Our Voices

Nigeria: The cases of two women sentenced to death in Bauchi state

Following reports from the media about the cases of two young women sentenced to death by stoning in Bauchi State under the Sharia legal system, BAOBAB For Women’s Human Rights has conducted a fact-finding mission to the State. ...

Turkey: First South/Southeast Asian conference held on sexuality and human rights in Muslim societies

Twenty-five NGO representatives and researchers from Muslim societies in South and Southeast Asia met in Jakarta to discuss pivotal human rights issues related to sexual and bodily rights, sexual politics, power and gender in Muslim societies. ...

Europe: Feminist European initiative for the No to the Constitution

At the ESF European Assembly for Women, several women's organisations presented their declaration against the European Constitution. ...

France: Strategies of resistance and solidarity - outsider women

Professional discrimination and gender bias seems more severe in the case of women who do not have French citizenship or come from French families. For them, the idea of equal rights merely emphasises that there is a wide gap between theory and practice. ...

Pakistan: No compromise on murder

Murder by any other name still smells foul. It is still murder. ...

UK: European Social Forum - Tariq Ramadan: not our ally

Tariq Ramadan is one of the top-billed speakers at the European Social Forum, appearing on a panel to present “Voices of resistance and alternatives from the global South”. ...

India: Burqa row in school

A 15-year-old schoolgirl has become the public face of a radical group's campaign for an "Islamic" dress code in a controversy similar to the one sparked by the recent French ban on headscarves in classrooms. ...

Turkey: Turkey's homosexuals come out for their rights

The movement in Turkey is still in its fledgling stages, but gays and lesbians are increasingly outspoken: they are expanding their networks, organizing conferences and film festivals and taking part in May Day marches. ...

India: The commonality of 'fundamentalisms'

How respective ideologies contribute towards a culture that condones and engages in violence, by Beena Sarwar. ...

Afghanistan: Intimidation and Attacks against Women in Public Life in Afghanistan

This report is based on interviews with women NGO activists, journalists, government officials, doctors, teachers, UN workers, and international donors from a wide range of ethnic groups, political affiliations, and regions. ...

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