Forbes / By Francesca Donner More than a month has elapsed since Iran’s fated election and the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan, which stood out among countless others as a symbol of her country’s turmoil. But as the public protests continue, something big is going on behind the scenes: Women far beyond Iran’s borders are taking cues from one another and learning to become their own champions for change.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Urdu VOA News / By Tabinda Naeem Mahnaz Afkhami, president of the Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace and Sabira Qureshi, Women and Human Rights Activist and Ex Member of the Pakistan Commission on the Status of Women voice their thoughts about increasing extremist approach of Taliban on women rights in Islam and how women of Pakistan can stop this religious extremism.
Monday, March 30, 2009
The Jerusalem Report / By Mona Eltahawy "I feel like someone opened a window into my mind and let in the fresh air. It feels so good!" The young Egyptian woman and I were among 250 activists and scholars from 47 countries brought together in mid-February in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the launch of Musawah, a global movement for justice and equality in the Muslim family.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
AWID Resource Net / By Rochelle Jones AWID highlights the efforts of Muslim women to eliminate violence against women, as discussed in the recently released report from the International Symposium entitled “Leading to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies.” The Symposium was convened by the Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (WLP) in March 2005.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Foreign Policy / By Daria Vaisman It is estimated that half of all software engineers coming out of Iranian universities are women. With the restrictions put on women in the Middle East, technology is an attractive option for those who want a career, as it can be done from home, allowing ambitious women to become well-known within their industry without becoming taboo in their communities.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
VOA / By Julie Vahdati A Woman’s World: Films About Muslim Women From Around The World War, violence, extremism, fundamentalism, and restrictive legislation are but the most striking of the hurdles women must overcome as they strive for the most rudimentary of rights. The 25-minute documentary tells the stories of women activists from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East who, working in partnership, have developed and implemented strategies to overcome these challenges.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs / By Jamal Najjab The WLP campaign for “Women as Equal Citizens: Advocating for Change in Muslim-Majority Societies” emphasizes grassroots efforts and respect of the regional culture in order to bring about reform policies as well as legislation concerning gender equality. In many countries in the Arab world, women are denied the right of nationality, a key part of citizenship. These laws undermine women’s status as equal citizens in their home countries, preventing them from participating fully in public life.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars “Dialogue Radio” / By George Liston Seay / Listen To affect change, women must take charge of their own destiny. They must reclaim the tenets of their faith. They must also be willing to challenge deeply rooted traditions.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs / By Emily Weedon “Family law”, explained Mahnaz Afkhami at a panel on the role of women in Muslim-majority countries, “is an envelope in which all aspects of a woman’s life” takes place. She discussed the West’s difficulty in both understanding and approaching the issue of family law within Islamic culture.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts University / Listen Autonomous grassroots organizations in different Muslim-majority countries have partnered to create a Guide to Family Law in the Maghreb. They are also campaigning for more egalitarian family laws in their societies.
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