The most recent articles
The most recent articles
Heba Raouf Ezzat - Emran Qureshi : Are Sharia Laws and Human Rights Compatible?
Monday 16 July 2007
by Emran Qureshi, Heba Raouf Ezzat
In their correspondence, Emran Qureshi (journalist and expert for Islam and human rights) and Heba Raouf Ezzat (lecturer for political science and womens’ rights activist) discuss the role of the sharia in Islamic countries and in how far sharia laws are compatible with human rights.
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A Resisting Women Meeting together with the Algerian Coordination of female trade-unionists (France, May 2007)
Sunday 15 July 2007
by Topics & Roses, Karine Gantin
The Algerian society, esp. the Algerian women, organises itself out of the official, from a policy regime manipulated field. As Algerian female trade-unionists from the autonomous trade-union SNAPAP for civil servants came to Paris (France), last May 2007, the French team of the Resisting Women (...) > continue
Where is the money for women’s rights?
Friday 13 July 2007
Where is the money for women’s rights?
Assessing the resources and the role of donors in the promotion of women’s rights and the support of women’s rights organizations. An action research project of AWID with Just Associates. February 2006 Revised Edition. > continue
The Second Intifada: The Women’s Movement at a Crossroads
Thursday 12 July 2007
by Alternative Information Center, Rula Abu Daho
In the midst of building civil society institutions, far from achieving any progress in the national struggle against the occupation, the outbreak of the Second Intifada put major questions about the relationship between nationalism and democracy before women’s institutions and committees. [3] (...) > continue
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Feminicides in Central America and Mexico: MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
Wednesday 11 July 2007
by European Parliament Parlement Européen Europäisches Parliament Parlamento Europeo
This is the highly interesting DRAFT REPORT on the murders of women (feminicides) in Central America and Mexico and the role of the European Union in fighting this phenomenon, produced by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (PROVISIONAL, 2007/2025(INI) 10.5.2007, Rapporteur: Raül (...) > continue
The democracy icon Birtukan Mideksa convicted of political offense which carry a possible death penalty or long prison terms (Ethiopia)
Monday 2 July 2007
(Breaking News 21/07/07 : she has been freed yesterday together with the others !!!... They may release soon a common statement.) Ms Birtukan Mideksa, an emprisonned former judge in Ethiopia, often considered as a national symbol for democratic fights in this country, has been convicted on 11 (...) > continue
Women and the Subjugation of Structure: A Critique of the One Million Signature Campaign in Iran
Campaigning for legal transformation of the woman status can not be efficient as such in a both liberal and conservative society. In order to "separate revisionism from innovative thinking, endurance from opportunism, and flexibility from surrender", it has to include a class-based, more social approach of the needs of all the women, especially the less-privileged. This is what two Iranian feminists participating to the One Million Signature Campaign intend here to demonstrate in this theoretical, leftist, in Iran’s history rooted text. > continue
Women’s Movement into the Streets... Grassroot cooperation between social movements in Iran
Wednesday 27 June 2007
by Parvin Ardalan, One Million Signature Campaign
This personal historical, methodological, also critical analysis of the quick changing Women’s movements in Iran since 2006, by one of its to prison sentenced members, acurately questions the best ways to organize grassroot activism and positive cooperation with other social movements, in an environment of low tolerance and violent repression. > continue
Turkish feminism : a bibliography
Monday 25 June 2007
This page is dedicated to interesting books, articles and other papers concerning Turkey, and will be regularly enriched. Its purpose is to give useful keys to understand the current situation of Tukish women and feminist movements, and beyond, the situation in Turkey between Kemalism and islamism from a cultural and historical point of view. Feel free to contribute to enrich it further. > continue
Aliye Öztürk and the Young Civilians Movement : campaigning for democracy
Monday 18 June 2007
Turkey is crossing hard days as nationalist Armed forces of Turkey are explicitely threatening peace, the legal elected government and democracy activists in general. During the Spring 2007 Turkish presidential election, a woman with scarf, Aliye Öztürk, and her movement "Young Civilians", have focused on the democratic issue beyond the classical public polemics on secularism and political islam... May this help change the debate? > continue
