Delhi is different from Steubenville
January 14, 2013FeministingNicholas Kristof has a recent op-ed titled, “Is Delhi so different from Steubenville?” which makes the case that sexual assault is an international and universal epidemic. He...
View ArticleDouble Bind: tied up in knots on the left
February 5, 2013Open DemocracyInstead of sanitizing the Muslim right as a way of fighting racism in the North, Meredith Tax argues that the left should develop a strategy of solidarity with democrats,...
View Article"Traditional Values" vs Human Rights at the UN
February 18, 2013OpenDemocracyA dangerous process is taking place in the UN system that threatens the universality of human rights by seeking to make them contingent on subjective ‘traditional values’...
View ArticleUN Women: culture must not block progress on stopping gender violence
March 4, 2013The GuardianCommission on Status of Women opens in New York, but Iran, Russia and Vatican thought to be lobbying against key proposals.Culture and religion must not be allowed to block...
View ArticlePakistan: Opponents of girls’ right to education violate Islam, ambassador...
March 7, 2013DAWNUNITED NATIONS: “Those who deny women and girls their right to education, violate Islam,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan told an audience at the world body on Monday. He said the...
View ArticleAct Now to Oppose Russian Resolution on Traditional Values: Universality of...
September 6, 2012ARC-InternationalAt the current session of the UN Human Rights Council, Russia has tabled a resolution seeking to promote “traditional values” as a basis for human rights. Numerous UN...
View ArticleWHO Report: Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women
June 21, 2013 Prevalence and Health Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Non-partner Sexual Violence WHO has published a report on violence against women using data from all regions of the world....
View ArticleFemale Genital Mutliation/Cutting: A Statistical Overview and an Exploration...
September, 2013UNICEFThis report is a comprehensive statistical overview of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the 29 countries where the practice is concentrated. Analysisof the data...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Stop Stoning Petition Reaches 10,000 Signatures
October 15, 2013WLUMLWe did it! Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) are delighted to announce that our petition, part of the Global Campaign to Stop Stoning Women, has received 10,000 signatures!...
View ArticleHarmful practices against women and girls can never be justified by religion...
October 29, 2013UN News Centre29 October 2013 – Harmful practices inflicted on women and girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief, an independent United Nations human...
View ArticleSolutions to End Child Marriage: Summary of the Evidence
November, 2013International Center for Research on WomenA summary of the ICRW's review of 150 programs with a child marriage component, identifying five key strategies used to prevent or delay child...
View ArticleUN human rights experts set out countries’ obligations to tackle harmful...
December 12, 2014OHCHRGENEVA (5 November 2014) – For the first time, two UN human rights expert committees have joined forces to issue a comprehensive interpretation of the obligations of States to...
View ArticleRemembering: A Tribute to Fallen WHRDs
March, 2015WLUMLDespite significant breakthroughs in the past 20 years, violence against women and girls justified in the name of religion, customs, traditions – in short, culture - remains unabated....
View ArticleReligion, Culture and Tradition: No Excuse for Violence
March, 2015AWIDAll over the world, diverse groups use arguments based on anti-rights interpretations of religion, culture and tradition to justify violence and discrimination. This publication...
View ArticleCSW59 –Beijing Betrayed
April 1, 2015AWIDTwo decades after the Fourth World Conference on Women, women and girls around the world deserve better than this year’s CSW outcomes. At this time of celebration and affirmation of...
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