IN THIS ISSUE

NEWS
GENDER
GENDER & HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Opening of the First hearing Center for Battered Women in Syria

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER HUMAN RIGHTS
Father Kills Daughter Allegedly for Not Wearing a Hijab in Canada
Vigilantes Kill 40 Women in Iraq's South
… and in Syria, Prostitution Ordeal of Iraqi Girls
The Flogging of a Female Rape Victim
… While on in Saudi Arabia Rape Victim Pardoned by the King
GENDER LAWS
South Africa’s Tougher Laws On Rape To Go into Effect
Mosques Told to Obey New Code of Conduct in UK
Need to Make Marital Rape a Crime in Malaysia
Fundamentalists in Sudan Call for Tougher Sentencing for Arrested Teacher
Iran to Launch Police Stations for Women
GENDER & CITIZENSHIP
Being Berber: Cultural Identity in Morocco
Maghreb Women's Rights Activists Stress Need to Separate Religion from State
Jordanian MP Celebrates Her Post-Quota Victory
Parliamentarian Declares 'a Woman's Testimony is Equal to that of a Man' In Egypt
GENDER, EDUCATON & CULTURE
The Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2008
NISAA (Women) Magazine ECWR
GENDER & HEALTH
Gender Disparities in Health and Mortality
10 Questions to Test Your Knowledge about Sexual and Reproductive Health (Guttmacher Institute)
GENDER & EMPOWERMENT
Development Has a Woman's Face: Insights From Within The UN
UN: Publication: "Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: Paradoxes and Possibilities"
DEVELOPMENT
Book Against Corruption Released in Jordan