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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION: Teacher charged and faces death penalty

On 13 December, Sudanese teacher and activist Jalila Khamis Koko was officially charged on five criminal counts. She faces the death penalty. The charges come after Jalila has been detained, without charge, for over nine months.

Jalila Khamis formally charged and faces EXECUTION!

On December 13th, 2012 after 9 months in detention with charges, Jalila Khamis , the Nuba woman activist has been presented to court today, facing serious charges that could lead to her execution. Today, Jaila had been formally charged for undermining the constitutional system under article 50 , waging war against the state  under article 51,"Espionage against the country” under article 53,“joint criminal act” under article 21, and under article 66 of “publication of false news”- all these charges fall under the Sudanese criminal law of 1991.

Afghanistan: Afghan Women’s Affairs Aide Shot Months After Killing Of Predecessor

It was the second time in less than six months that the person holding that post has been assassinated. In the latest attack, two assailants on a motorcycle gunned down Najia Sediqi, the acting head, as she was getting into a rickshaw in Mehtar Lam, the provincial capital, according to Ahmad Gul Baidar, the head of administrative affairs for the women’s department.

المغرب:سلسلة بشرية في الرباط احتجاجًا على العنف ضد المرأة

أقام "تحالف ربيع الكرامة"، المؤلف من 22 جمعية حقوقية ونسوية مستقلة في المغرب، سلسلة بشرية أمام البرلمان المغربي اليوم في الرباط، تضامنًا مع النساء ضحايا العنف، ولمطالبة الحكومة المغربية، التي يقودها حزب العدالة والتنمية، بمراجعة للقانون الجنائي، ليكرّس مبدأ المساواة وإلغاء كل أشكال التمييز والعنف ضد النساء.

المغرب:47.587 حالة عنف في السنة ضدّ المرأة في المغرب

سجّل المرصد المغربي للعنف ضدّ النساء، "عيون نسائية"، 47.587 حالة عنف ضدّ 5.245 إمرأة، وفقاً لتقرير أعلن عنه مؤخراً في الدار البيضاء، وتمّ نشره في وسائل الإعلام.

العراق:مظاهرة بالفلوجة ضد تعذيب سجينات

قالت صحيفة المدى العراقية إن العشرات من النساء تظاهرن أمس في مدينة الفلوجة بمحافظة الأنبار استنكارا لتعرض سجينات للتعذيب،وللمطالبة بالتحقيق في الانتهاكات التي تتعرض لها النساء في السجون العراقية.

Day 16/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Women Rights and War.

"Growing up in such high level of political violence, state oppression, and degradation had left its impact on me of course... from a very early age I became very rebellious against imposed norms and restrictions.”

The Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq

After the invasion in 2003, the situation of Iraqi women deteriorated and the rights and freedoms of women have been severely jeopardized.

Day 15/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Silence Over Brutal Murder of Afghan Student.

Just the other week, on Sunday, December 2nd, a tenth grader from Mahmoud Raqi Girls High School in Kapisa Province of Afghanistan was shot seven times by a group of men while she was walking home from school.

Anisa was a volunteer for a polio vaccination campaign ran by the Ministry of Public Health. Anisa was killed for going to school. She was killed for vaccinating children. And she was killed for working outside her home.

Day 14/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Giving Chances

There are some stories that remain with you. 

One such incident is of a young 15-year-old girl, Aliya*. The eldest of seven children, her mother and father had their hands full with the younger children. Aliya was neglected emotionally, and in order to grasp the attention of her parents or to find someone to appreciate or love her she began to play truant. 

Day 13/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: A Revolution Against Shame

There is no room for doubt that violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon that is not exclusive to any specific culture or race. The phenomenon merely manifests itself in varying shapes and degrees in different parts of the world and strikes different nerves in the respective societies. In Egypt, perhaps one of the most glaring indicators of the growth of this phenomenon is sexual violence and the politics of “shaming” Egyptian women.

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