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
WUNRN http://wunrn.wpengine.com Direct Link to Full 136-Page 2010 Publication: http://www.faith-matters.org/images/stories/publications/Developing_Diversity.pdf ================================================================ To contact the list administrator, or to leave the list, send an email to: . Learn More
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
Nepal – National Action Plan on UN SC Res 1325 & 1820
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
Violence Against Women – Take Back the Tech
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Roma Women – Exposing Inequality
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SUDAN – Young Women Rape Victims of Militia Fighters Give Birth, Experience Shame & Social Exclusion
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Saudi Arabia – Women Denied Vote in First Saudi Nationwide Elections
11-1-2004 Saudi Arabia - Women Denied Vote in First Saudi Nationwide Elections; Also Note Restrictions on ID Card and Passport for Saudi Women A Saudi woman walks past a boutique in Riyadh. Shopping is allowed. Voting is not. Photo: Zainal Abd Halim Women have been denied the . Learn More
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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
Rejecting a Ritual of Pain In Kenya, 23 girls fled their village to avoid genital mutilation. But the tradition's powerful role in their culture makes escape difficult. By Robyn Dixon Times Staff Writer July 3, 2004 ARROR, Kenya — She is so shy that she can only whisper her story, hiding her mouth behind a clenched fist, never meeting . Learn More
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
