A Report by the Syrian Feminist Lobby Documentation and Monitoring Unit (DMU) Syrian Feminist Lobby The Syrian Feminist Lobby is an independent, non-partisan political lobby that advocates for gender equality, women’s participation in public and political affairs, and decision-making. The Lobby advocates for women’s human rights, hosts conferences and workshops, and publishes reports documenting violations...
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WLUML Calls for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Six WCLRF Staff Detained by the Taliban
It has now been 40 days since six staff members of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) were arbitrarily detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul. No charges have been brought against them, they have had no access to legal counsel, and their families have received little information about their whereabouts or well-being. Despite...
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Remembering Marieme Hélie-Lucas, a pioneering feminist who deeply touched our lives
Yesterday, we heard the sad news of the passing of Marieme, a visionary and fearless woman whose commitment, passion and spirit touched so many of our lives. Through her fierce commitment to gender equality, human rights and justice, Marieme helped bring the voices and struggles of women living under Muslim laws into the global feminist...
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The Gender Wall: Digital Violence and Women in Politics in Bangladesh By Armaan Sharma
This brief examines how technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) undermined women’s political participation and representation in Bangladesh, with a particular focus on the February 12, 2026 national elections. Despite women’s central role in the 2024 July Uprising, their political representation remained critically low, with digital violence emerging as a significant barrier to electoral participation. The brief...
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Bridging Hope and Justice: Reflections on Sima Samar’s Life of Service in Afghanistan by Diana Reno
NEW PUBLICATION Women Living Under Muslim Laws is pleased to launch Bridging Hope and Justice: Reflections on Sima Samar’s Life of Service in Afghanistan by Diana Reno. For decades, Dr. Sima Samar has stood at the forefront of the struggle for human rights, women’s rights, education, healthcare, and democratic participation in Afghanistan. From founding hospitals...
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Visible but Sidelined: Women, Violence, and Representation in Post-Revolution Bangladesh by Arzu Tasnine Anna
Abstract: This paper analyses the post‑Monsoon Revolution political settlement in Bangladesh by tracing how women’s central role in the 2024 July uprising was followed by their systematic exclusion from formal politics. Drawing on election data, media reporting, and feminist‑rights advocacy, it argues that the 2026 parliamentary polls, producing the lowest share of women MPs since...
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Statement by WLUML: No to War. No to Suffering. No to Destruction.
WLUML unequivocally and uncompromisingly rejects war. Conflicts such as the one unfolding in Iran and across the wider region disproportionately harm the most vulnerable members of society, especially women and children. At the same time, they undermine, and often reverse, the hard-won progress of local movements striving for democracy, human rights, and self-determination. Even in...
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Statement by Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) on State Violence and the Brutal Repression of Peaceful Protests in Iran
Statement by Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) categorically condemns the killing of protesters and the extreme violence once again unleashed by the Iranian authorities against the people of Iran. We stand in...
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Gender Apartheid: How Much Longer Must Women Wait to name the crime
Seventy-seven years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is deeply troubling that in 2025 we are still fighting for the recognition of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity. And this, even though the world finally acknowledged, at least since Vienna in 1993, that women’s rights are human rights, after...