Week of 06-11-2007

• Nepal - Impoverished Rural Women Prone to Exploitation in Towns
• United Arab Emirates Approval for Qualified Women in Judiciary
• Iraq Woman Journalist Murdered - Concern for Women In Media Global
• Canada - Discrimination Against Indigenous Children - Indigenous Girl Children of Canada
• Norway - Labour Party Votes to Limit Sex Trade - Law Draft Pending
• Religion, Politics & Gender Equality - UNRISD
• UN Human Rights Council - Daily Updates - 5th Session
• Child Exploitation & Online Protection - UK CEOP Centre + Links - The Girl Child
• Azerbaijan - Domestic Violence in Foreign Refugee Families in Azerbaijan
• USA - Polygamy Link to High Arizona Rate of Genetic Disorder
• Iraq - Honour Killing over Alleged Conversion to Islam - Disapproved Love - Political Dimensions
• Muslim Women & Property - UN Habitat - Islam, Land & Property Research Series
• India Will Ban Women Under 30 For Employment in 17 Countries as Housemaids, to Deter Trafficking
• Afghanistan - Free, Quality Education for Afghan Children - Afghan Girls
• Fact Sheet on Achieving a Critical Mass of Women in Policy-Making Bodies - WEDO
• Africa - Civil Society Shadow Report on the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa
• Pakistan Considers Law on Gender Harassment at Workplace Punishable With Dismissal
• USA Study - Dating Violence & Sexual Assault Increase Suicide Risk Among Urban Teenagers
• Romani Women & Girls - International Advocacy Submissions to the UN CEDAW Committee
• Lebanon - Photo - Three Generations of Women
• Iran Backs Away From Temporary Marriages
• Namibia - Most Rape Victims Know The Rapist - Report
• Egypt Court Rules That University Could Not Bar Woman From Facilities Because of Veil
• Struggle of the Refugee/Internally Displaced Girl Child
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws Newsletter - Call for Submissions
• Iraqi Women - Untold Stories 1948 to the Present - Book
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Status of Ratification - The Girl Child
• UNICEF Call for Increased Efforts to Prevent Child Trafficking - Day of African Child - The Girl Child
• Education Under Attack - UNESCO Report - Education for Girls
• Latin America & Caribbean-Grassroots Academy for Women's Organizations for Networking & Strength
• Laos - Survey Shows Grim Reality of Laos Sex Trade
• UK - Honor Killing Conviction of Father Who Ordered Daughter Brutally Slain
• HIV/AIDS - Women & Children - Sub-Sahara Africa - Mozambique +
• Burger King Commercial Degrading to Women
• Internet Giving Analysis - 2006
• Poem - Woman Of The Now
• UN Human Rights Council - Decisions on Human Rights Institutions & Procedures
• Women in the Middle East - Book
• Trafficking in Persons Report 2007
• World Day Against Child Labour - June 12, 2007
• Afghanistan-Midwife Program Addresses High Infant Mortality-Trainees' Male Relatives Support
• UN Legislative History on the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Study
• Iraq-Kurdistan - Kurdish Women Resent Law Requiring Male Guardian to Sign Passport Application
• Asia's Stateless People - Stateless Women & Girls - Poverty, Disenfranchisement, Rights Issues +
• India - Marriage Bureau Specializes in India's HIV Widows
• Bangladesh-UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking Not Permitted to Leave Bangladesh, Including to UN
• First Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence - Summary - Routledge Publisher 2007
• Domestic Violence - Ritual Abuse-Torture - Included in Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

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