April 2009

Hearing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Held on Draft Legislation on Forced Marriage and Gender Equality

Hearing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Held on Draft Legislation on Forced Marriage and Gender Equality
3/16/2009 10:40 AM

Argentina Passes New Law Against Gender Violence

Argentina Passes New Law Against Gender Violence
3/17/2009 9:31 AM

United Nations Secretary-General Decries Violence Against Women on International Women’s Day

United Nations Secretary-General Decries Violence Against Women on International Women’s Day
3/10/2009 5:00 PM

Honour killing condemned through art

ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of paintings titled ‘No honour in killing: making visible buried truth’ by various artists opened at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts on Wednesday.

Study finds honor killings a major portion of Pakistan's homicides

Human Rights Watch defines “Honor Killings” as follows: "Honor crimes are acts of violence, usually murder, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have bro

Q&A: 'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

Q&A: 'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

Mel Frykberg interviews MASHOOR BASISSY, director of the Palestinian

Authority Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA).

Attacks on Indian women signal rising conservatism

Mumbai: An assault on women in a pub, a kidnapping of a Hindu girl for sitting next to a Muslim boy, harassing of canoodling couples by the police and the public.