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Victory for women in Honduras
On May 17, 2012, the Center for Reproductive Rights held a demonstration on the steps of the Honduran Congress. Our mission: to stop the government from passing a bill that will imprison women for using emergency contraception.
Read more...Jamaica: 'Compassion without Compromise': Church throws down the gauntlet
One of the most important meetings of Church leaders as well as other Christians took place last week in Kingston in the form of a press conference convened by the organisation named Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS).
Read more...USA: Obama gay marriage endorsement mobilizes Christian conservatives
President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage is energizing Christian conservative support for Mitt Romney in a way that the likely GOP nominee has so far not been able to do on his own, according to religious leaders and activists.
Read more...Indo-Canadian film triumphs at Hot Docs
Indo-Canadian Director Nisha Pahuja’s ‘The World Before Her’ won the best Canadian feature prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival
Read more...Press Release: Civil Society Celebrates the Creation of a Global Civil Society Advisory Group for UN Women
"The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the formation of the UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group. Over the last years, the GEAR Campaign has advocated for strengthened civil society partnerships with UN Women at the global, regional and national levels.
Read more...Course (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
When?
July, 23, 2012 - August, 3, 2012
Where?
Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsRegister
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Decoding the “DNA of Patriarchy” in Muslim family laws
Why and how did verse 4:34, and not other verses in the Qur’an, become the foundation for the legal construction of marriage? Why are qiwamah and wilayah still the basis of gender relations in the imagination of modern-day jurists and Muslims who resist and denounce equality in marriage as alien to Islam? How can we Muslim women reconstruct the concepts?
Read more...Announcing: “I am not Haraam” - a new blog celebrating the diverse lives of LGBTQ Muslims and their families
Salaam/Peace!
Haraam is an Arabic word used in Islam to mean “forbidden”. This project has been started as a way for LGBTQ Muslims to stand up and proclaim that we will not allow our existence as LGBTQ Muslims to be erased any longer.
USA: Catholic Groups Sue Obama Administration Over Birth Control Rule
So much for compromise. A total of 43 Catholic educational, charitable and other entities filed a dozen lawsuits in federal court around the nation Monday, charging that the Obama Administration's rule requiring coverage of birth control in most health insurance plans violates their religious freedom.
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