml.org:80/english/actionsfulltxt.shtml?cmd%5B156%5D=i-156-565265 Sudan - Lubna Hussein no longer faces flogging for wearing trousers. However, she has not succeeded in having the charges against . Learn More
Bangladesh – Dowry-Related Violence
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Iran – Women’s Quest for Equality – Global Action
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UK – Meeting the Needs of Muslim Women – Directory of Mosques
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Call for Support – Israel Legislation on Demand for Commercial Sex
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com From Norma Ramos, Esq. Coalition Against Trafficking in Women CATW Executive Director The Temple Committee Against Human Trafficking (TCAHT) and the ATZUM Task Force on Human Trafficking have partnered on a campaign calling on the Israeli government to pass legislation . Learn More
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WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Via Global Network of Women Peacebuilders PRESS RELEASE Kathmandu, February 10, 2011 NEPAL ADOPTS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON UN SC RES 1325 & 1820 On February 1, 2011 the Government of Nepal adopted its . Learn More
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Saudi Arabia – Women Denied Vote in First Saudi Nationwide Elections
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Adultery a Crime? The Turks Think Again and Say No
September 15, 2004 Adultery a Crime? The Turks Think Again and Say No By SUSAN SACHS AN, Turkey, Sept. 14- After suffering a wave of criticism from European Union officials, women's groups, newspaper columnists and finally from its own members, Turkey's governing party abandoned a proposal on Tuesday to . Learn More
Rejecting a Ritual of Pain
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Africa’s Homeless Widows
June 16, 2004 Africa's Homeless Widows Women feed Africa. They grow 80 percent of the continent's food, yet the land they cultivate is not theirs. Women own only 1 percent of the land in sub-Saharan Africa. Tradition says that when a man dies, his property passes to his adult sons or brothers. The widow . Learn More