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International: Resolution to create U.N. agency for women
After more than three years of political foot-dragging, the 192-member General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Monday.
International: Being lesbian, bi, trans woman in the Middle East: survival kit.
Outstanding activists show how it is indeed possible to fight for LGBT rights by working with other Human Rights and feminist partners, positive examples are provided in the fashion of a survival kit.
International: 15 years of UN SR on VAW Report
This report was initiated and guided by Yakin Ertürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences.
International: New report on advocacy for development cooperation and gender
The International Gender Policy Network (IGPN) released an in-depth regional report on advocacy for development cooperation and gender for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
International: Appel a propositions: Fonds pour l’égalité entre les sexes
Accélérer les progrès vers l’autonomisation politique et économique des femmes.
International: Muslim academic claims homosexuality can be compatible with Islam
A leading Muslim academic has said there is evidence in the Koran that homosexuality can be compatible with Islam.
International: Statement in Support of Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Honor Awardee
On 30 July, President Obama named 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, including Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
International: L'AIPAC proteste contre une décision d'Obama
Le lobby américain pro-israélien AIPAC a protesté contre la décision de la Maison Blanche de décerner un titre honorifique "pour la liberté" à l'ancienne présidente de l'Irlande, Mary Robinson, connue pour ses prises de positions anti-israéliennes.
WLUML Newsletter 8

In this issue, we welcome the launch of the programme “Women reclaiming and re-defining cultures: Asserting rights over body, self, and public spaces”, a joint venture between WLUML and the Institute of Women’s Empowerment (IWE), which brings together women from the Muslim world to examine and discuss how systems of culture, tradition and religion, are used as instruments to legitimize their oppression.

International: Impact of religion on women’s leadership roles
Historically it has been sometimes assumed that secular and left-of-centre parties are more willing to promote women in politics, while conservative and religious parties limit women’s participation in politics and public life.
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