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  • Statement to the 54th UN Commission on the Status of Women
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News and Views

  • Press Release: An Influential Saudi Cleric Calls for Beheading of Apostates
    Saudi Arabia
  • UK - Outrage as Church Vicar Urges Women to Submit to Husbands
    United Kingdom
  • Saudi Arabia - New law will end male dominance in Saudi courts
    Saudi Arabia
  • Iraq: Kurdistan - Study Shows Prevalence of FGM - Urge to Ban
    Iraq
  • Afghanistan: Any agreement with Taliban must include women's rights - UN CEDAW Committee
    Afghanistan
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Campaign Events

The Global Campaign to Stop Stoning and Killing Women is working hard to raise awareness on culturally-justified practices that abuse women's human rights. Here are some of our recent activities:
SKSW Presentation - 6 March 2009 - New York
AWID Forum: 2008:
Campaign member speaking on SKSW at the Center for Women's Global Leadership
Minute of Silence Powerpoint Presentations
Press Release: the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women and WLUML on UN Torture Report
Human Rights for Women <-> Human Rights For All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Launch of the Global Campaign to Killing and Stoning Women!

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Calls for Action

  • {Call for Action} Iran: Call for release of human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience
  • Urgent Appeal from The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
  • Aceh: Civil society groups advocate for repeal of Qanun Jinayah (Islamic Criminal Legal Code)
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Resources

  • Politicizing Islam: New Challenges for Indonesian Women
    Asia
  • Keynote Address of the launch of the Global Campaign by Ms. Yakin Ertürk
    Global
  • Stop Stoning Forever Campaign: An Unfinished Story
    Middle East
  • Stoning is Not our Culture: A Comparative Analysis of Human Rights and Religious Discourses in Iran and Nigeria
    Global
  • Criminalizing Sexuality: Zina laws as Violence against Women in Muslim Contexts
    Global
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