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May 30, 2012
UK: Parties 'failing to push for more women' in Scottish and Welsh parliaments

15 March 2012: The UK's major political parties have shown open hostility or indifference to the demands for much greater gender equality in the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales, a study has concluded. 

May 30, 2012
Tunisia: 'The Nightmare Is Not With Islam, It Is With Secularism'

13 March 2012: Such is the opinion of Imrana Jan, a prominent media representative of Hizb Ettahrir Britain - the "Party of Liberation." Jan came to Tunis to attend the party's international conference organized around the topic, "The Caliphate: a Shining Model for Women's Rights and Political R

May 30, 2012
Egypt: Freedom and Justice Party Calls for Activating Role of Women Politically, Socially

19 Mar 2012 - On the sidelines of celebrations of International Women's Day, the first conference of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) Women's Committee in Cairo concluded its activities with adoption of a number of important recommendations in the near future, and honoring of some of the moth

May 30, 2012
Uganda: Government News- Kadaga Asks For Report On Status Of Women

18 Mar 2012 - The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has expressed concern over the failure of the minister for gender, lab

May 30, 2012
Morocco: Women protest discriminatory rape laws

18 Mar 2012 - Hundreds of women took to the streets of the Moroccan capital Rabat on Saturday, urging parliament to revoke a law on sexual violence.

May 30, 2012
Turkey: Problems faced by Turkey’s women not much different from women in other countries

18 Mar 2012 - In line with the recently recognized International Women’s Day, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) discussed an important aspect of women’s inequality around the world.

May 30, 2012
Pakistan: HRFP and GHRD organize seminar on Empowered Women and a Strong Society

17 March 2012 - Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) in collaboration with Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD) celebrated International Women’s Day with great enthusiasm and vigor. The theme selected for day was “Empowered Women - Strong Society “at Faisalabad.

May 30, 2012
Singapore: Islamic groups object to gender equality

16 Mar 2012 - Six major Islamic organizations have voiced objections to the gender fairness and equality bill, saying that some articles may harm Islamic values.

May 30, 2012
Pakistan: Three extraordinary women

17 Mar 2012 - Three extraordinary women, two Pakistani, the third an Indian, have been making waves in the local and international media.