IN THIS ISSUE

CONFERENCES & OPPORTUNITIES
Online discussion: Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women
Women Living under Muslim Laws Newsletter - Call for Submissions

NEWS
CRISIS AND RELIEF
Iraq humanitarian crisis situation and NGOs' responses
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Burger King Commercial Degrading to Women
EGYPT
Egypt Women's Rights an Uphill Climb
Egypt court rules against U.S. University on face veil
IRAQ
A call from Iraqi Women Movement to United Nations Secretary General
IRAN
Men & women to be separated in Internet Cafes
Iran Backs Away From Temporary Marriages
TURKEY
Turkish Women Gain Voice in Fight to Stay Secular
PAKISTAN
Pakistan Considers Law on Gender Harassment at Workplace Punishable with Dismissal

REPORTS & BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
A Girl's Right To Live: Female Foeticide and Girl Infanticide
Borderless Violence - Domestic Violence in Foreign Refugee Families in Azerbaijan
Cover Up or Face Death, Palestinian Women Told
Inequality rife' for young girls
Kurdish Women Resent New Passport System
A law requiring women to have a male guardian sign their passport application angers women in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Temporary marriage (MUT’A) is prohibited in Islam
Women in the Middle East: Past and Present
GENDER & DEVELOPMENT
Global Monitoring Report 2007: confronting the challenges of gender equality and fragile states
Why is Gender Important in Urban Development and Housing Projects? Asian Development Bank
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation
GENDER, ECONOMY & TRADE
A Study of Microfinance Institutions in Tanzania and their Clients
GENDER & ICT
Gendered Impact of Computer Literacy of Disadvantaged Children and Adolescents (CLDCA)
Women Empowerment via ICTs
NGO Report on National Authorities activities and Actual facts on the Sex Industry in Israel

RESOURCES & TRAINING MATERIALS
RESOURCES
The IDRC Digital Library
Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence
NGO & PROGRAMME PROFILE
CHF International
The Gender and Development Network (GADN)
Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt
Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights
Series of Booklets Stories of Nabaweya