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November 2009

• 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
• Somali rebels close women’s organisations
• UNIFEM Currents – November 2009
• Rape in America: Justice Denied
• Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists
• Sexual violence prevention and re-integration funding “falls through cracks” in DRC
• A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics
• An online support group for adolescents who have been sexually abused will be trialled in NSW as an Australian first
• Shadi Sadr wins 2009 Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award
• IPS Gender Wire up to 20 Oct 2009

October 2009

• “Women Will Benefit From Secularism” – Nawal El-Saadawi
• ‘Polygamy club’ draws criticism in Indonesia
• Prostitution laws protect dignity and equality says lawyer in Ontario
• Rhode Island to close loophole which allows indoor prostitution
• 52 children rescued in nationwide sex-trafficking raids in the US
• Malawi health workers grapple with rising incidence of rape
• Israel’s first multi-disciplinary rape crisis center opens at Hadassah
• Libya should drop charges against journalist who reported allegations of sexual harassment
• Women’s and gay rights violated under guise of counter-terrorism says UN envoy
• Iceland leads Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009
• Feminist fightback against Silvio Berlusconi-style sexism.
• IPS Gender Wire up to 13 Oct 2009
• Why are 20 million women worldwide still needlessly blind?
• Put women at core of climate change debate say activists
• Empower women to stem global hunger say experts
• Women and the crisis of civilisation
• Islam and Muslim Feminism
• Somali Islamists publicly whip women for wearing bras
• UN decries vicious Congo rapes and night attacks
• “It’s an injustice, pure and simple – Aboriginal women continue to experience higher than average rates of sexualized violence in Canada”
• New Zealand rape counsellors excluded from fast-tracks claims for clients
• US Senate passes measure prompted by case of woman prevented from suing over alleged rape by Halliburton/KBR colleagues
• Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles
• Queensland locked in abortion stalemate
• Amnesty International has called on the Peruvian authorities to step up recent efforts to decriminalise abortion in the country
• More than a million people are said to have taken part in a march in Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise Spain’s abortion law
• Abortion And Unintended Pregnancy Decline Worldwide As Contraceptive Use Increases
• Mandatory for pregnant women in India to undergo HIV test proposed
• New scheme to prevent trafficking of women in India
• IPS Gender Wire up to 20th October 2009
• In the aftermath of mass rape in Guinea
• Art Does Not Excuse Rape: Polanski Must Face Justice – sign the petition
• Number of reported rapes in US drops to lowest level in two decades
• Suu Kyi’s detention appeal rejected
• Arab feminists map out the status of women’s rights in the region
• Hamas bans women on motorcycles in Gaza Strip
• The Failure of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
• Fear of spread of HIV infection among football fans sparks demand for registration of South African prostitutes
• Women’s group in British Columbia vows to fight attempts to legalize prostitution
• Human Rights Watch Honors Four Activists
• One third of world’s child brides from India says UNICEF
• 2 million babies and mothers die at birth study finds
• India: Too Many Women Dying in Childbirth
• UN demands end of sexual violence as tactic of war
• UN resolution calls for more women peacemakers
• Maoists protest “undignified” Miss Nepal pageant
• Study shows 50 percent of female murder victims slain by intimate partner in New York State
• IPS Gender Wire up to 29th September 2009
• Chad: Women and girls fleeing Darfur conflict still subjected to rape around camps despite UN presence
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Fourteen years on women raped in war continue to be denied their rights
• Women’s groups concerned over Canadian immigration’s caregivers bill
• Poland okays forcible castration for paedophiles
• Spanish government approves controversial abortion reforms
• Stop the whipping of Kartika
• Palestinian women denied rights even in Lebanon refugee camp
• How Afghanistan’s rape law got passed – Canadian report
• Media Uses Women to Deviate Attention from Kurdish Question
• Shiva Nazar Ahari remains in prison although bail reduced is still too high claims father
• What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq
• Through Women’s Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead
• IPS Gender Wire up to 22nd September 2009

September 2009

• Pray the Devil Back to Hell – how sisterhood bought peace to Liberia
• Ugandan Rioters Strip Women Wearing Trousers
• Stoning penalty in Indonesian province of Aceh
• Saudi Arabia court ratifies guilty verdict on 75 year old women
• Wrongly Imprisoned Native Woman in Mexico Released
• Women’s rights a priority for Obama panel in US
• One in eight women in Sierra Leone risks dying during pregnancy or childbirth – a ‘human rights emergency’ says new amnesty report
• Almost two-thirds of Queenslanders support the decriminalisation of abortion according to opinion poll
• Queensland pro-choice supporters declare they will intensify campaign against Cairns abortion charges
• Polish magazine fined over anti-abortion piece
• ‘Media women struggle to get to the top’ in South Africa
• A new generation of Italian women are finding a voice after a ’summer of sleaze’ in Italian politics
• IPS Gender Wire up to 15th September 2009
• A man was jailed for life for the murder and gang rape of a lesbian South African international footballer
• The Fight Against Rape a Brutal Wait in Liberia
• Move to take domestic violence cases out of religious courts in Lebanon
• Afghanistan should differentiate rape from adultery says rights groups
• Changes to Dominican Republic Constitution will put women’s lives in danger
• India reserves 50% seats for women in local self government
• Japan again faces international criticism for its lack of progress in eliminating discrimination against women
• UN to establish single new agency to deal with rights of women
• Child porn on Internet increases says UN expert
• Pornography at root of more and more domestic violence incidents says Utah coalition
• Native American women warriors take on domestic violence and sexual assault
• Police boost promised on domestic violence in South Australia
• Nepali government to set up service centers to control domestic violence
• Safeguarding women and children in Swaziland stops AIDS
• Caribbean women groups meet to address violence against women and HIV/AIDS issues
• Allies Against AIDS: A podcast on transforming gender inequality
• IPS Gender Wire up to 8th September 2009
• WLUML website summary of news items for August 2009
• The image of a British grandmother on death row in America has taken its place on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth in a plea to stop her execution
• UN May Shelve Creation of New Women’s Body
• Nawal el Saadawi returns to Egypt
• WLUML and AI submit report on case of Lubna Hussein to CSW
• Mali’s Toure pressured by Islamic body into reviewing family code
• Tribunals No Substitute for Reforms on ‘Honor Killings’ in Jordan
• Rescind Religious Dress Code for Girls in Gaza
• Judgment Day for Bride Price in Uganda
• UNHCR alarmed by detention of unaccompanied children in Lesvos, Greece
• End Child Sex Trafficking: Kids are NOT for Sale in D.C. USA
• Penan girls and women were sexually violated
• Law Failing South African Lesbians on “Corrective Rape”
• Former Israeli president goes on trial on rape charges
• Women in camps for internally displaced persons in Kenya turn to prostitution
• in the USA ‘John schools’ try to change attitudes about paid sex
• Women and Radicalisation in Kyrgyzstan
• When I think of my trial, I pray my fight won’t be in vain – Lubna Hussein
• Iranian women activists not fooled by president
• Photos of childbirth have been branded pornography in Zambia
• South Africa’s health system fails women and children says Lancet
• Penans still waiting for task force report on allegations of sexual abuse
• Twenty-five years on, Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre stands as beacon of hope for women
• IPS Gender Wire – 25th August 2009
• Laws must be linked to cultural practices say women lawyers in Ghana
• Child Trafficking The 3rd Biggest Global Consumer Market
• Women protest gender-segregated buses in Israel

August 2009

• Aung San Suu Kyi, alone but unbowed
• Indigenous Mexican woman accused of kidnapping six agents named Amnesty prisoner of conscience
• Violence and conservatism threaten Afghan women’s vote
• UNIFEM Currents – August 2009
• Women in the News – The New IPS Gender Wire – 11th August 2009
• New High Court ruling will help domestic violence victims in India
• Women at risk of HIV infection from partners UN warns
• Trafficked women face high HIV infection risk according to study
• Kenyan mothers too poor to pay for treatment locked up in hospital
• Delhi female births rise hailed
• Midwives defy tradition and save lives in Afghanistan
• Safe Shortcut to Sidestep Illegal Abortion in Argentina
• Abortion pill rules loosened at clinics in Australia
• 229,000 Nepali women receive abortion services
• National Women’s Day South Africa – 9th August
• Senegal opens up on growing problem of child rape
• Bahamas bid to outlaw marital rape stokes debate
• Afghanistan passes ‘barbaric’ law diminishing women’s rights
• Hillary Clinton demands arrests over Congo sexual violence
• UN envoy urges African states to stiffen laws on preventing rape
• UNIFEM Currents – August 2009
• Women in the News – The New IPS Gender Wire – 4th August 2009
• Magna Carta of Women finally a law in the Philippines
• Threats of violence greet new family code in Mali
• Indian Muslim clerics oppose Law Commission’s report on bigamy
• First South East Asia Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking held in Bali
• Pakistan moves to outlaw domestic violence
• Women’s groups in India demand action against virginity tests
• Third Wave Feminism – Drowning in the Shallow End (Comment from USA)
• Debunking women’s movement of Nepal – comment
• Ukraine Bans Porn, Unless It’s Used Medicinally
• Hundreds of Israelis have joined a rally organised by the gay community after shootings at a gay youth centre
• Gays and Lesbians Face Increasing Persecution in Burundi
• Chinese lesbians protest blood donation ban
• Report says 13 million abortions a year in China
• Too many teenage girls are getting married in Bangladeshsay health specialists
• Women’s groups in India suggest dual-member constituencies
• Taiwan women’s groups angry over new registration requiring women to give complete birth history
• Women in the News – The New IPS Gender Wire – 28th July 2009
• Sexual violence still rampant despite new law in Sierra Leone
• GAA Calls on Secretary Clinton to Speak Out Against Gender-Based Violence During Her Africa Trip
• UN Chief Hails Recognition of Rape as a Form of Genocide

July 2009

• When rape isn’t actually rape – outrage at Australian judge’s sex assault excuses
• In America 8 year old rape victim to remain in state hands after rejection by family
• Supreme Court in India denies abortion for teenage inmate raped in care home
• Women on Waves has decided to cancel all upcoming trips of floating abortion clinic
• Spain debates abortion rights for 16 year olds
• Italy approves abortion pill despite church opposition
• States give embryo rights in backlash against Mexico City decriminalising abortion
• Nicaragua’s ban on abortion ‘compels rape and incest victims to give birth’
• Journalist and 12 other women were arrested in Khartoum for wearing trousers face caning
• Malaysian Muslim woman accepts flogging penalty after being caught for drinking beer
• 180 people, mainly women, face flogging for extramarital sex in the Maldives
• Hamas courts tell women lawyers to cover their hair
• Half measures against honour killings in Syria not enough – HRW
• Knesset to sponsor discussion on divorce laws in Israel
• Women in Cambodia are trapped in violent marriages says new report
• Citizens in Angola join march against domestic violence
• Guyana must now be one of the most dangerous places for a woman to live
• In Jamaica women’s groups react to Senate passing Sexual Offences Bill
• Herzog demands funds for treating rape victims in Israel
• Women’s groups in India urge centre to address grievances of rape victims
• 10 percent of young women in US say their first intercourse was involuntary
• Increasing Number of Girls and Teenagers Caught in a Vicious Cycle in Las Vegas
• Taiwan’s women split over prostitution issue
• Guyana must now be one of the most dangerous places for a woman to live
• In Jamaica women’s groups react to Senate passing Sexual Offences Bill
• Herzog demands funds for treating rape victims in Israel
• Women’s groups in India urge centre to address grievances of rape victims
• 10 percent of young women in US say their first intercourse was involuntary
• Increasing Number of Girls and Teenagers Caught in a Vicious Cycle in Las Vegas
• Taiwan’s women split over prostitution issue
• Women in the Honduran Crisis
• Electoral Reform “Just a Sop” to Women in Brazil
• Nepalese proposal to pay men to marry widows sparks fury
• Displaced Iraqi women are reluctant to return home
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: conflict becomes more brutal with rise in sexual violence
• Rape Crisis believes greater protection in court would give victims of sex attacks more courage to speak out
• IN Australia NSW Rape Crisis Centre calls double in three years
• Women bring rapists to justice in South Africa
• Haiti Women “More Protected” to Report Sexual Violence
• Three shelters providing safe havens for women in Malaysia
• Asylum in US for survivors of domestic violence
• In India the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence (DV) Act, 2005, will apply retrospectively
• Domestic violence claims more silent victims in Jakarta
• Murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova condemned
• Three publications from AWID’s Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms
• Rabbanit? Rabbah? Maybe just plain Rabbi? What should be the title of an Orthodox woman who happens to also be a rabbi?
• Inquiry urged after Sudan women flogged for wearing trousers
• Accountability To Women Could Upset Business As Usual
• Fight Sexism to Help Young Mothers – South Africa
• Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone: Sexual Violence and Military Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Worrying increase in gang rape say police in Angola
• Repatriation of Rwandan Women Refugees in Uganda could increase hardships
• HRW condemns Rwanda’s draft law on HIV tests and sterilisation
• Restricting Funding for Abortion Forces 1 in 4 Poor Women to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term in US
• Falling family planning funding threatens global poverty fight
• AIDS number one cause of maternal deaths in Zimbabwe
• Advances in tackling HIV at risk from economic downturn warns UN agency
• Uganda to Ban Female Genital Mutilation
• Syria Increases Minimum Sentence for Honor Killing
• Afghanistan Amends Controversial Shia Law
• Call for tougher laws on rape in Afghanistan
• Should unwanted sex as part of a good sexual relationship be considered a criminal offence in New Zealand?
• Rape victims reporting more sex assault attacks in NSW Australia
• Sharp rise in sexual harassment complaints at workplaces in Isael
• Call For Women Worldwide to Support Women’s Rights in Iran
• In India men in uniform may face stiffer rap for rape
• Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex
• Third Gender Assert Rights in Nepal
• Viet Nam sets the pace for Asia with new law to prevent statelessness of women who married abroad
• Stabbing of local officials triggers massive outpouring over women’s rights in China — Deng Yujiao’s case highlights official corruption and violence against women
• Online pedophiles blackmail children into meetings
• Dutch abortion medics protest violence against clinics and women
• Barriers Go Up For Abortion in Slovakia
• To Help Women, Leaders Should Dig Deeper than Religious Clothing
• Women’s groups in Israel protest Ramon post in Kadima
• More Women judges and magistrates to be recruited under AJP in Pakistan
• Women’s groups in India upset with delay in passing quota Bill
• Afghan Shi’ites demand ratification of women’s law
• Harper Conservatives not meeting commitments to women’s groups in Canada
• Nevada now has the most stringent punishments nationwide for child prostitution, pandering
• US Policy Harms Women and Families
• Governments Need to Ensure Women Do Not Bear the Brunt of the Economic Crisis
• UN Appoints New Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences
• Women’s centres re-open in Darfur with help from AU-UN mission
• African women with HIV ‘coerced into sterilisation’
• African Union launches initiative against human trafficking in Ethiopia
• President launches bid to reduce FGM/C in Burkina Faso
• A Role For Men in Gender Equality in Kenya
• Mozambique Assembly Passes Bill Against Domestic Violence
• Domestic relations bill tabled in Uganda
• When Partner Abuse Isn’t a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly

June 2009

• Give the women of Europe the right to free abortion!
• NOW elects Maryland woman its next president
• Japan debates whether abusing a virtual teenage girl should be outlawed
• Quarter of men in South Africa admit rape
• Decriminalizing sex work in South Africa only half the battle
• Zimbabwe girls trade sex for food
• Countries at war get little aid for mothers and children
• End Rape in War
• Burmese women’s groups pressured to cancel protest in support of Aung San Suu Kyi
• Sisters in Islam faces ban in Malaysia – please sign the petition to support them
• Saudi Arabia Pledges End of Men’s Control Over Women (UN)
• Gay couples to be protected by Hong Kong domestic violence law
• Cheers from Indian MPs after parliament elects first female speaker
• Egypt Approves Quota for Women in Parliament
• New Family Law for Sunni Women in Bahrain Not for Shiites
• Women Battle for Citizenship Rights in Lebanon
• Treat foreign wives in Malaysia equally says Minister
• The Socialist Feminist Project
• America, Empire of Liberty – 69. Women’s Liberation – BBCi player available until 18th June 2009
• Future of feminism an issue in NOW leadership vote (USA)
• Dozens of rape kits not submitted for testing by Chicago suburban police departments
• Sex Power & Taboo: Gender and HIV in the Caribbean and Beyond
• Men and masculinity under spotlight in Fiji
• Women’s groups in Turkey urge mobilization on gender equality
• A (paid) break for fathers in Spain
• Honour Pledges on Reproductive Health
• Unplanned Pregnancies on the Rise in Uganda
• Pregnant women at serious risk among Pakistan’s displaced population
• Teenage pregnancy on the rise in Philippines
• Lack of midwives increases maternal deaths in Zimbabwe
• Uncovering Black Feminist Writers 1963–90: An Evaluation of Their Coverage in Research Tools
• Obama Addresses Global Women’s Rights in Cairo Speech
• Terror in the name of Jesus
• Total Ban on Abortion in Nicaragua Violates Human Rights Says UN
• Abortion Hotline Launched in Chile
• Spaniards against free abortion for 16 year olds – poll
• Liberals launch EU pro-choice abortion initiative
• UN says 3 year old rape victim dies in Congo
• Bringing rape out of the shadows in Cameroon
• Women and children fleeing abuse flood shelter in Anchorage
• Gaps found in research on domestic violence in Switzerland
• Say no to domestic violence – Saudi Arabia
• Measures being put in place to handle reports of domestic violence in Guyana
• Domestic violence and residence permit problems drive Thai women underground in Finland
• The Body Of Women: Female Image In Italian Television
• Playboy’s Misogyny More Overt Than Ever
• Women’s groups fought a losing battle against pornography
• ‘Sexy’ billboard guidelines tossed to women’s groups in the Philippines
• Thai Women’s groups condemn media for intimate pics of woman politician
• The Women’s Information Network-Fiji (WINET-Fiji) believes in informing and mobilising the women population of Fiji
• First Woman Speaker in India
• UN Women Peacekeepers in Short Supply
• Afghan women are killed for demanding their rights: MADRE responds
• Women Breaking Out of Political Corset in Uruguay
• IANSA Making gun control accessible to women
• The United States led War in Afghanistan and the Implications of the Polarization of the Burqa as a Symbol of the Oppression of Afghani Women
• Thanks to Facebook Young Women Take to Political Activism in Egypt

May 2009

• Free Aung San Suu Kyi
• Iryna Khalip of Belarus, Agnes Taile of Cameroon and Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran win Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women’s Media Foundation
• More to Trafficking Than Prostitution – debate at IOM
• Spain moves to ease abortion law
• Avalanche of Anti Abortion Laws in Mexico
• More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time
• Los Angeles City Council Approves Funds to Process Rape Kits
• Japan Under Pressure to Clamp Down on Child Pornography
• Women’s groups in Israel blast bill giving rabbinical courts more powers
• Attempt to tackle rise in Europe’s ’honor crimes’
• Women Sidelined By Military Regime in Fiji
• No Modern European Democracy Without Gender Equality
• Lithuania Elects First Woman President
• First woman deputy speaker in Namibia
• More women needed as Judges in Palestinins Authority
• Women Call for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe
• ANC has a gender issue
• Women Suffer ‘Hidden Genocide’ in Latin America
• Fraud fears as Afghan men get women’s vote cards
• Kuwaiti women politicians ignore headscarf debate
• Women’s groups to submit memos for law reform in Malaysia
• Recession Layoffs Highlight Gender Inequality in South Korea
• Millions to receive birth certificates in Burkina Faso
• Spotlight on Gender Equality at last month’s IPU Meeting in Addis Ababa
• Top UN Officials Announce First Ever Guidance on Safe Cooking Fuel for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
• Women are agents of change in food and climate battle ActionAid tells G8 environment ministers
• Women in the news – FIRE
• Marilyn French author of “The Women’s Room” had died
• Iceland Retains First Woman, Gay Prime Minister
• Singapore women’s group overturns takeover by Evangelical Christians
• Women to reclaim public spaces: a programme of defiance and resistance
• 3rd girls school hit by poisoning in Afghanistan
• Using Religion to Strengthen Gender Equality in Indonesia
• Muslim Women May Defy Fathers’ Wishes and Go to University, Legal Authority Rules
• Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women
• In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and ‘honor killing’
• Rape victims who seek justice find jail in Mauritania
• Swedish rapists ‘enjoy impunity’: Amnesty International
• More rapes are being committed by more than one offender says an Auckland rape crisis service
• Spain to dispense morning-after pill in pharmacies
• Women’s Group Sues Government Over Abortion Rights in Malawi
• Dominican Republic Approves Constitutional Amendment to Outlaw Abortion
• Stigma, Gender Violence Placing Women in Caribbean at Increased Risk of HIV
• A culture that encourages HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
• Call to release Penan task force report
• Fair deal for domestic workers in Lebanon?
• Kenyan women call for sex boycott over political deadlock
• Domestic violence helpline launched in Australia
• Liberal policy on domestic violence ‘devastating’ for women in Canada
• Iraqi women suffer regular domestic violence – UN
• Developing Stronger Protection Against Gender-Based Violence in Uganda
• Laws enacted to check domestic violence in Nepal
• Shelter for women and children fleeing violence and socio economic conditions in Zimbabwe
• Fighting violence against women in Chad – but how?
• Mothers Matter: Merlin launches report on maternal health
• Forced abortions shake up China surrogacy industry
• Poverty makes surrogates of Indian women in Gujarat
• Maternal health in Nepal goal way off, say experts
• In Liberia, more children surviving, more women dying in childbirth
• High risk pregnancies on the rise in Mali
• Fistulas : two-hour operation corrects decades-long affliction in Cote D’Ivoire
• Can subsidised caesareans cut maternal deaths in Benin?
• Pregnant women at greater risk in conflict in Sri Lanka

April 2009

• Is Pornography the New Tobacco?
• Stop Porn Culture Training – 5th to 7th June in Boston
• Sign the petition to build a UN that really works for all women!
• Occupation and Siege Sideline Rampant Domestic Violence in Gaza
• UN survey highlights psychological trauma in Gaza
• As Obama Escalates War Afgahan Women Face Growing Oppression
• Hilary Clinton stands up to pro life bullies
• Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million
• Sierra Leone Chiefs ban genital cutting for girls under 18
• France campaigns against forced marriages and genital mutilation
• Media Spotlight on Domestic Violence in Romania
• New Zealand police deny that they are not tackling the issue of domestic violence adequately
• Australian Family Court removes two children from their mother in favour of father and new partner
• Canada’s Leadership in Pay Equity Eroding
• Economic Crisis: Women Will Suffer Most – a comment from Australia
• New laws in Los Angeles treat teen prostitutes as abuse victims
• Taiwan sex workers demand decriminalisation of prostitution
• Iceland to ban sex purchases, strip clubs
• Italian Senate approves anti-rape law
• Women’s groups in India protest newspaper reporting of rape case
• Rwanda’s rape victims – 15 years on
• Are drugs driving child rape in South Africa?
• Teenager in Australia charged with aborting fetus herself
• Abortion Law to Become Tougher in Korea
• Chileans Clearly Divided on Abortion
• Abortion row shakes Brazil opinion
• Belgium condemns Pope over condom issue
• Religion and Poverty Force Girls into Early Marriages in Zimbabwe
• Turkish Government wants religious education to help solve women’s problems
• The guns are quiet in Basra now, but behind the veil fear lingers
• Taliban shoot dead Afghan politician who championed women’s rights
• Afghan women protest against law that ‘legalises rape’
• Q&A: How does the Afghan Shi’ite law affect women?
• Index to postings – March 2009
• Index to postings – February 2009
• Index to postings – January 2009
• March Round Up – Feminism Feminists
• March Round Up – Sexual Abuse and Rape
• March Round Up – Women and Power / Politics
• March Round Up – Women in Conflict Zones
• March Round Up – Abortion
• March Round Up – IWD
• Apologies – March Round Up
• LA’s Untested Rape Kits Represent Lost Justice
• ‘Worse than the Taliban’ – new law rolls back rights for Afghan women
• Serious concern over arrest of 12 Women’s Rights Activists in Iran
• Call for Action: Imprisonment and Whipping of 75 year-old Woman in Saudi Arabia
• Recession ‘hits Third World women’

For index to postings in 2009, by month, go to these postings on womensphere:

* March 2009 Index to postings – March 2009

* Feburary 2009 Index to postings – February 2009

* January 2009 Index to postings – January 2009

For index to postings in 2008, by month, go to these pages on Women in London:

* December 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0812.htm

* November 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0811.htm

* October 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0810.htm

* September 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0809.htm

* August 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0808.htm

* July 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0807.htm

* June 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0806.htm

* May 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0805.htm

* April 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0804.htm

* March 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0803.htm

* February 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0802.htm

* January 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0801.htm