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NEWS
GENDER
GENDER & CITIZENSHIP
Arab women bring campaign for greater equality to fundamental front: The right to share one's nationality
GENDER & ECONOMY
Forum Seeks Empowerment of Women to Help Develop Society   
Saudi Women Firm Assumes Role of Employment Bureau 
GENDER RIGHTS
SUDAN
Sudanese Women to be stoned for Adultery--Amnesty
GLOBAL
Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision
Muslim Face Veil Banned in Quebec Vote
Malaysia's Islamic Officials Seize Baby from Mother Who Sought a Hindu Life
Sex Slavery Widespread in England
…while on Japan Prime Minister Apologizes for WWII Sex Slaves
GENDER & POLITICS
Moroccan Women Seek Increased Representation in Legislative Elections  Read more »

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CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Young Advocates for Abortion Rights – Training Workshop - 12-14 April 2007, New Delhi, India
Training on LGBT and Human Rights

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
BAHRAIN
Families Praise Nationality Plan in Bahrain
IRAN
Iranian Women Activists Arrested
… And they are on Trial for Peaceful Demonstration
Stoning to Death for Adultery-Discriminatory Laws Target Iranian Women
PAKISTAN
Pakistan's National Assembly Has Begun Work on a Bill to Safeguard Women's Rights to Property and Inheritance.
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Kidnap, Rape Victim Faces Lashing for 'Crime' of Being Alone With Man Not Related to Her
MOROCCO  Read more »

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CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – WWSF Prize for women’s creativity in rural life 2007
Invitation to WLP Events in New York City (Mar 6) and Washington, DC (Mar 8)
Panel on ‘Crimes of Honor against girls and women’ – March 1st, 07
Panel on the campaign to end legal discrimination against women & girls in Iran – Jan 07

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
EGYPT
Feminist’s book is recalled by its publisher for ‘offending religion
MALAYSIA
Malaysian cleric takes back his remarks about the chastity belt
PAKISTAN
Pakistan: Women's Rights Activist Minister Killed by Known Extremist
SYRIA
'Honor' Killing Spurs Outcry in Syria  Read more »

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CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Women's eNews
Promoting Women's Legal Rights Internationally - Discussion, Washington DC

NEWS
Victory for Women in Turkey: New Penal Code Recognizes Women's Bodily Integrity, Sexual Rights
Aurora Launches International Women's Day Website

REPORTS & BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER & TRADE
Gender and Economic Reforms
GENDER & DEVELOPMENT
Accountability to the World's Women: Progress of South Asian Women 2005
Women and Poverty
Why Gender Action No Longer Engages in PRSPs
The Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in Development
IRAQ: Haifa Waleed - "I prefer to be illiterate than to die"  Read more »

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CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
CALL FOR PAPERS - Engaging Islam Conference - Islam through the Lens of Feminism

NEWS
GENDER
Woman wins seat in first-ever UAE election
UN urges freedoms for Arab women
Labour unions urge Syrian government to open schools for domestic workers

REPORTS & BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER & TRADE
Addressing the differential impacts of trade on women and men
GENDER & DEVELOPMENT
En Route to Equality: A Gender Review of National MDG Reports
"Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty"
How did women fare in 2006? - A look at some of the women's rights developments of 2006  Read more »

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CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Gender Analysis and Planning - 17-19 January 2007
Third Regional Training Course on Gender, Citizenship and Participatory Governance for the Middle East and North Africa Region

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER & ICT
Reclaiming ICT’s to end violence against women
GENDER & HUMAN RIGHTS
Sudanese Wield Rape as a Weapon of War
Sex Traffickers Target Women in War-Torn Iraq
United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Woman's Plea to King over Forced Divorce - Saudi Arabia
GENDER & EDUCATION
World Education - Girls' and Women's Education Initiative
Iranian Women Outnumber Men at University
ICT
The Arab Open University: A pan-Arab project  Read more »

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CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Global Summit of Women 2007 Berlin, Germany, June 14-16, 2007
Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER & POLITICS
The Influence of the War with Lebanon on the Status of Prostitution and Trafficking in Women in Israel
Muslim Women Debate More Rights
Pakistan Moves to Amend Its Hard-Line Rape Laws
Kuwaiti complexities: Women and politics
GENDER & ICT
Women and ICTs: How did gender fare at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and what's next?
GENDER & CULTURES
WAMY to Study Muslim Women’s Role in Cultural Development
GENDER & HUMAN RIGHTS  Read more »

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CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Women and faith-Based development: Mixing morality and money  Read more »

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OPPORTUNITIES
Rooms of their own: Women in the knowledge economy and society

NEWS
HURRIYAT
Bangladeshi workers protest against abuse in Jordan
UN special rapporteur on trafficking in persons to visit Bahrain
TRADE & ECONOMY
Civil society groups boycott Singapore meetings
GENDER
More Leadership Positions for Women in Saudi Education Ministry
Pregnant Palestinians give birth at Israeli checkpoints
The Right to Pass Nationality to the Children of Iranian Mothers
WLUML Exhibition: Dress Codes & Modes - Women’s Dress in Some Muslim Countries and Communities

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER  Read more »

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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
Civil Society Institutions to hold conference in parallel to Future Forum
Call for papers: Gender and Development journal
IMF and World Bank Annual Meeting
NGOS IN PALESTINE
UN conference to discuss civil society work in Palestine

NEWS
DEVELOPMENT
Engagement between the World Bank and Civil Society Organizations
GCAP: Now more than Ever, Our Voices Must Be Heard
Stand up against poverty on 15/16/17 October 2006
International donors pledge $500 million for Palestinians
The World Bank's Strategy on Governance and Anticorruption - A civil society perspective
GENDER
Austria/Turkey/Cyprus: Young Women: Fit for Politics!
Children of Foreign Fathers Get Bahraini Citizenship  Read more »