Issue 69

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IN THIS ISSUE

REPORTS, BOOKS & ARTICLES
GENDER
GENDER RIGHTS
Iran's 'Diagnosed Transsexuals'
… and It Bans Female 'Schumacher'
Stop Stoning to Death of Two Women in Iran: Zohreh & Azar Kabiri
Turkish MPs Plan Reform of Headscarf Ban
Hundreds of Girls in Liverpool Subjected to Genital Mutilation
Saudi Woman Speaks Out Against Extremism
Zanan, Iran’s Leading Women’s Magazine, Shut Down by Government
Recognizing the Unrecognized: Inter-Country Cases & Muslim Marriages & Divorces in Britain
Marriage in Egypt
U.N. Calls on Saudi Arabia to End Practice of Polygamy
Too Scared to Tell - Sexual Violence in Darfur
UN Human Rights Expert on Violence Against Women Concludes Visit to Saudi Arabia
Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Concludes Visit to Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Shelter for Abused & Trafficking Women & Children to Open In Abou Dabi
Bahrain Bans Informing Pregnant Women of Fetus Gender To Curb Abortions
GENDER LAWS
UK: Comment: "On the Issue of Equality it is not Just the Sharia That Needs Reform, But all Monotheistic Faiths"
GENDER & CITIZENSHIP
Women's Status in Bahrain
Appeal to Amend Nationality Law
Human Rights Watch Urges Saudi King to Spare Woman Convicted of 'Witchcraft'
GENDER, EDUCATON & CULTURE
Consideration of Restrictions on School Textbooks to Differ for Girls & Boys in Iran
Morocco Nomad Woman Of The High Atlas Mountains
GENDER & DEVELOPMENT
Arab Girls & Young Women: The Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region 2007: A Youth Lens
The Invisibility of Poor Women in Official or Conventional Statistics
Women and World Poverty: Why It Matters
GENDER & POLITICS
Male-Dominated Political World in Iraq
Number of Women in United Arab Emirates Cabinet Doubled
GENDER & ECONOMY
Arab World - More Women Must Join Workforce
GENDER MOVEMENTS
Essay: "Women Activists without a Movement"
IWC Call to Lift the Siege on Gaza
Strategies for Enhancing Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Women in Islamist Movements: Toward an Islamist Model of Women's Activism
Nobel Women’s Initiative
Muslim Women's Advisory Group to be Launched by UK Government
GENDER & COMMUNICATION 4 CHANGE
Genderstanding Mobile Telephony: Women, Men and their Use of Cellular Phones in Jamaica
Video and Community Dreams Project - Egypt
The Strategy Planning Workshop of the Feminist Network on Gender, Development and Information Society Policies
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
Childless No Longer: Addressing Infertility & Miscarriage in Jordan
REFUGEES RIGHTS
UNHCR Welcomes Lebanon's Recognition of Iraqi Refugees

RESOURCES & TRAINING MATERIALS
GENDER & MEDIA
Photo Essay: How TV Helps Give Voice to Palestinian Youth
Video: Egypt Women Gather Water Where is it Clean?