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Iraq: Iraqi women - the need for protective measures

Iraqi women must have an active role in shaping the future of their country and Iraqi authorities must take effective measures to protect women and to change discriminatory legislation that encourages violence against them.

International: Eliminating violence against women in Muslim societies

An international symposium to be held on 1 March 2005. Speakers include women activists, scholars, and policy-makers from Muslim-majority societies and experts on violence against women.

France: Pour un nouveau combat féministe

Parce que nous voulons réaffirmer la liberté durement acquise des femmes à disposer de leur corps.

Philippines: Moro ethnic women speak-out on sexual violence in customary practices and traditions

Stories from four women who are ethnically, educationally (culturally) and socio-economically apart and varied yet one common thread runs through their tales: these are women metamorphosing from victims to survivors to advocates of peace.

Bangladesh: We, the citizens of Bangladesh demand security...

A statement issued by 115 women in Dhaka, following the assassination of Shah A M S Kibria and five members of his audience (Abul Hossain, Farid, Manjurul Huda Manju, Siddiq Ali, Abdur Rahim) in a grenade attack on a public meeting in Habiganj, Sylhet.

Pakistan: Women's struggle - one step forward, one step back

Women across the country commemorate February 12 as Pakistan Women's Day, in remembrance of the state's brutality against women who in 1983, protested against the Law of Evidence, which reduces the status of a woman witness to half that of a male witness.

Iraq: Urgent call for solidarity for kidnapped feminist journalist Guiliana Sgrena

WLUML has received an urgent appeal for solidarity and pressure to be placed on the Italian government to secure the safe release of Italian feminist-pacifist journalist Guiliana Sgrena, kidnapped in Iraq.

Kenya: Workshop - stopping sexual violence in Africa

Through contextual Bible studies, the workshop is intended to develop practical and pastoral responses towards safety, justice and healing.

Union africaine: Vers plus de droits pour les femmes

En juillet 2003, l'Union africaine adoptait un Protocole additionnel relatif aux droits de la femme à la Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples.

Algérie: Amnesty dénonce les violences faites aux femmes en Algérie

Son rapport souligne la forte dégradation intervenue ces dernières années et le manque de volonté politique.