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Saudi Arabia: "There is not one law in Saudi Arabia that regards violence...
May 29, 2013Albawaba NewsSaudi Arabia has introduced a campaign aimed at tackling domestic violence against women in the kingdom. The King Khalid Foundation funds the campaign, which is a royal,...
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Malaysia: Outrage After Sharia Court Allows Rapist to Marry His 13-year-old...
May 29, 2013The Diplomat Local prosecutors are pursuing a statutory rape charge against 40-year-old restaurant manager Riduan Masmud, who allegedly had sex with the girl in a parked car outside the...
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End Stoning Now : Petitioning UN Secretary General & the OHCHR
May, 2013Women Living Under Muslim LawsStoning is not simply a relic of the past. In fifteen countries around the world, this brutal punishment and form of torture continues to exist in the here and...
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Saudi Arabia: Sold for a Playstation and a Car
June 2, 2013NewStatesman Twelve year old Fatima was sold into marriage to a fifty year old man in 2010. Her father Ali, who was unemployed and addicted to drugs, sold her into marriage for a sum of...
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Afghanistan: Justice as Torture - Inside Badam Bagh Women’s Prison in Kabul
June 3, 2013Open Society FoundationListening to the women in Badam Bagh, it occurred to me that the entire justice system introduced in Afghanistan had become the cattle prod or taser in that story, an...
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Thailand: Rape Victims in Deep South Silenced by State Payouts
June 3, 2013The Nation Angkhana Neelaphaijit, a leading rights advocate for Thai Muslims, has voiced concern over continued sexual assaults against Muslim women by security officials stationed in the...
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Indonesian Muslim Hardliners Vow to Stop Miss World
June 7, 2013Dawn NewsIslamic hardliners vowed Thursday to stop the “immoral” Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organisers agreed this year's contestants would not wear...
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Indian Police Arrest 3 Men in Alleged Rape of American Woman
June 7, 2013Los Angeles Times Indian police said they arrested three men Thursday in connection with the alleged gang rape of an American tourist this week in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
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European women go on trial for topless Tunis protest
June 7, 2013Business Recorder Three European women went on trial in Tunis on Wednesday for holding a topless anti-Islamic protest, and their French lawyer said he was confident they would escape prison...
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Bangladesh: Matrilineal Marriage- 'My Mother and I are Married to the Same Man'
June 7, 2013The GuardianWhen her widowed mother remarried, Parvin Rema, then 13, was part of the deal – one of several such arrangements in Bangladesh.
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WHO Report: Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women
June 21, 2013 Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence WHO has published a report on violence against women using data from all regions of the world....
View ArticleEgypt protests: Nearly 100 women sexually assaulted, raped in Cairo
July 3, 2013Egypt protests 2013: Nearly 100 women sexually assaulted, raped in CairoShocking reports have emerged from anti-harassment factions of nearly 100 women having fallen victim to “rampant”...
View ArticleKenya: a Victory for Girls and Rights
July 15, 2013The New York TimesThere was something deliciously serendipitous about the power going off in northern Kenya on May 27 just as Judge J.A. Makau read his much-anticipated decision in a case...
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Lebanon: Islamic Clerics Oppose Law Protecting Abused Women
July 25, 2013Al monitorTwo weeks ago, Lebanese women were compelled to recognize once again that they are left to be victims of violence in many forms — including murder — without any legislation...
View ArticleFemale Genital Mutliation/Cutting: A Statistical Overview and an Exploration...
September, 2013UNICEFThis report is a comprehensive statistical overview of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the 29 countries where the practice is concentrated. Analysisof the data...
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Announcement: Stop Stoning Petition Reaches 10,000 Signatures
October 15, 2013WLUMLWe did it! Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) are delighted to announce that our petition, part of the Global Campaign to Stop Stoning Women, has received 10,000 signatures!...
View ArticleStolen Lives, Empty Classrooms: An Overview on the Girl Marriages in Iran
October, 2013Justice for IranForced marriages result from harmful traditional practices1 justified in the name of cultural, economic, political and/or legal standards. Forced marriages are a phenomenon...
View ArticleGovernment hopes new Tanzania constitution bans child marriage
October 21, 2013Thomson ReutersDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania(Thomson Reuters Foundation)--Tanzania is banking on the on-going constitutional review process of marriage laws to stop child marriages, according...
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Sultan of Brunei introduces tough Islamic punishments
October 24, 2013Al AhramTough Sharia Penal Code introduced Tuesday has been in the works for years and is expected to be phased in in upcoming six months The Sultan of Brunei introduced tough...
View ArticleBrunei Darussalam: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Violated under the new...
October 30, 2013 The groups here listed are deeply concerned by the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam’s announcement of a new penal code based on a strict interpretation of Shari’a law. We add our voices...
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