In the News
Browse news items on religious fundamentalisms and women's rights from around the world.
- Brazil judicial decision paves the way for same sex marriage
- In El Salvador, a Country Awaits the Supreme Court Decision on Beatriz’s Life
- Israel: Haredim heckle, harass Women of Wall during prayer
- Europe: Groundbreaking LGBT research to be published next week angers religious conservatives
- Pakistan's women face battle for the right to vote
- Canada: Supreme Court Judge shuts out anti-violence and feminist groups in prostitution case - but allows religious institutions to proceed
- Albania: Historical for LGBT--Albania has a hate crime legislation
- USA: Iowa Court: List Both Same-Sex Parents On Birth Certificates
- Over 150 Afghan school girls in hospital after suspected poisoning
- Justice for Iran at UN session examining Islamic Republic policies on sex change, women, Afghans and Ahwazi Arabs
- Ireland/USA: Catholic Leader Rejects Ireland’s Band-Aid on Abortion Access
- Laws Allowing Same-Sex Marriage Passed in Uruguay, New Zealand and France
- Fiji: 1971 Sorcery Act reviewed and said to be repealed
- Masa Amir – Egyptian woman human rights defender
- CPD 46 Joint oral statement by HR Caucus
- Lithuania: The authors of abortion banning law deny there will be a rise in illegal abortions
- Israel: Jewish women plan new challenge for Western Wall rights
- Egypt: University professor accused of contempt of religion
- Dalai Lama Says He Would Support A Woman Successor
- Zambia: Appeal to end repressive anti-gay frenzy
- Oral statement by Catholics for Choice at CPD46
- France approves Same-sex Marriage
- Pope Francis Supports Nun Crackdown, Quashing Hope for a Kinder, Gentler Pope
- Morocco’s greatest victim was only 16 years old – Amina Filali
- Saudi prince makes economic case for women drivers
- Pope Francis Supports Crackdown On US Nuns
- Zambia risk: Clerics with gays’ blood on their hands
- Rights Commission Documents More than 900 Honor Killings In Pakistan
- Uruguay legalises same-sex marriage
- Singapore: High Court upholds anti-gay sex law, dismisses legal challenge
- Egyptian Women Reject Blame for Upsurge in Sexual Harrassment
- Papua New Guinea Witchcraft Killings: Two Women Suspected Of Sorcery Beheaded
- USA: Catholics Call on Obama Administration to Eliminate Religious Exemptions in Contraceptive Coverage
- Uganda Bill criminalises miniskirts
- Malaysia: Anti-gay musical tours schools and universities
- Gaza Strip, Palestine: Hamas orders gender segregation at schools
- Uruguay: Marriage Equality Approved by Senate
- Safe World Statement on the Bombing of SAWERA's Office
- Morsi’s women initiative criticised
- Asia's gay rights activists plan UN strategy
- Tunisia: Topless Tunisian Activist Safe At Home, Lawyer Says
- Troubling parallels, hopeful differences: Iran, women, and the 'Arab spring'
- U.N. blames rise in violence against Afghan women on culture
- U.N. blames rise in violence against Afghan women on culture
- Phillipines: Supreme Court stops Reproductive Health Law for 120 days
- India: Violations of the Spirit--A draft bill on women’s security is bogged down trying to build safeguards for men
- Turkey: Feminists Met Against War, Conservatism, Nationalism and Heterosexism
- Anti-Gay Preacher Elected Brazil's Human Rights Committee Head
- Indonesia: Aceh removes stoning sentence from Sharia draft bylaw
- USA: Westboro Equality House: Aaron Jackson Paints Rainbow Home across from Anti-Gay Church
- Reply to the statement of the Muslim Brotherhood on a document to the Committee on Women in New York
- Activists welcome hard-fought UN agreement on women's rights
- Pope’s Personal Income: $200 Million Annually
- Arab women alarmed at government opposition to strong UN statement on combatting violence
- Malaysia: Federal Court allows book by Sisters-In-Islam
- Egypt's Brotherhood blasts UN women's document
- Vatican: The new pope is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
- Vatican: Pink smoke released over Vatican protesting lack of women priests
- Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says UN document on violence against women violates Islamic rules
- Ecuadorian Ex Presidential Candidate And Preacher, Nelson Zavala, Penalized For Homophobic Comments
- Indonesia: Judge issues apology for speaking out against equal marriage
- Brazil: Pentecostal With History of Hate Speech Selected as President of Brazil’s Human Rights Body
- Libyan mufti issues edict against UN document on women's rights, says it counters Islamic law
- Unholy Alliance
- Netherlands: Dutch Catholic Girls Abused At Home, In Church
- Opponents of girls’ right to education violate Islam, ambassador tells United Nations
- UN: Vatican, Iran resist UN effort fighting violence on women
- UN Women: culture must not block progress on stopping gender violence
- Vatican, Iran resist UN effort fighting violence on women
- Agreement between Morocco and the Saudi Fund:Allocation of $ 400 million in development projects
- Kurdish women in Syria create first female battalion
- Russia: Children's Book About Same-Sex Families Published
- Ecuador: Pres. Rafael Correa Apologizes to Gay Community During Reelection Speech (VIDEO linked)
- Nigeria: Baobab press release - The killings of the nine (9) polio vaccine health workers by gunmen
- Vigils in 35 countries condemn harassment of Egyptian women
- Turkish Women's Groups Gird for Abortion Rights Battle
- Saudi king swears in first women members of advisory council
- Pope Benedict XVI: His resignation is linked to a gay “network” in the Vatican, a report claims
- Afghanistan’s Fawzia Koofi will stand in presidential elections
- Ireland addresses women of Magdalene Laundries
- European Court of Human Rights: ban on same-sex second-parent adoption is discriminatory
- Lebanon’s first civil marriage
- Symposium: Women, Sexuality and Christian Fundamentalism, London, 9th March 2013
- Mali: Christian or Muslim – ‘We are All Victims of Those Terrorists’
- Vigils in 35 countries condemn harassment of Egyptian women
- ‘Constant Drumbeat’ Sped the Pope’s Exit
- Gunmen in Nigeria kill nine polio health workers
- Gaza Gags Civil Liberties
- Senate Votes Against Stripping Tribal Land Provision From Domestic Violence Measure
- The price of protest in Saudi Arabia
- Pope’s Resignation May Make International Prosecution Easier
- Gay Humanists Welcome Pope's Resignation
- Malina Suliman: The Graffiti Artist Waking Up Afghanistan
- Why we need to make customary laws work for women
- Ukraine: ‘Read Oscar Wilde? 5 years in prison’
- Exiting U.S. general says Afghan women's rights are key
- In China, a victory for women’s rights and the power of social media
- Nigeria: Rapists to face life imprisonment under new law - Reps
- Nigeria: Polio shootings in Kano 'kill 12'
- Vatican signals options for protecting gay couples
- Tunisia: Murder most foul
- USA: Obama to Attend Religious Event Sponsored by Group Tied to Uganda ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill
- Woman burned alive for 'sorcery' in Papua New Guinea
- UK: Gay Marriage--MPs Vote in Favour Leaves Cameron Adrift from Tories
- Ministers urge religious chiefs to oppose genital mutilation
- Recovering education for girls hero Yousufzai still strong in mission
- Vatican: 'Forgetful of History': Top Cleric Criticized for 'Pogrom' Remark
- India: Kashmir's First All Girl Rock Band Quits after Top Muslim Cleric Issues Fatwa Ordering Them to Stop Playing
- Afghan talks: warning of 'future Malalas' if women's rights traded away to Taleban
- Women’s rights young leader Malala awake after complex cranial surgery
- Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly for first time since Taliban attack
- USA: Obama compromises with religious leaders over contraception coverage
- UK: Tories prepare for gay marriage vote amid defections and resignations
- Lebanon: No priest, no sheik means no marriage
- UK: The Centre for Secular Space Launches "Double Bind: The Muslim Right, Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights"
- Press Release: Being LGBT in Asia
- Iran: Rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish begins prison term
- Press Release: No to the Vatican's Inclusion in the Central American Integration System (SICA)
- Concern over unsafe abortions in Papua New Guinea
- The Gendered Body Public: Egypt, Sexual Violence and Revolution
- Testimony from a Survival of Gang Rape on Tahrir Square Vicinity
- EU: European Commission failed to implement properly Article 17 in EHF case says EU ombudsman
- USA: Poll shows a double standard on religious liberty
- Morocco to change rape marriage law
- USA: Catholic Bishops To Investigate Catholic Hospital Group That Argued In Lawsuit That Fetuses Are Not People
- Russia: Gay-Rights Demonstration Turns Violent
- Saudi Arabia: Forced into extinction
- Russia: Open Letter of the Parents against the So-Called "Gay Propaganda" Ban
- Iran: Lawyer and Women’s Rights Activist Hopes Discriminatory Passport Law Does Not Pass
- Ireland: Catholic Church urges Irish to oppose abortion law
- New Book from the Centre for Secular Space "Double Bind: The Muslim RIght, the Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights," by Meredith Tax
- Russia to move forward with anti-gay bill
- Pakistan health workers return to fight polio
- Landmark Strasbourg ruling: Religious beliefs are no reason to oppose rights of same-sex couples
- Philippine birth control law faces first challenge
- Manal Al-Sharif: a driving force for change
- Yemen- A campaign of Defamation, threats and judicial harassment against journalist & human rights defender Samia Al-Agbry
- Fear and fury: women and post-revolutionary violence
- Vatican Paper Criticizes Gay Adoption After Italy Ruling
- France: Gay marriage protest draws thousands
- Step forward for women's rights in Saudi Arabia as they get fifth of the seats on government's advisory council for first time
- German Catholic bishops sack sex abuse study head
- France: French Muslims join opposition to same-sex marriage
- France: Hollande Meets With Chief Rabbi on Gay Marriage
- Egypt: Preacher alarms many with calls for Islamist vice police
- India: Defence lawyer in New Delhi rape case blames victim; claims he’s never heard of ‘respected’ lady getting raped in India
- Women’s rights hit roadblock in Indonesia
- The struggle of Yemeni women for their rights
- USA: Federal Court Hears Persecution Case Against Anti-Gay Leader Scott Lively
- Child-Marriage: 90-year-old Saudi weds 15-year-old girl
- UK: Church of English Lifts Ban on Gay Bishops
- Yemen: Yemeni Blogger Afrah Nasser Harassed for “Disrespect of Religion”
- Egypt: Don't Mess with Egyptian Women!
- India: Delhi gang-rape victim as guilty as her rapists, Asaram Bapu says
- Malala Yousafzai leaves Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Netherlands: Thousands of Dutch Catholics look to leave the church after Pope’s anti-gay comments
- Trinidad & Tobago: Feminist research group calls on Govt to act now
- LGBT Victory x 4
- United Nations bans female genital mutilation
- Ireland to Legalise Some Abortions
- Poland Signs Convention on Preventing Violence Against Women
- Malala Yousafzai 'will live under heavy security for the rest of her life'
- Five women immunizing children against polio shot dead in Pakistan
- Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill Stalls: report
- Philippines Reproductive Health Bill Passes House of Representatives Despite Aggressive Opposition from Bishops
- Tunisia prosecutor appeals ruling on raped woman
- Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends 49-Day Hunger Strike After Daughter’s Travel Ban Lifted
- Afghan Women’s Affairs Aide Shot Months After Killing of Predecessor
- Egypt’s women need to reclaim missing rights
- Mexican Supreme Court strikes down gay marriage ban
- Arab Spring to take years to improve women's rights - activists
- COTE D'IVOIRE: Marital equality law sparks controversy
- Iran: Women's Right Activists Demonstrate in Tehran for Nasrin Sotoudeh
- Violence Against Afghan Women “More Extreme”
- USA: SPLC files groundbreaking lawsuit accusing conversion therapy organization of fraud
- Egypt: In mass rallies, protesters vow to stop draft constitution passed by Islamists
- Egypt's new constitution limits fundamental freedoms and ignores women's rights
- Uganda LGBT activists: Keep up international pressure against "Kill The Gays" bill
- India: Young woman and her family targeted for attending school
- Afghan female leaders secure commitment from European Parliamentarians
- Inquiry into Savita Halappanavar's Death Already Tainted
- Call on Iranian Authorities to Ensure Health and Rights of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Nine Female Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike
- WLUML: '16 Days Campaign' - Together Against Gender-Based Violence:
- Lebanon: ABAAD regional roundtable on "What Roles Do Religious Leader Have in Ending GBW?"
- Uganda: Statement of Protest by SMUG re: Anti-Homosexuality Bill
- Mobs Burn Dalit Homes in Response to Intercaste Marriage in India
- Saudi Arabia accused of tracking women electronically as a new system sends men a text if their wife tries to leave country
- Historic First Condemnation of Killings Based on Gender Identity
- Crisis in English Church After Rejection of Female Bishops
- India: Outrage over arrest of 2 women for Facebook post criticizing Mumbai shutdown
- Pakistan dismisses blasphemy case against Christian girl
- Iranian lawmakers consider curtailing women's travel rights
- Protesters in Ireland rally for abortion rights
- Nigerian LGBTI in Diaspora against Anti-Same-Sex Laws - Press Statement
- UN Blasts Cameroon’s Anti-gay Laws
- Tunisian Democratic Women Address Post-Revolution Access to Abortion Services
- France: Over 100,000 French protesters rally against gay marriage, adoption
- France: Anti-gay marriage protesters clash with feminists in Paris
- India: Bal Thackeray, Hindu leader and Shiv Sena founder, dies
- EWL unveils eight priorities for the Irish Presidency of the EU
- GAMBIA: Justice prevails in a two year-long judicial harassment case against two Women Human Rights Defenders
- Following tragic death of a pregnant women denied abortion to save her life, IPPF EN calls on government of Ireland to urgently reform abortion legislation
- Spain's Gay Marriage Law Reaffirmed By Top Court
- Jailed Dissident Iranian Lawyer Allowed To See Her Children
- Ireland: Woman 'denied a termination' dies in hospital
- Islam, LGBTs and Migration Conference: We all have something to say
- No let-up in Saudi women’s fight for right to drive: Another lawsuit
- Australia: Catholic Sexual Abuse Cover-Up Accusations Force PM Julia Gillard to Order Federal Inquiry
- Civil society organisations: “Tonio Borg is not suitable to be the next EU Health Commissioner”
- Malala Yousufzai: One Month On
- European Court of Human Rights Decision P & S v Poland: Delayed Access to Abortion After Rape
- One Day, One Struggle: 4th CSBR International Campaign to Promote Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies
- India: Jharkhand among worst in child marriage
- Philippines: RH foes still oppose ‘watered-down’ version of bill
- Malala Yousufzai Nobel Prize Nomination Called By U.K. Supporters Of Pakistani Teen Activist
- Women of Mali call for increased protection and involvement in resolving the conflict
- Jailed Iranian Women Stop Hunger Strike
- Drafting Egypt's Constitution Stalls on Women's Equality
- Egypt’s Women Rebel Against Harassment
- Poland must implement landmark European Court ruling on abortion
- Ugandan parliamentary speaker promises to revive anti-gay law
- Stand With Malala on November 10th
- Iran: Nine Female Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike
- Statement from the Women of Mali, Niger and Senegal on the Current Situation in Mali
- Egypt's cabinet plans new law to fight sexual harrassment
- Iranians Win Sakharov Free-Thought Prize
- Prestigious Sakharov rights prize to Iran’s Panahi, Sotoudeh
- Nasrin Sotoudeh Nasrin Sotoudeh and director Jafar Panahi share top human rights prize
- Pakistani police hunting for three suspects in Malala shooting case: Rehman Malik
- Malala Yousufzai in stable condition: Doctors
- Malala is face of global attacks on schools
- Malala and Picasso
- Protecting Education
- Uruguay Bolsters Pro-Choice Prospects in Argentina
- European Union Gives Rights Award to Convicted Iranians
- Brazil abortion stirs controversy
- Pakistani girl shot by Taliban "doing well"
- Shot Pakistani girl "will rise again" - father
- Draft resolution on female genital cutting sent to United Nations
- Israel: Anat Hoffman Arrested for Singing at Western Wall
- USA: In Same-Sex Marriage Fight, Catholic Church Gives More Than $1 Million, Human Rights Campaign Reports
- UK: Belfast Judge Rules Gay Couples in Northern Ireland Can Adopt
- Afghan Clerics Denounce Violence Against Women
- Jerusalem: Anat Hoffman Arrested for Singing at Western Wall
- Praying for Malala Yusufzai, a Pashtun Symbol of Hope and Courage
- Talibans! Be Afraid. We will educate every girl
- Attack on Pakistani youth activist will not shake women's rights activists
- Day of the Girl - A Wake-up Call