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BAOBAB's Stop Violent Punishment Against Women Radio Campaign

BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights, as part of her activities under the 'Stop Killing and Stoning of Women' Campaign of the 'Women Redefining and Reclaiming Culture' programme of WLUML and IWE, recently held four live phone-in programmes on radio in four geo-political zones in Nigeria.

Fatou Sow : l'égale citoyenneté entre les hommes et les femmes reste la priorité

Fatou Sow, Coordinatrice internationale de WLUML, sociologue sénégalaise et chercheuse au Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, France) est une spécialiste des questions de genre et une militante féministe chevronnée. Elle revient pour Jeuneafrique.com sur les inégalités entre les sexes qui perdurent sur le continent.

Solidarity with Saharawi Women

This video is a joint action between the National Union of Saharawi Women and Ana Arenas Moreno as a recognition of their incredible work and efforts during their 34 years in exile. It intends to raise awareness and advocate for the rights of the Saharawi people, especially of the women, to help them to strengthen international relationships and support their twiza, their social collective and solidarity movement. 

UPDATE: Nigeria: Local women's groups protest bill on 'indecent clothing'
The following is an update provided by BAOBAB - For Women's Human Rights, a women's rights organization based in Nigeria. This is a brief report on the Public Hearing held in July 2008 regarding a proposed bill which, if made into law, would regulate styles of clothing on the grounds this would curb sexual intimidation and other sexual offences. The women who conducted research, presented their findings and demands, spoke out at the public hearing and aired their concerns with the world are to be commended for their actions and commitment to fighting discriminatory laws.
Nigeria: Protest the proposed law on 'indecent clothing'
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights has issued an alert regarding the “Bill for an Act to Prohibit and Punish Public Nudity, Sexual Intimidation and Other Related Offences in Nigeria”.
WSF: Fundamentalist groups and the Nigerian legal system: Some reflections
WSF: The media and signs of fundamentalism: A case in the Gambia
WSF: Fighting the political (ab)use of religion in Nigeria: BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, allies and others
Dossier 9-10: Généralisation de l’enfermement des femmes en pays Haoussa, le nord du Nigéria
Cependant, d’aucuns soutiennent que c’était une coutume traditionnelle qui a précédé l’Islam en pays Haoussa. L’objectif de la présente recherche consiste à jeter les bases de l’étude de l’histoire et de la pratique de l’enfermement des femmes dans cette région du Nigéria, ainsi que des discours idéologiques, religieux, politiques et juridiques qui les entourent dans leur contexte socio-économique.

Le pays Haoussa avant l’influence islamique
Dossier 17: Cultures and Religions in Senegal
Senegal has eight million inhabitants, 95% of whom are Muslim, with the remainder predominantly Christian. There are very few animists who formally practice traditional religions. I say formally because in fact traditional practices are present in the daily life of all Senegalese, be they Muslim or Christian, because these practices are profoundly rooted in their cultures.

Soon after the introduction of Islam to Senegal, Muslims organized into Confreries*. This meant that the first religious leaders taught Islam according to the tradition of their spiritual leaders.
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