During the war we lost everything.We even lost our honor.
says Umm Hiba , an Iraqi women in Damuscus and daughter of a teenage daughter who dances at nightclubs and is a prostitute. It is the story of many such Iraqi women who were forced to flee...
Archive - May 2007
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Women in Algeria are making a silent move, which reminds me of ‘storming of the Bastille’ but in here, I am not hinting at the noiseless and creeping revolution part instead I am stressing at the collective move which the women as a whole are making...
A gruesome incident, which led to the death of a teen in north of Iraq created a widespread condemnation. It was able to gather attention of international media because of the footage.
Now authorities in the region have detained four people with...
The State shall guarantee coordination between a woman’s duties toward her family and her work in the society, considering her equal to man in the political, social, cultural and economic spheres without detriment to the rules of Islamic jurisprudence...
Women, though legally equal, suffer from institutionalized discrimination in some areas. It is far more difficult for a woman to divorce than a man, who may do so at will. The minimum marriage age has been abolished, and in practice, marriages are...
Samar Saed Abdullah a 25 year old woman suffering in the al-Kadhimiya Women's Prison in Baghdad and is ‘living’ here for the past two years, would go to the gallows by next Wednesday, why? Well, for a crime which she wasn’t even a part of!
Her...
A statement by the Saudi Interior Ministry revealed that authorities beheaded an Ethiopian woman for killing an Egyptian over an argument.
Khadija Bint Ibrahim Moussa was found guilty of fatally stabbing Mohammad Kamal Shaheen and sentenced to death,...
Clouds of sectarian violence could be anticipated between Muslims and Yazidis in Kurdistan Region.
The killing of young girl Du'a Khalil Aswad has ignited sparks in the Province. It’s bad enough that this woman’s male family members murdered her....
There is plethora of suicide attempts in Pakistan and in both the cases the reason has been the same- forced obedience.
A 2-year analysis of all such reports in a major newspaper in Pakistan showed 306 suicides reported from 35 cities. While, we are...
As spring season has hit the Iranian province, police authorities have become all the more vigilant. They are cracking down barbers giving Western-style haircuts and shop owners wearing T-shirts with English slogans. They are on the lookout for women...
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Sharon Chadha has written for various publications, including RUSI Journal, the publication of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest security and defense think tank in London.
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