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25/6/2009
International: Body Politics in Development
Wendy Harcourt's 'Body Politics in Development' sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades.
19/3/2009
India: New academic work on Producing Muslim Womanhood in Colonial Bengal
The near-invisibility of Muslim women, except as victims, underpins the construction of the ideal citizen-subject in late colonial India.
4/2/2009
Tajikistan: Marriage Vows Not Always Enough in Tajikistan
Married women in Tajikistan are being deprived of property rights, especially if they get married without going through the legal formalities.
3/2/2009
US: Gains and Disappointments on Women’s Rights
New Law Supports Equal Pay, But Contraceptives Financing Dropped From Economic Stimulus.
27/1/2009
Middle East: New publication on strategies to tackle discrimination against women
'On the way to improved legal reality' is the last in a three-part series on women's rights in the Arab world.
26/1/2009
UPDATE: Nigeria: Islamic authorities order cancellation of protest by divorced women
The head of the Sharia police, or Hisbah, said the planned protest was an "embarrassment", and is "un-Islamic". The organisers have agreed to postpone their protest scheduled for 29 January.
30/11/2008
China: Uighar woman avoids forced abortion
An ethnic Uyghur woman in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region who was scheduled to undergo a second-term abortion against her will—and whose case drew international attention—has been released to her family and allowed to continue her pregnancy.
28/11/2008
Cambodia: Foreign Marriage Ban Lifted
A ban on marriages between Cambodians and foreigners aimed at curbing human trafficking has been lifted, officials said Wednesday, adding that new regulations will seek to prevent internet websites from featuring mail-order Cambodian brides.
7/11/2008
Iran: Shirin Ebadi criticizes new penal code
Nobel Peace Laureate Shrin Ebadi on Wednesday criticised Iran's new Islamic penal code, saying it remains unfair to women and uses an "incorrect" interpretation of Islam.
17/10/2008
Malawi: Divorce in Matrilineal Customary Law Marriage in Malawi: A Comparative Analysis With the Patrilineal Customary Law Marriage in South Africa
A comparative research paper by Lea Mwambene.