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November 16, 2011
The Canadian honor killing trial of the Shafia women highlights the inadequacy of the system that failed to […]
November 16, 2011
The European Union has blocked the release of a documentary on Afghan women who are in jail for […]
November 16, 2011
Cigdem Akyol writes that although thousands of forced marriages take place in Germany each year, German society continues […]
November 9, 2011
Text books in Pakistani schools foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities, while most teachers […]
November 9, 2011
A new study has revealed that thousands of young women and girls in forced marriages seek help every year […]
November 8, 2011
The documentary “Lost honour”, documenting the ‘honor’ killing of Hatun Surucu by her brother in Berlin in 2005, […]
November 8, 2011
Human rights groups have reacted with outrage after a Turkish appeals court reduced prison sentences for twenty-six (26) […]
November 8, 2011
In the UK, a young Asian bride was drugged and held prisoner by her family after she broke […]
November 8, 2011
In Faisalabad, Pakistan, three men are accused of having burnt a woman by throwing acid on her after […]
November 8, 2011
The long history of “honor killing” against women and girls is well documented in the Middle East and […]
November 8, 2011
Worries have emerged that female genital mutilation could be being practised in the Maldives, the local Minivan News has […]
November 8, 2011
Women’s groups in the Somali town of Galkayo are lobbying the authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of […]
November 8, 2011
Female genital mutilation is becoming more common in one region of Somalia, it has been claimed. Head of […]
November 8, 2011
Female genital mutilation become more common following the ousting of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. This is according […]
November 2, 2011
Austria’s Federal government is likely to change the anti-forced marriage law to allow prosecutors to press charges against […]