Iranian “stoning” woman c...
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was commuted to hanging after an...
posted on: Jul 31, 2010 | author: AlisonClarke
Elena Kagan moves one step closer to ...
Solicitor General Elena Kagan moved one step closer to becoming a US Supreme Court justice...
posted on: Jul 21, 2010 | author: Kate Townshend
FGM fatwa stops short of calling for ...
Although an edict by the Kurdistan Islamic Scholars Union has said that female genital mutilation (FGM) is not...
posted on: Jul 18, 2010 | author: Kate Townshend
Women in Haiti take action to combat ...
Following the earthquake in Haiti, rape and violence against women has become increasingly widespread in the tent...
posted on: Jul 14, 2010 | author: Kate Townshend
UN CEDAW committee reviews situation ...
A meeting of the United Nations committee on the elimination of discrimination against women (CEDAW) opened in New...
posted on: Jul 13, 2010 | author: Kate Townshend
