8/14/2008
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Taliban Kill Three Women Aid Workers in Afghanistan
Taliban gunmen shot three International Rescue Committee (IRC) workers and their local driver near Kabul on Wednesday... |
8/8/2008
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Rape, Sex Abuse of Afghan Girls Continues
Afghan girls continue to be sexually exploited, reported the Afghan Interior Ministry Thursday... |
8/7/2008
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International AIDS Conference 2008 to Close Friday
Friday is the final day of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City... |
8/6/2008
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Proposed Legislation in Iran Would End Death by Stoning
Iran's state media announced Wednesday that Iran has suspended the use of stoning as a way to carry out the death penalty... |
8/5/2008
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Jailed Afghan Mothers Allowed to Live With Their Children in Prison
A policy intended to fight child poverty and ensure child safety allows incarcerated Afghan women to live with their children while in prison... |
8/5/2008
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Indian Court Rejects Couple's Plea for Abortion
An Indian Court rejected a couple's petition on Monday for an abortion of a 25-week-old-fetus with a congenital heart problem... |
8/4/2008
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First Afghan Woman Elected to CEDAW
Zohra Rasekh has been elected to the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)... |
8/4/2008
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Multiple HIV/AIDS Conferences in Mexico Begin
Latin American and Caribbean leaders met Friday in Mexico at the 1st Meeting of Ministers of Education and Health to address HIV/AIDS... |
8/1/2008
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Government Accountability Office Releases Domestic Worker Abuse Report
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week on abuse of domestic workers by diplomats... |
7/28/2008
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Congress Repeals HIV Travel Ban
The House of Representatives voted Friday to repeal a discriminatory law that prevents HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country... |
7/28/2008
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Sex Testing Set Up for Olympics
Beijing Olympic officials have set up a sex determination lab to test female athletes suspected of being males, Chinese media reported yesterday... |
7/25/2008
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Catholic Organizations Ask Pope Benedict to Lift Anti-Contraception Ban
Over 50 Catholic organizations published a letter addressed to Pope Benedict XVI last week urging the Pope to lift the Church's anti-contraception policy introduced in the Humanae Vitae, the1968 Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI... |
7/25/2008
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South African Woman Named Human Rights Commissioner for UN
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named South African judge Navanethem Pillay the UN high commissioner for human rights Thursday... |
7/23/2008
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Northern Ireland Proposes Abortion Rights Amendment
Members of Parliament (MPs) in Northern Ireland have proposed an amendment to the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill that would give women the same abortion rights available in Britain... |
7/22/2008
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Nearly Half of Egyptian Women Harassed Daily
A study released last week found that nearly half of Egyptian women are sexually harassed on a daily basis... |
7/21/2008
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Need for Survival Fuels Sex Work, High Birth Rate Kills Mothers in Afghanistan
Women and young girls are being pushed to commercial sex work due to high food prices and widespread unemployment in Afghanistan... |
7/18/2008
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House Appropriations Allocates $600 Million to International Family Planning Programs
A House Appropriations subcommittee approved $600 million to fund international family planning programs Wednesday... |
7/16/2008
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Two Afghan "Prostitutes" Allegedly Murdered by Taliban
Two Afghan women were killed last weekend outside Ghazni City for allegedly running a prostitution ring for US military personnel and foreign contractors... |
7/14/2008
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Afghan Woman Athlete Seeks Political Asylum
Mehbooba Andyar, Afghan's only female athlete scheduled to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, disappeared from her training facility in Formia, Italy, on July 4, just weeks before the opening ceremonies... |
7/9/2008
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Afghan Warlords Abuse Boys
United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, took on the practice of young boys being kept as sex slaves by powerful warlords... |
