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Deadly Month for Domestic Workers in Lebanon
Investigate 8 Deaths and Why So Many of These Workers Die The Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October 2009, as well as the reasons for the di… more →
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Deadly Month for Domestic Workers in Lebanon
womensphere wrote 5 days ago: Investigate 8 Deaths and Why So Many of These Workers Die The Lebanese government should investigate … more →
Out of date? Out with it! – law of enticement in Malaysia
womensphere wrote 5 days ago: Various women’s and human rights groups in the country explain why the law on “enticement” has no pl … more →
Malaysian Women’s Groups say Abolish Section 498
womensphere wrote 2 weeks ago: The Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), All Women’s Action Society (AWAM), Sisters in Islam (SIS) and Pu … more →
'Polygamy club' draws criticism in Indonesia
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Plans to open branches of a Malaysian “Polygamy Club” in Indonesia have upset women … more →
How Afghanistan's rape law got passed - Canadian report
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: ‘All kinds of trade-offs go on behind the scenes, which is the way they’ve done politics for t … more →
Through Women’s Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: In conjunction with the presentation of the UN Fact Finding Mission’s report to the Human Rights Cou … more →
Mali's Toure pressured by Islamic body into reviewing family code
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Mali’s President Amadou Toumani Toure has sent a new family code that would boost women’ … more →
Judgment Day for Bride Price in Uganda
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: The Uganadan Constitutional Court will make a landmark ruling that will determine whether the practi … more →
Women at risk of HIV infection from partners UN warns
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: More than 1.5 million women living with HIV in Asia were infected by their partners and 50 million m … more →
Bahamas bid to outlaw marital rape stokes debate
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: Lawmakers are debating a bill that would make marital rape a crime in the Bahamas, overturning the c … more →
Afghanistan passes 'barbaric' law diminishing women's rights
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: Rehashed legislation allows husbands to deny wives food if they fail to obey sexual demands Afghanis … more →
Threats of violence greet new family code in Mali
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: While rights groups are celebrating a newly-adopted family code in Mali that changes marriage laws a … more →
Indian Muslim clerics oppose Law Commission’s report on bigamy
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), comprising mostly clerics, has opposed the Law Com … more →
Too many teenage girls are getting married in Bangladeshsay health specialists
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) State of the World’s Children 2009 report, … more →
In America 8 year old rape victim to remain in state hands after rejection by family
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: A Liberian man whose 8-year-old daughter allegedly was raped by four boys, and then reportedly shunn … more →
180 people, mainly women, face flogging for extramarital sex in the Maldives
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: Amnesty International has learned that at least 180 people face being flogged in the Maldives as a p … more →
Half measures against honour killings in Syria not enough – HRW
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has welcomed Syria’s move to enforce a minimum jail sentence of two y … more →
Knesset to sponsor discussion on divorce laws in Israel
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: The debate over proposed changes to Israeli divorce laws has made its way to the Knesset, where inte … more →
Women in Cambodia are trapped in violent marriages says new report
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: The report “Out of Court Resolutions of Violence Against Women” has been written as a pa … more →
