Malaysia: Sisters in Islam seek judicial review over book ban
(Malaysia) Sisters in Islam seek judicial review over book ban — seek overturn of ban on book ‘Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism’…
May 21, 2009
Iran approves president candidates but bars all women
Iran approves president candidates but bars all women
Tiananmen dissident calls for ‘white China’ day — Wang Dan
(Communist China/Taiwan) Tiananmen dissident calls for ‘white China’ day — Wang Dan — “Wang Dan, a key figure in the 1989 pro-democracy protests in China,…
UK: Forced Marriage by Extremists
(UK) Muslim mother who sent her school age daughters to Pakistan to marry their cousins is jailed for 3 years — “The woman then altered…
Netherlands: Trial of anti-forced marriage program
(Netherlands) Rotterdam: Trial of anti-forced marriage program
Pakistan: woman forced to kidnap because of misogynist hate against women
(Pakistan) Sindh’s Karachi: Woman abducts newborn to save herself from in-laws — “Asma was already a mother to three daughters and her in-laws had threatened…