IN THIS ISSUE

NEWS
CIVIL SOCIETY
Abolishing the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid in Egypt
GENDER
GENDERED SOCIAL, LEGAL & POLITICAL RIGHTS
Hamas recruits Women into Police Force as 'Proof' of Progressive Thinking
Saudi Women Petition Government for Driving Rights
… While They Were Kept Off Foreign Missions without Legal Male Guardian
Malaysian ‘Tiger Girl’ Wins UN-letter Writing Competition to Save the Planet
Jordan Launches National Project to Curb Violence Against Women
GENDER & INDIGENEOUS RIGHTS
United Nations Revised Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Declaration Breakthrough for Indigenous Rights
Good Practices to Promote Indigenous Women
GENDER & ICT
GRACE – Africa
RAMADAN
Muslim World Celebrates Start of Ramadan

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
The Cost of the Gender Gap
UNIFEM Annual Report 2006-2007
UN Gender Statistics Programmes in the Arab Countries
GENDER RIGHTS
Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms
New Report from the Land Center for Human Rights on Violence against Women in Egypt
GENDER & ECONOMICS
Daycare Centers Hard to Find in Saudi Arabia
The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2006
Women as an Economic Force
CIVIL SOCIETY
Religious Civil Society in Afghanistan
ICT & DEVELOPMENT
Information Technology for the Persons with Disability

RESOURCES & TRAINING MATERIALS
RESOURCES
Global Women.Com
DOCUMENTARIES
Women and Citizenship Rights in Lebanon
"Jihad for Love" documents the lives of gay Muslims
NGO & PROGRAMME PROFILE
Queen Rania Family and Child Center (QRFCC) - Jordan