In This Issue

CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Papers - Women, Leadership & Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority
Second Arab Women's Organization Conference Issues Final Statement
Vacancy: Programme Coordinator, "Women Reclaiming and Re-defining Cultures"

NEWS & ARTICLES
GENDER & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Arab MPs Attend Workshop on Discrimination, Abuse of Women
Child Custody Battles Bring Islamic Law into Question in Egypt
Child Marriage and Divorce in Yemen
Forum Suggests Measures to Protect Divorced Women
Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia
Jordan Gets Mideast's First Female Demining Team
Omani Women Get Equal Rights to Own Land
Saudi Arabia’s All-Girl Rock Band  Read more »

In This Issue
CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Calls for Women's Participation in the Protection of Peace & Security
Forum on Religious Tolerance
In Gaza Strip under Siege, a Conference to not Go Insane!
11th International Forum on Women's Rights and Development
Sustainable Economic Opportunities for Women in the MENA region

NEWS & ARTICLES
CAMPAIGNING ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS 
Joint Open Letter to Authorities on Harassment of Women Human Rights Defenders in Iran
Regional Campaign For Full Women’s Rights in Bahrain – CEDAW
The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women!

GENDER, CULTURE & RELIGION
Court Defends Headscarf Ruling in Turkey
Fatwas in Egypt Say Wives May hit Back in Self-defense
For Gaza War Widows, Hamas Recruits Army of Husbands  Read more »

IN THIS ISSUE
CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Contributions/Articles: The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW): "Gender Quotas and Parliamentary Representation"
The Political Life of Women in Maghreb
Gulf States Program to Tackle Women's Issues
         
NEWS & ARTICLES
WOMEN RIGHTS CAMPAIGING
Equality Without Reservations: Arab Women Campaigning to Eliminate Reservation on CEDAW
IRAN - Feminist Campaign for One Million Signatures
IRAN - Women’s Rights Activist and Researcher Detained
IRAN - Three Women's Rights Advocates Sent to Solitary Confinement
LEBANON-Claiming Equal Citizenship (The Campaign for Arab Women's Right to Nationality): Update: Sit-in Outside the Cabinet in Lebanon Successful  Read more »

IN THIS ISSUE
CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
International Conference on Women’s Integration in Militaries and Defense Ministers
The 11th AWID International Forum, the Power of Movements

WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS
Claiming Equal Citizenship: The Campaign for Arab Women’s Right to Nationality
Equality without Reservations Campaign
Anti-Sexual Harassment Group Takes Campaign Directly to the Street

NEWS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Muslims in India Design New Marriage Contract
… and Muslim Institute launches Model Muslim Marriage Contract in UK
Five Pakistani Women Allegedly Buried Alive
Iranian Women Successfully Lobby Government to Reform Family Law
… While-on Six-Month Prison Sentences for Four Cyber-Feminists  Read more »

IN THIS ISSUE

CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Papers | Special Issue on Gender and Sustainable Development | summer 09
Violence Against Women with Disabilities - August 28,  2008
European Parliament, Brussels | The last day for application is August 15
Call for Papers for Al-Raida Publication - Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World
WIDE Annual Conference 2008 ´Feminist Visions for a Just Europe´, 09-11 October, The Hague, The Netherlands
The 2nd New Arab Woman Forum 23 - 24 October 2008 | Beirut - Lebanon

WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS
Women's Funding & Movement Building in Iran
Campaign Seeks to Increase Jordanian Women's Awareness About Their Legal Rights

NEWS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS  Read more »

CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
The International Women’s Program of the Open Society Institute is pleased to announce a 2008 Call for Proposals.  

WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS
Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work, Campaign 2008-2009
Equality without Reservation

NEWS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Two Activists (and Two Views) of Women's Rights in Morocco
Code of conduct for Turkish women sparks controversy
Islamic seminary rejects mosques for women in India
In Europe, debate over Islam and virginity
A Triumph for Women at the UN
… and in Yemen, Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation
Law Limits Age Gap Between Spouses to 25 Years in Egypt
Judge Acquits a Man Who Raped a Pregnant Woman in Morocco  Read more »

IN THIS ISSUE
CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) Regional Consultation Meeting
Call for Proposals, Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms: Learning from Experience
Arab Women Journalists Workshop: Middle East Media Challenges, Skills, Courage

NEWS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Together, Demanding a Law to Protect Women from Sexual Harassment
Labor Day Campaign for Domestic Workers in Lebanon
Saudi Scholar Finds Ancient Women's Rights
Saudi Women Can Work as Maids in Saudi Households  
Joining Forces to End Trafficking: A Multi-National Approach in Israel
Morocco Training Female Clerics to Promote Moderate Islam
GENDER ECONOMY  Read more »

CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Launch of the Arab Human Rights Fund
Advancing Women's Rights via Strategic Partnership Grants - Open Society Institute
International Coalition Launches Groundbreaking Disability Rights Fund
First World Conference Of Women’s Shelters
Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR): Sexuality Institute 2008

NEWS & ARTICLES
HUMAN RIGHTS
Iran Anti-Vice Chief 'In Brothel'
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
National Fashion Show - Tehran, Iran
Government Retreats on Women’s Rights in Bangladesh
After Clerics Protest
Iran to Confront ’Bad Veiling’ in Offices, Cafes
Basketball Team Resists Saudi Restrictions on Female Athletes  Read more »

CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Arab Human Rights Fund – AHRF – Call for Grant Application
European Commission calls for proposals to boost gender equality

NEWS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Saudi Women Make Video Protest
… As Such, Shura Council Recommends Allowing Saudi Women to Drive With Limitations
… But Council of “Supreme Scholars” Rejects the Appointment of Women
Saudi Government Invites Human Rights Watch to Visit
Malaysian Islamists turn to women in poll campaign
New Party To Focus On Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Egypt Appoints Woman to Perform, Register Marriages
Women Act Against Repression and Intimidation in Iran
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Poster: Promoting Violence against Women Legislation in Morocco  Read more »

IN THIS ISSUE

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Iran's 'Diagnosed Transsexuals'
… and It Bans Female 'Schumacher'
Stop Stoning to Death of Two Women in Iran: Zohreh & Azar Kabiri
Turkish MPs Plan Reform of Headscarf Ban
Hundreds of Girls in Liverpool Subjected to Genital Mutilation
Saudi Woman Speaks Out Against Extremism
Zanan, Iran’s Leading Women’s Magazine, Shut Down by Government
Recognizing the Unrecognized: Inter-Country Cases & Muslim Marriages & Divorces in Britain
Marriage in Egypt
U.N. Calls on Saudi Arabia to End Practice of Polygamy
Too Scared to Tell - Sexual Violence in Darfur
UN Human Rights Expert on Violence Against Women Concludes Visit to Saudi Arabia  Read more »