[fund] resisting fundamentalisms

Indonesia: Feminist's memoir resonates with youth

The rise of religious fundamentalism and the prevalence of conservative values, such as a belief in the primacy of men over women, have led many people to hold a negative perception of Islam in Indonesia.

France: Move to ban wearing of the burqa

Five years after France prohibited the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in public schools, a movement is gathering momentum here for a more radical measure: outlawing the wearing of the burqa in public.

Algérie: Sauvons Mohamed Gharbi et la République

Mohamed Gharbi, moudjahid et patriote, a été condamné à mort par le tribunal criminel de Guelma.

UPDATE: UN: Traditional values resolution deferred

Faced with a significant lack of consensus around its “traditional values” resolution, Russia announced that there were “still issues to be addressed” and that the resolution would not be presented for a vote, but deferred until the September session.

United States: The Virginity Movement

The Obama administration has brought some measure of sanity to public health policy, cutting most abstinence-only education funding from the 2010 budget. But abstinence organizations are not going away. In fact, they're getting organized.

UN: Traditional Values Resolution

Today, the Human Rights Council will consider a 'resolution on traditional values'.

Malaysia: What’s the matter with SIS?

The latest spotlighting on SIS — just one of many through the 20 years of the NGO's existence — began on 7 June 2009 when the PAS muktamar passed without debate a resolution calling for the National Fatwa Council to investigate SIS.

Egypt: Obama reinforces presumed religious identities

Marieme Helie Lucas asks, 'Where are women and secularists of Muslim countries in Obama's speech in Cairo?'

Egypte: Obama et le la prison des identités religieuses

Marieme Hélie-Lucas demande, 'Où sont les femmes et les laïcs des pays musulmans dans le discours d'Obama au Caire?'

Algérie/Iran: Lettre des féministes Algériennes et Iraniennes

Lettre ouverte à nos amies féministes. Ce message, certes chargé de colère, s'adresse à certaines de nos camarades féministes engagées dans les luttes antiracistes, altermondialistes, traversées par une certaine culpabilité coloniale et postcoloniale.