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India: Still no justice for Gujarat women and girls
Nearly three years after violence erupted in the state of Gujarat in Western India those responsible continue to walk free.
Pakistan: Pakistan rejects pro-women bill
The Pakistan government has allied with Islamists to reject a bill which sought to strengthen the law against the practice of "honour killing".
Iran: Capital punishment for sexual relationship
A teenage girl and two young men in Iran have been sentenced to lashes for having sex.
India: Gujarat gang rape accused named
A key witness in an alleged multiple murder and gang rape during religious riots in India's Gujarat state has identified 12 of the accused in court.
International: Eliminating violence against women in Muslim societies
An international symposium to be held on 1 March 2005. Speakers include women activists, scholars, and policy-makers from Muslim-majority societies and experts on violence against women.
France: Pour un nouveau combat féministe
Parce que nous voulons réaffirmer la liberté durement acquise des femmes à disposer de leur corps.
مصر: حملة من اجل قانون لحماية النساء من العنف الأسري
Philippines: Moro ethnic women speak-out on sexual violence in customary practices and traditions
Stories from four women who are ethnically, educationally (culturally) and socio-economically apart and varied yet one common thread runs through their tales: these are women metamorphosing from victims to survivors to advocates of peace.
Pakistan: Women's struggle - one step forward, one step back
Women across the country commemorate February 12 as Pakistan Women's Day, in remembrance of the state's brutality against women who in 1983, protested against the Law of Evidence, which reduces the status of a woman witness to half that of a male witness.
Pakistan: The Dr. Shazia Case
Once again, a Pakistani woman has been subjected to rape and torture.
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