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20/1/2011
Sudan: Women Dream of Independence

John Garang, the revered late leader of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement, once said that women are the "the poorest of the poor and the marginalised of the marginalised". As the reality of an independent South Sudan approaches, the region's women have vowed they will not remain second class citizens. Margaret Michael Modi, the head of women’s affairs in Central Equatoria State, cast her vote on the first day. "The first day (of the vote) we did not sleep. I went to the polling station and women were crying as they cast their vote," she told IPS over the phone from the southern capital, Juba.

17/9/2010
Israel/Palestine: Israeli and West Bank women risk jail for day at the beach

The day starts early, at a petrol station alongside a roaring Jerusalem road. The mood among the 15 Israeli women is a little tense, but it's hardly surprising – they're about to break the law and with it one of the country's taboos. They plan to drive into the occupied West Bank, pick up Palestinian women and children and take them on a day trip to Tel Aviv.Today's is the second such trip – another group of women went public with a similar action last month. It is hoped that these will become regular outings, designed to create awareness of the laws that govern movement for Palestinians, and to challenge the fears that Israelis have about travelling into the West Bank.

3/9/2010
UPDATE: Indonesia: Women activists reject Indonesia's pornography law

Since the enactment of Indonesia's pornography law No. 44 year 2008, therefore we, from Women’s activists coalition of South Sulawesi rejected the bill and urged the government to withdraw the law.  Our legal effort that we have done by doing a judicial review of this pornography act was rejected by the constitutional court. Update on Indonesia: Law’s definition of pornography open to multiple interpretations

8/1/2009
UPDATE: Cambodia: Foreign Marriage Ban Lifted
A new organisation to regulate foreign marriages has been created following the lifting of a six-month suspension of such unions in November, officials say.
18/12/2008
South Korea: Korean actress sentenced for adultery
One of South Korea's best-known actresses, Ok So-ri, has been given a suspended prison sentence of eight months for adultery.
5/12/2008
Saudi Arabia: Shoura Council rejects proposal to ease Saudi marriages to foreigners
The Shoura Council yesterday rejected a recommendation to simplify regulations governing Saudis marrying non-Saudis.
1/12/2008
Egypt: Did Housing Policy Reforms Curb the Delay in Marriage Among Young Men in Egypt?
A series of reforms in Egypt has reduced barriers to young people entering the rental housing market...This has led to a reversal in delayed marriage among young men, beginning with those born after 1972.
15/10/2008
Syria: Women in rural Syria miss out on property rights
"Women in the rural region of Deir al-Zur in northeastern Syria are being deprived of their rights to inherit property because local communities apply traditional custom and practice rather than national laws."
9/9/2008
Iran: Women successfully lobby government to reform family law
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network welcomes the news that Iranian lawmakers have amended a contentious new family law proposal, marking a major victory for Iranian women’s rights activists.
27/6/2008
Vanuatu: Parliament Passes Family Protection Order Bill
On 18 June, 2008 the Parliament of Vanuatu, an island in the Pacific, passed a Family Protection Order Bill.