Uzbekistan - Increase in Unofficial Marriages - Risks for Women’s Legal Protection

Other news

• 22 May 2009 – Amnesty International UK: In Solidarity with the Campaign for Equality in Iran
• 7 April 2009 – Saudi Arabia - Saudi Clerics Urge TV Ban on Women
• 11 March 2009 – Sri Lanka - International Women’s Day Statement Against War, For Rights
• 3 March 2009 – Chinese Women Could Retire Later
• 23 February 2009 – Iraq’s War Widows Face Dire Need With Little Aid
• 17 February 2009 – Malaysia: Women Use Koran to Demand Equal Rights
• 14 February 2009 – First Woman Minister in Saudi Arabia Cabinet
• 13 February 2009 – Palestine - CODEPINK Calls for Women’s Day 2009 to be Dedicated to Women of Gaza
• 13 February 2009 – Sierra Leone - Women Journalists Kidnapped by Supporters of FGM
• 11 February 2009 – UN Human Rights Council Urges Saudi Arabia to Give Women Rights