Women's Rights in the News
News items on women's rights from around the world
UK: Religion on the agenda as Parliament debates Equality Bill
The role of religion will be under the spotlight in the House of Lords today (Monday 25 January), as peers debate amendments to the Equality Bill.
Read more...Israel: Chief Rabbis warn against abortion, warn it delays redemption
Declaring that abortions "delay the redemption," Israel's chief rabbis have pledged to "strengthen" the work of an anti-abortion council in the rabbinate and urged state-employed rabbis to take other steps to reduce abortions.
Read more...Malaysia: More churches attacked
More churches in Malaysia have been attacked amid tensions over a court ruling that a Christian newsletter could use "Allah" to refer to God.
Read more...Israel: Chief Rabbis in call against abortions
Women’s rights activists are furious at a decision by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate to launch a public offensive against abortion.
Read more...Irish atheists challenge new blasphemy laws
Secular campaigners publish series of anti-religious quotes and say they will challenge law if charged with blasphemy
Read more...Iran: Mass Arrests of Women and Civil Society Activists in Continue, Including Arrest of Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi's Sister
The wave of arrests following the protests and violence taking place on Ashura (December 27, 2009) has included over sixteen women journalists, women’s movement and civil society activists, according to The Feminist School and Change for Equality.
Read more...Iran rally leaders 'enemies of God'
A representative of Iran's supreme leader has said opposition leaders are "enemies of God" who should be executed under the country's laws.
Read more...Egyptian Blogger's Final Appeal Rejected
Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, a 24-year-old Egyptian student, blogged under the name "Kareem Amer" starting in 2004.
Read more...Malaysia: Unmarried couples caught in hotel raids
Fifty-two unmarried couples could face charges of sexual misconduct and jail terms after being caught in hotel rooms by Malaysia's Islamic morality police.
Read more...Indonesia: Aceh Sharia forbids Chinese dance of the lions
The provincial authorities say it is alien to local culture and violates religious harmony. The descendants of Chinese respond that is only "a cultural show" to remember the victims of the tsunami. For decades the community - mostly Christian - is victim of discrimination and violence for religious or economic reasons.
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