Archive - February 2007

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Pooja | Feb 28 2007
mansour
The eviction of a young Muslim girl from soccer tournament for wearing hijab has created a political uproar in Canada. Liberal MP Omar Alghabra said that it was irrational on part of the federation in asking her to stepping out of the soccer match...
Pooja | Feb 26 2007
demining job in lebanon
Women in Lebanon are busy these days with demining stuff. Nearly seven women are clearing about one million cluster of bombs sprinkled across the south because of the 2006 Israeli offensive. These seven women have been selected from 30 applicants who.
Pooja | Feb 26 2007
hijjab
After a younger Muslim girl's expulsion from a Quebec soccer tournament, five other teams too walked out of it. The girl, Asi was asked to move out because she was in her traditional hijab. League's spokesperson Lyes Arfa stated that the ban on...
Pooja | Feb 24 2007
rape in iraq
A victim of rape in Iraq has tried to go against the social custom of suffering mutely but instead has jeopardized her life. She has openly condemned the Iraqi police of sexually molesting her. This is not the first time a criminal case has been...
Pooja | Feb 23 2007
women to quit job
The southern province of Hemland, Afghanistan, is experiencing all time internal conflict ranging between the anti-government elements and the international forces and this strife has compelled women out of the workforce back into their homes. Jamila.
Pooja | Feb 22 2007
death sentence
Yes, this absurd news is true. The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Court has sentenced the women to death by hanging, with the executions set for March 3 in Baghdad. All charged with 'offences against the public welfare' by a government that cannot even provide...
Pooja | Feb 22 2007
afghan women  09
A proposal of giving financial assistance of more than one billion USD for the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has been put forward by some policymakers in the chambers of US Congress. The Democrat Congresswoman from New York, Carolyn B....
Pooja | Feb 21 2007
zilla huma usman
A Pakistani female provincial minister and supporter of President Pervez Musharraf have been shot dead by an assumed Islamic militant. Zilla Huma Usman, 35, was working as a women's rights activist and had previously promoted a mini-marathon...
Pooja | Feb 20 2007
afghan women grow trees
After the dilapidated condition of Afghanistan, which was the aftermath of war the province was left with a barren land where all hopes and aspirations of the people were buried deep into the gravel. Native women in drought hit Zabul province have...
Pooja | Feb 20 2007
working womens right
In order to safeguard working women's right, the Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) has decided to introduce a bill in the house. The proposed bill would target discrimination in wages, harassment at workplace, uncomfortable working...

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