Archive for the 'Women's Group' Category
The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), All Women’s Action Society (AWAM), Sisters in Islam (SIS) and Pusat Kesedaran Komuniti (EMPOWER) have joined hands in calling for the abolition of Section 498 of the Penal Code which they claimed was discriminatory against women.
WAO president Meera Samanther said women should be accorded rights as independent human beings an [...]
Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab insurgents closed three grassroots women’s organisations in the rebel-held town of Balad Hawa on Monday to stop women from going to work, a rebel leader said.
The group wants to impose its own version of Islamic law on areas it controls, and Washington says it is al Qaeda’s proxy in the Horn [...]
Dear friends
Greetings from Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)! We are delighted to announce that Ms. Shadi Sadr is the recipient of the 2009 Tulip Award, the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Award.
‘Shadi Sadr is being awarded the Human Rights Defenders Tulip for her exceptional courage, perseverance and work in an environment of concern, [...]
Something is stirring in the home of western European chauvinism. Italian womanhood is rising up. An online petition decrying the way female politicians are treated by Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister and billionaire businessman, has gathered 100,000 signatures.
A slogan – “I am not a woman at your disposal” – is catching on. It is aimed [...]
On May 13, 2009, the Home Secretary of India said in a seminar organized by the Central Bureau of Investigation that there are 1.3 million prostituted children in India right now. Most of them are girls. The National Human Rights Commission of India has stated that the average age of entry into prostitution for young [...]
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG), Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and National Human Rights Society (HAKAM) are gravely concerned that the Pahang Syariah Court of Appeal had heard and decided the revision of Kartika Dewi Shukarno’s (Kartika) sentence of whipping without all the relevant stakeholders in attendance to present arguments, or the public [...]
In 2003, the African nation of Liberia was in turmoil; its president Charles Taylor was involved in a vicious civil war with war lords who wanted to take his place. Caught in the middle were innocent civilians who bore the brunt of the violence.
One woman, Leymah Gbowee, had had enough and she and her [...]
On 25 August the court of Al-Shamli, north of Hail, found Mrs Khamisa Sawadi guilty of the charge of “khilwa” (mingling with two young men to whom she was not immediately related), and the higher court in Riyadh ratified their verdict. One of the two young men who was tried alongside Sawadi may face additional [...]
A new approach is being taken to fight violence against women and HIV/AIDS, in Dominica and in the Caribbean region.
Over 20 individuals representing women’s groups and HIV/AIDS organizations, on Thursday began discussions on the findings of a study conducted by the University of the West Indies, Barbados, on the intersections between HIV/AIDS and violence against [...]
A coalition of over 300 international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is “outraged” that an impending decision to create a new women’s entity at the United Nations is being postponed once again.
“If the General Assembly fails to act, it will send a very negative signal to women around the world who are now beginning to engage in [...]
The following is the text of a report submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women on the trial of Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein who was charged under Article 152 (Indecent and Immoral Acts) of the 1991 Sudanese Penal Code for wearing trousers. (WLUML Networkers)
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is not [...]
Women’s rights activists say they aren’t fooled by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nomination of the first female Cabinet ministers since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, calling it a ploy to improve his popularity that will actually hurt the cause of women.
With the nominations of three women for his new government, the hard-line president appears to be [...]
Since the first counselling session that August in 1984, and operating from only two rooms at Butt Street Methodist Church in Suva, more then 17,000 women have walked through its doors seeking the centre’s services. And as it celebrates its anniversary this month, the fact that they are still around after 25 years is indeed [...]
The jury deliberating on a most unusual trial – the first South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking in South East Asia – here have urged the governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations and others to urgently address the vulnerabilities of women to trafficking and HIV.
However, these responses should be [...]
Leading women’s groups in India have called on the government to put an end to indignities against women such as making some of them undergo virginity tests and disrobing in public.
“It is shameful that governmental bodies treat women without any dignity,” says Sister Mary Scaria, one of 150 people from seven women’s organizations who demonstrated [...]
Women activists from over 50 women’s organisations from eight states in the country have suggested amendments to the Women’s Reservation Bill, including doubling of existing seats by converting all seats of the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies into dual-member constituencies to elect one man and one woman each.
“A force needs to be created to [...]
Following changes to the Dutch abortion law, the organisation Women on Waves has decided to cancel all upcoming trips of its so-called abortion boat. Opposition to abortion is growing, says director Rebecca Gomperts.
A decade ago, Rebecca Gomperts (1966) had a vision. With her organisation Women on Waves (WoW) she would run a floating clinic that [...]
The debate over proposed changes to Israeli divorce laws has made its way to the Knesset, where interested parties are meeting to hash out a compromise in a dialogue that could stretch into the next legislative session.
Supported by a host of women’s rights groups, one plan seeks to eliminate the so-called “race to file,” [...]
The landmark Sexual Offences Bill, which reforms and amalgamates various laws relating to rape, incest and other sexual offences, was finally passed by the Senate last Friday.
The Bill will repeal the Incest (Punishment) Act, as well as several provisions of the Offences Against the Person Act. It also provides for the establishment of a Sex [...]
Recent postings- Race, Feminism, Our Future – The Issues Magazine
- Trafficking Victims at UN Highlight Need for Recognition
- END FGM European Campaign launches web site
- Rid the world of female genital mutilation
- Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School in Uganda
- Obama’s attack on abortion rights
- Differences between men’s and women’s health
- WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women
- Malaysian Women’s Groups say Abolish Section 498
- Politics can be a Risky Business for Women in Bolivia
- new on womensgrid
- Reclaim The Night 2009 Cornwall – 21st November 2009
- Reclaim the Night Glasgow – 25th November 2009
- White Ribbon March – Stirling – 3rd December 2009
- 16 Days of Action Appeal – Women’s Aid
- From Beginning to End – Thursday 3rd December 2009 – Manchester
- Commit, Act, And Demand – An End To Violence Against Women – Birmingham – 1 Dec 09
- In Doncaster this year we are holding a series of events to mark the campaign
- Extra activities have been planned in West Lancashire to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Action Campaign
- Women’s Aid Ireland has a blog of 16 Days events for 2009
- 16 Days of Action for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – West Dunbartonshire
- new on women in london
- 4 vacancies – Kiran – 2nd December 2009
- National Peripatetic Domestic Violence Workers – Refuge – 24 Nov 2009
- The Greatest Silence – special screening to mark 16 Days of Action – WAN – 3rd Dec 2009
- Consultation for organisations working in the field of violence against women and children
- New free legal advice clinic at Account3 in Tower Hamlets – first session 24 Nov 2009
- Children’s Rights Photography Competition – Alternative Arts – 14th December 2009
- Fawcett comments on new pay gap figures
- Victory in lap dancing campaign – Object and Fawcett
- Amina Scheme Seeks Volunteers
- Female Independent Domestic Violence Advocate p/t – Woman’s Trust – 7th December 2009
Debunking women’s movement of Nepal – comment
3 August 2009 in Asia, Opinion Comment, Women's Group
Although skeptical, I entered Nepal’s development-NGO work formally as a worker five years ago. I wanted to basically test the water. I stress on formally because informally, I have been involved in the NGO-led women’s movement for more than a decade. Let’s say it just comes with one´s family!
My experiences and observations after being [...]