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WLUML Exhibition: Dress Codes & Modes

The exhibition looks at women's dress in some Muslim countries and communities and is a snapshot of diversities and commonalities through space and time. These highlight the influence of many forces – class, status, region, work, religious interpretation, ethnicity, urban/rural, politics, fashion, climate.

Walking a Tightrope: Women and Veiling in the United Kingdom

Walking a Tightrope: Women and Veiling in the United Kingdom by Ayesha Salma Kariapper examines the ways in which public debates over the headscarf and the full-face veil have shaped the strategies of women from Muslim communities, strategies developed to deal with the limitations imposed on them in the name of religion, culture, tradition and identity within the community, and with racism and exclusion from mainstream society.

UN: Role of Women in Peace and Security

The United Nations has invited a newly established group of independent experts to advise on ways to better protect women in conflict situations, and to ensure that their voices are heard in peace processes and that they are included in post-conflict reconstruction and governance structures.

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 situation of the Saharawi people, especially of the women, to help them to strengthen international relationships and support. To participate in their twiza, their social collective and solidarity movement.

Somalia: Girls Push for Gender Development

Girls Association Advocacy for Rights (GAAR), Report on Gender Development in Somalia:Somalia is a small country with population of ten million. The country has lacked a powerful functioning government since 1991 when the military regime of Siad Bare was overthrown. For two decades the country has suffered from lawlessness and misery. As the first victims of conflict, women and young girls have born endemic rape and brutality at the hands of armed militia groups.

Algérie: 40 % des chercheurs algériens sont des femmes

La présence de la femme algérienne est de plus en plus forte dans le secteur de la recherche scientifique en Algérie. Selon Souad Bendjaballah, ministre déléguée chargée de la recherche scientifique, invitée lundi matin de la Chaîne III de la radio nationale, 40 % des chercheurs algériens sont des femmes.

Iran: Shadi Sadr dedicates Courage Award to imprisoned Women’s Rights Activist Shiva Nazar Ahari

Shadi Sadr, a renowned Iranian human rights lawyer, women’s rights activist and member of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) – International Solidarity Network Council, has been awarded the International Women of Courage Award 2010. Ms. Sadr was also the recipient of the Lech Walesa and the Dutch "Human Rights Tulip" awards in 2009.

Iran: Shadi Sadr's Speech for the International Women of Courage Award Ceremony

Sadr dedicates her Award to imprisoned women’s rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari

Your Excellency Mrs. Clinton, Respected Members of the Jury, Ladies and Gentlemen, (cont...)

Maroc: Le 8 Mars centenaire 1910 – 2010 : Une journée qui garde toute sa signification

Cent ans après la proclamation de la journée internationale de la femme, le 8mars demeure un symbole pour les femmes de toutes les nationalités, les ethnies, les religions et les âges. Unies dans les luttes et les mobilisations pour une vie digne sans violences ni discriminations, des millions de femmes à travers le monde ont vu leurs vies changer en mieux. D’autres continuent à espérer que les 8 mars à venir leur apporteront la paix et la sécurité, accès à l’éducation, à la santé, et la reconnaissance de leurs droits.

International: Negotiating Bliss in Muslim Marriage Contracts

The bliss of an egalitarian and just relationship between spouses cannot be achieved through a sheet of paper. But Cassandra Balchin writes that in Muslim contexts efforts to take a fresh look at marriage contracts is certainly a step towards this goal: Many have heard about Afghanistan’s Shia Personal Status Law which last year looked like granting husbands total obedience from their wives, in effect even permitting marital rape. Yet few have heard about the bold new Muslim marriage contract endorsed by the country’s Supreme Court. A contract that means Afghanistan’s women can demand far more than the right not to have to give their husbands sex.

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