CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Papers - Women’s Rights in Egypt & Arab States

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Rabat Call for Support: "Equality Without Reservations"

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Legal Support for Embattled Wives in Bahrain
Iran: The Women’s Movement in the 21st Century
Haneen Zoabi Standing up to Fundamentalisms and Apartheid
Hub for Gender Equality Reform in Lebanon

GENDER RIGHTS
Islam without The Veil
Court Sentences 19 Men for Wearing Women's Clothes in Sudan
Obama Chooses Arms Deal over Women's Rights

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Keeping Women Tagged by Text in Saudi Arabia
Immigrant Maids Flee Abuse in Kuwait  Read more »

CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Fund for Gender Equality Announces 2010 Grantees in 13 Countries

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
UN General Assembly Votes Unanimously to Launch New Agency Called UN Women
The Campaign ‘Reform of the Hijab’ in Iraq
Violence Against Women Monitor - July 2010
A Popular Tribunal for Women’s Citizenship Rights in Lebanon

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Majority of Iranians Now Opposed to Compulsory Veiling in Iran
And… a Call to Stop Stoning, End Gender Legal Discrimination
CEDAW Committee - Election of Members
Saudi Women Training to Replace Expats in Jobs
All-Female Car Racing Team in Palestine
Nationality Campaign and Equality without Reservation: in solidarity with Bahraini Women Society

GENDER RIGHTS
Best Hope of Eradicating FGM in Kurdish North Appears to Rest With Muslim Clerics
Issues of Marrying Abroad + Unmarried Saudi Women
Financial Incentive Increases Girls in School in Yemen  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Protesters Demand Full Nationality Rights for Women
UN Gender Equality Architecture Reform – GEAR Campaign
New GEAR Campaign Website
Letter from Wajeha Al-Huwaider to the President of the USA

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Saudi Women Threaten to Breastfeed Drivers if They Aren't Allowed to Drive
Women leaders Called to End the Three-year-old Blockade of Gaza
… And Lebanese Women Organize Aid Ship to The Strip
Launch for Changing Masculinities, Changing Communities in Egypt
Aswat Palestinian Gay Women Publish Coming Out Narratives
Women's Movement Grows in Iraq

GENDER RIGHTS
Literacy & Education for Rural Girls in Egypt
Financial Incentive for Rural Girls' School Attendance in Yemen  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Take Action to Defend Rights of Citizens to Assemble in Egypt

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Woman Opens Fire on Religious Police Officers in Saudi Arabia
Feminism in the Muslim World
Appeal to Ban Driving with Niqab
Women's Rights Gain Focus in Saudi Arabia
Innovative Prospective to Women in Bahrain

GENDER & POLITICS
Women Resolve to Win Seats in Oman Shura Council
Program to Promote, Support Female Political Candidates in Bahrain

GENDER RIGHTS
French Cabinet Unites to Pass Burka Bill that has Split Country
… and French Parliament Lays Roundwork for Veil Ban
Canadian Girl Finally Leaves Saudi Arabia Kingdom
Government Urged to Immediately Release Detained Egyptian Ahmadis  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS
Will Lebanese Women Remain Second-Class Citizens?
Arab Woman to Head UN's New Gender Programme?
Campaign UN Gender Equality Architecture Reform

GENDER RIGHTS
The King Was not Amused in Saudi Arabia
Islam & Women: From Inside the Arab World
Gender Stereotypes Continue to Limit Women’s Progress, Equality, Empowerment
CSW Forum on Women Reclaiming and Re-defining Cultures (WRRC) program
CSW panel Discussion on VAW Justified in Name of Culture

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Child Bride Gets Divorce
12-Year-Old Child Bride Dies of Internal Bleeding in Yemen
Executing Du'a Khalil's Killers is Not Justice, But a Violation of Human Rights in Iraq
Ongoing Massacres of Women in the South: Call to Action!  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Women's Agency Remains Politically Paralysed
CEDAW Weakened by Slew of Reservations
Interview with Karama founder

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Women Are Seeking Greater Political Influence in Iraq
Women Rights Defenders Continue Undeterred by Prison Detention in Iran
Coalition of Women for Peace supports Global BDS Day of Action in Israel/Palestine
NGOs call on UN to help stop silencing of HR activists, journalists and bloggers in Bahrain
CSW draft resolution on situation of and assistance to Palestinian women

GENDER RIGHTS
Constitutional Court Supports Female Judges in Egypt
Female Circumcision Ban Urged in Iraq
Open All Judicial Positions to Women in Egypt
No law protecting children against early marriages in Yemen  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
 
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
“Alliance of 149” for Reform of Rape Law in Sudan
Coalition of Women for Peace on Goldstone Deadline in Israel/Palestine
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NEWS & ARTICLES

WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Advocacy for Divorced Women's Rights in Bahrain

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Next GCC secretary general should be a woman, activist says

GENDER RIGHTS
New Public Defender program in Saudi Arabia
Is Niqab Ban in University Exams an Excessive Measure in Egypt?    
Holocaust survivor sparks fast for human rights in Gaza

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Segregate the sexes in the Arab world? Fine, until the men run out of coffee
British Woman Arrested after Reporting Rape in Dubai
Woman fined $300 for Wearing burka in Belgium
Blockade Crisis for Women & Children in Palestine-Gaza
Israel - Analysis of Depo Provera Contraceptive & Ethiopian Community in Israel  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Nationality Campaign in Lebanon
“One Day, One Struggle” to Promote Human Rights across Muslim Societies
Can Women Act as Agents for Democratization of Theocracy in Iran?
Women's Hopes & Actions for Peace, Against Extremism in Yemen

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Moroccan Women’s organization Urges Government to Lift Reservations to CEDAW
Gender Advocacy to Implement Removal of CEDAW Reservations In Morocco
16 Days Activism Advocates on Campaign for Law on Gender Violence in Lebanon
Mobilization Caravan in Morocco to promote a Law on Violence against Women

GENDER RIGHTS
Men Wearing Headscarf in Solidarity with Protesters in Iran
Women's Realities in Today's Iraq
Mutaa Temporary Marriages - Issues for Women in Lebanon
… same as in Iraq - Temporary Marriages Boom
Jewish Woman Arrested for Prayer Shawl at Holy Wall  Read more »

NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Campaign for Human Rights in Muslim Societies “One Day One Struggle”
Saudi Princess Launches 'My Guardian Knows What's Best For Me' Campaign
… and Saudi Women Launch "Black Ribbons Campaign" for Rights in Saudi Arabia
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse in Lebanon

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Being Born to a Lebanese Woman is a Crime…One Risks to be Deported for
… and ‘Age of Stupid’ in Women’s Rights in Lebanon
"Underground" Shelters Help Women Escape Abuse in Iraq
Women Lawyers Will Be Able to Represent Women Clients in Saudi Arabia

GENDER RIGHTS
Al Qaeda Against Mixed Education at Saudi University
Asia Pacific NGO Declaration on Beijing + 15 Review
Women's Fight for Equality, Rights in Iran
First Female Graduates of Police Officer Academy In Iraq

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE  Read more »