IN THIS ISSUE

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

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER & POLITICS
Bahrain civil society welcomes election watchdog role
Iran President Ahmadinejad Urges Iranian Baby Boom to Challenge West
Kuwait Continues to Endorse Women Rights 
Woman wins Bahrain parliament seat for first time
… But Bahrain's women candidates received threats
More women voters but fewer women candidates
GENDER & ICT
E-Village Initiative - Jordan
GENDER & VIOLENCE
Sex traffickers target women in war-torn Iraq
Hidden Victims of a Brutal Conflict: Iraq's Women
Turkey Struggles to Stamp Out Honour Killings
GENDER & DEVELOPMENT
Unemployed Refugee Women Face Poverty
HURRYAT GANDAREYYA
Motto of the International Alliance of Women: “Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities”
Tunisia Moves against Headscarves
University in Egypt Embroiled in Battle of the Veil
Women without Borders in Saudi Arabia
YWCA urges Human Rights Council to support girl survivors of conflict
ECONOMICS
Critics Decry "Destroy and Lend" Policy

REPROTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
Arab Women in Israel's Wisconsin Plan: A Participatory Needs Assessment
Achieving women's economic and social rights: Strategies and lessons from experience
Coming out in Arabic
Of War, Siege and Lebanon: Women's voices from the Middle East and South Asia
Women's Social Rights and Entitlements
Most female murder victims are killed by someone they know, study finds
HURRYAT
Publication on Academic Freedom in Arab Universities
DEVELOPMENT
New publication - working with faith-based organizations
TRADE
OXFAM's reports on Trade

RESOURCES
TRAINING MANUALS
Leading To Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women
NGOs PROFILE
MAWRED
SUCCESS STORIES
ICTs for empowerment