Call for the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) "Sexuality Institute". Deadline for applications: May 15, 2008! Institute to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 16-23 August 2008.
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice (IPJ) in San Diego, California, is currently accepting applications for its Women PeaceMakers Program (WPM). Application Deadline: May 23, 2008.
The "South Asian Campaign to End All Violence against Women" - or the "We Can" campaign - addresses the fact that 50% of women in South Asia experience violence in their daily lives.
"'Fitna', le film de Geert Wilders sur l'islam, relance une fois encore le délicat débat sur la liberté d'expression face aux exigences du respect des religions."
On 7 April 2007, Du'a Khalil Aswad was stoned to death in northern Iraq by members of her local Yezidi community, allegedly for loving a non-Yezidi boy.
"Women's freedom means freedom for all. It is time to stand together," writes Houzan Mahmoud as part of OpenDemocracy's ongoing coverage of international women's week.
In April 2007, Du’a Khalil Aswad, a 17-year-old Yezidi girl in Iraqi Kurdistan, was stoned to death. Rights groups mark the year since her death and dencounce all 'honour' killings around the world.
