Analysis and Interviews
Browse analysis and interviews on religious fundamentalisms and women's rights
- Iran Presidential Election: Women Banned
- Russia: Kremlin Faces Barbs From All Sides on Human Rights
- Afghanistan: Rising numbers of women jailed for 'moral crimes', says HRW
- Malta: Women’s confederation irked by Gozo bishop homily on abortion
- 'The Other' and LGBT Rights in Turkey
- Serbian Church Crosses Sensitive Line at Political Rally
- US Embassy in Tel Aviv excludes Palestinians from reception honoring the LGBT community in Israel
- Women and Democracy in Pakistan: How Dreams are Stronger than Fear
- Miss India vs. Hindu Fundamentalists
- Resource (Video): Global Dialogues "Faceoff over homosexuality. Where do YOU stand?" (English version)
- Egyptian man disguised as woman is harassed
- Little support, no justice for Mali rape survivors
- Ireland’s Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill: 21 Years After X, Business As Usual?
- Resource: Study of the HRC Advisory Committee on promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind
- Resource: Gender, Gays and Gain: The Sexualised Politics of Donor Aid in Malawi
- Bangladesh: Behind the rise of Hifazat
- Op-ed: American 'Ex-Gay' Movement Paves Way for Global Harm
- Bangladesh Islamists Demand that Women Stay at Home
- The war on gays: Strange bedfellows
- Resource -- Redefining Religious Liberty: The Covert Campaign against Civil Rights
- Resource: The Equal Rights Review
- Egypt: What happened to Egypt's dream of religious freedom?
- Solidarity Amidst Diversity: An Interview with the Board Chair of Women Living Under Muslim Laws
- Reflections from the World Social Forum – Tunis, Tunisia 26-30 March
- Resource -- Policy Recommendations for the ICPD Beyond 2014: Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights for All
- NYT Room for Debate: Is the Hijab Worth Fighting Over?
- Abortion, Unease and Citizenship in Ireland
- Resource: Women’s rights, gay rights and anti-Muslim racism in Europe
- Q&A: Ecuador Guarantees Right to Free Emergency Contraception
- Syrian Conflict Pressures Female Islamist Movement
- France's gay marriage bill fought over on streets as much as in parliament
- Resource: video of Afiya Zia and Gayatri Spivak in Conversation – Faith and Feminism in Pakistan
- As Qatar Supports Egypt, Many Egyptians Unexcited
- Resource: Vatican City Explained (short video and script)
- Resource: Traditions can change – ending child marriage, video by Girls Not Brides
- Buddhist monk uses racism and rumours to spread hatred in Burma
- Morocco’s greatest victim was only 16 years old – Amina Filali
- Thailand: ‘Phoenix Rising’ For LGBT People — But Questions Remain
- Religion and Human Rights: Buddhist Hatred in Sri Lanka and Burma
- Resource -- Pakistan: State of Human Rights in 2012
- USA: State-By-State Choice Battle Dividing the Nation
- Resource -- Early Marriage, Marital Relations and Intimate Partner Violence in Ethiopia
- Resource -- Canada: Citizenship, culture, and violence against women
- Israel: Women Praying At Western Wall Arrested In Jerusalem
- Latin America Expects First Marriage Equality Votes Under New Pope
- Is There Hope for Women's Rights in Post-Assad Syria?
- Moldova: Bucking The Trend, Moldova Emerging As Regional Leader In LGBT Rights
- Guide: Claiming Women's ESC Rights Using OP-CEDAW and OP-ICESCR
- New Report Finds Ex-Gay Movement in Latin America Divided, but Still of Concern
- Islamic Extremists Alarm Secular Women in Tunisia
- Lobbying for Faith and Family: A Study of Religious NGOs at the United Nations
- UK: Are Sharia councils failing vulnerable women?
- The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Ecuador
- Being a poor woman in Morocco: The intersectionality of oppression
- Qatar Plan to Invest in Muslim Populated Paris Suburbs Makes Some French Uneasy
- UN Report Classifies Lack of Access to Abortion as "Torture"
- Egypt: Rise in Sex Assaults Sets off Clash over Blame
- Troubling parallels, hopeful differences: Iran, women, and the 'Arab spring'
- Turkey: Maternity Leave Boost May Backfire
- Pakistan: Woman and Social Networks--Hostility on the Internet
- Op-Ed: Nicholas Kristof and the Politics of Writing About Women’s Oppression in Darker Nations
- Cruelty to Women Overseas
- USA: Making Anti-Gay Christian-Right Views Law, at Home and Abroad
- A Step Forward Amid Strong Opposition to Women’s Human Rights at this Year’s 57th Commission on the Status of Women
- Israel: What Knesset Means For Women, LGBTQs And Arabs
- Resource -- Violating Children’s Rights: Harmful Practices Based on Tradition, Culture, Religion or Superstition
- Why Arab world must learn to talk about sex
- Pakistan: The Curse of Blasphemy
- A Decade of Occupation for Iraqi Women
- Feminism in the East: A Centuries-Old Tradition
- U.N. Body Agrees on Women's Rights Policy, Skirting Sexual Politics
- The UN Commission on the Status of Women unmasks equality's enemies
- Pakistan's education crisis: What ever happened to Malala's friends?
- Afghanistan: Taliban Victims Seek Support
- Gender-Based Violence and Religion: An Intersectional Perspective
- USA/Global: Cruelty to Women Overseas
- The Ethics of Alliance and Solidarity: An Exchange Between Rafia Zakaria and Meredith Tax
- CSW: will the global women's rights movement prevail?
- Government lacks will for strong anti-rape law, say Women's rights activists
- CSW: The UN is nothing without being global
- UK: Muslim women are caught in the crossfire between bigots on both sides
- The religious right are wrong: all women have the right to choose
- Too Young to Wed: Working Together to End Child Marriage
- Being a Woman in Turkey and in the Middle East
- Why free speech is a feminist issue
- Malaysia: One Woman’s Fight to End Gender Discrimination
- Resource: Article 19 Report -- Traditional values? Attempts to censor sexuality. Homosexual propaganda bans, freedom of expression and equality
- Culture exceptions 'threaten women's rights'
- Why is Michelle Bachelet Playing into the Holy See’s Hands?
- Who should care about stoning?
- Coverage of AWID Session at CSW57--Tradition, Culture and Religion: Affirming Existing Human Rights Agreements to Strengthen Effort
- Women’s rights under growing pressure in Arab world
- Stoning: The case of Afghanistan
- Stoning: Interview with Sudanese Human Rights Lawyer Hikma Ahmed
- Russia: Orthodox corruption?
- Resource: Lobbying for State Accountability for VAW
- CSW 57: APC´s statement
- Resource: The Catholic Church at the UN--Church or State?
- Lebanon's Sect Addiction
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights attacked by States in carrying out her mandate
- Acid Attacks on Women
- Will We See Real Progress In Addressing Violence Against Women And Girls At the 57th Commission on the Status of Women?
- Analysis of the 2012 CSW
- UK: What lies behind religious homophobia
- Amnesty International submission to the CSW regarding concerns about the harassment and imprisonment of women in Iran
- Resource: Turkish Policy Quarterly -- Gender Rights and Freedoms in Turkey and the Arab World: Spring or Winter?
- Poor urban services found to increase risk of violence against women
- USA: Sharia law ban and Muslim wives
- Kenya: Prophet Owuor and his odd anti-Aids crusade
- USA: Finding Common Ground Between Sexuality and Spirituality
- A New Pope—African, Latin American, Woman, Nice Guy—Will Change Nothing
- Ireland: The Holy War on Irish Wombs
- Pope will have security, immunity by remaining in the Vatican
- Canada: Abusive Policing, Neglect Along ‘Highway of Tears’
- Why I Won't Support One Billion Rising
- Sexularism and the female body
- US aid ban on abortions for women raped in war leaves UK compromised
- Kenyan Men Turning the Tide Against FGM
- Menstruation taboo puts 300 mln women in India at risk - experts
- Menstruation taboo puts 300 mln women in India at risk - experts
- Canada/Uganda: Funding stopped for anti-gay religious group pending investigation
- The agony of South Africa’s daughter Anene Booysen
- Why we need to make customary laws work for women
- Yes, Indeed, Turkey Does Discriminate at Workplace
- Yes, Indeed, Turkey Does Discriminate at Workplace
- Two Global Issues: Homophobia and Hatred!
- Double Bind: tied up in knots on the left
- Turkey: Declining Turkish Birth Rates Alarm Erdogan
- Foreign aid for sexual health sparks hot budget debate in EU
- The Trouble With Tradition
- AI Report -- Mali: First Assessment of the Human Rights Situation after Three Week Conflict
- Russian Parliament Confronts Next Threat to Kids: “Homosexual Propaganda”
- UK: LGBT activists have to set their sights higher than marriage reform
- Lebanon: The grand mufti, my wife and me
- Mali: The Taliban of Timbuktu
- Homophobia Kills David Kato but Fight still goes on
- The Gendered Body Public: Egypt, Sexual Violence and Revolution
- Latin America/USA: A gay rights revolution is sweeping across the Americas. It's time for Washington to catch up.
- USA/Uganda: Gospel of Intolerance [video]
- Ireland: Abortion debate language 'worrying'
- Russia: Church backs Vladimir Putin's ban on Americans adopting Russian children
- Ireland/USA: Ireland requests U.S. assistance in case of abortion-related robocalls
- How the Vatican built a secret property empire using Mussolini's millions
- Polygamy across the Muslim World [Video]
- Iraqi Women Seek a New Liberation
- AWID presents a selection of significant moments for women´s rights in 2012
- UK: 'Halal' interfaith unions rise among UK women
- Many secret polygamous marriages in Malaysia
- Canada: Anti-abortion movement rebrands itself
- USA: Sandy Relief--Churches, Synagogues Press For Federal Rebuilding Aid
- Kenyans Struggle to Come to Terms With Abortion and Its Impact on Maternal Health
- No Religious Exemption When It Comes to Abuse
- Reproductive Rights: A Tool for Monitoring State Obligations
- 'Culture' clash: the law, women's rights and real-world solutions
- The Power of Pills: Putting Abortion Back in the Hands of Women Around the World
- Advances in Policy and Legislation despite Backlash
- Rising Violence Against Egyptian Women Worries Rights Activists
- New Report -- Crimes & Impunity: A pioneering report on sexual torture in Iranian Prisons
- Philippines: Lessons from the RH bill debate
- USA: State-Level 2012 Retrospective: Second-Highest Number of Abortion Restrictions Ever
- Liberian Journalist Threatened for FGM Coverage
- A New Resource/Article: "In Peru, an Epidemic of Rape and Double Jeopardy for Rape Victims Seeking Abortion"
- Malaysia -- Loves and Lives: Polygamy Across The Muslim World SIS Forum
- Syrian Women Decry Exclusion by Islamist Opposition
- In Peru, an Epidemic of Rape and Double Jeopardy for Rape Victims Seeking Abortion
- Egyptian Women Continue To Strategize, Protest And Mobilize For A Fair And Equal Egypt
- Myths About Homosexuality Fuel Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Bill
- Slaying of Afghan polio program worker raises questions
- Abortion is Decriminalized in Uruguay but only under Very Strict Conditions
- USA/Uganda: Christian Right Leader Lauds Uganda Dictator as 'Kill the Gays' Bill Is Revived
- A long road ahead for Yemeni women
- Journal Article: Honor Bound: The Cultural Construction of Honor in Turkey and the Northern United States
- Libya rebel flees to UK as revolution sours for women
- Yemen: Who is to blame? Street sexual harassment in Yemen
- India: Haryana Rape Cases Prompt March Against Violence
- The sex tourism industry of American Evangelicals in the age of AIDS | VIDEOS
- Yemeni women demand more rights
- P and S v. Poland: adolescence, vulnerability, and reproductive autonomy
- France: Why I want to open a gay-friendly mosque in Paris
- SIERRA LEONE: Shifting tide on abortion law
- AWID condemns the repeated efforts to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda
- Voice and Vision: What the Women Say--MENA/Asia Women’s Rights, Peace and Security Forum Key Findings (Brief 5: Autumn 2012)
- Family Planning Is a Right, Not a Privilege
- Ghana: 8 Years of the Women’s Manifesto—An Appraisal
- Fundamentalism versus Education: A Worldwide Women's Struggle
- Women Fight to Define the Arab Spring
- Israel: "Is Israel Succumbing to Jewish Fundamentalism?" The Economist Debate
- We Are All Savita Halappanavar: Catholic Hospital in Ireland Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion
- Woman filmmaker shares story as she works to stop honour violence worldwide
- Muslim Sisterhood: Women from Egypt's fundamentalist Brotherhood taking on prominent role
- New Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
- UPR of Pakistan: ongoing concerns include violence against women and blasphemy laws
- USA: Christian Right’s Influence Shaken by U.S. Election
- Bride Kidnappers in Kyrgyzstan to Face Harsher Penalties
- If My Friend Dies, What Will Happen to Her Children?
- Adultery Laws Unfairly Target Women, U.N. Says
- Abortion rights in Spain: back to the past
- USA: How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement
- My face is my existence: Saudi women and IDs
- Global: With persecution of sexual minorities in 76 countries, is there a need for an LGBT Underground Railroad?
- Russian Values
- USA: How Christian fundamentalism feeds the toxic partisanship of US politics
- Tunisian women fight new 'sexist' constitution
- Tunisia: Although the Arab spring is over, the battle still rages on campus
- Pakistan: Code Pink, the Taliban and Malala Yousafzai
- Code Pink, the Taliban and Malala Yousafzai
- Obstacles to Pashtun Women’s Leadership
- Transgender Women’s Constitutional Challenge To Sharia Law Fails in Malaysia
- ‘Traditional Values’ code for human rights abuse?
- If Roe v. Wade Goes
- Pakistan: Aborting Women’s Rights
- ICAN "What the Women Say" Brief 4 -- Egypt's Fitful Revolution: Women in the Balance
- Arab World: The Plight of Syrian Refugee Girls
- Abortion rights in Spain: back to the past
- Cultural Censorship in Iran: Segregating Iran's Universities
- Malala Yousafzai: a young Pakistani heroine
- Malala Has Won
- How Malala Yousafzai May Affect Pakistan’s Violent Culture Wars
- Malala's War -- Diary of a Pakistani School Girl
- What has Malala Yousafzai done to the Taliban?
- Egypt: Fix Draft Constitution to Protect Key Rights
- Philippines defies church to push family planning
- New film debut shows secret tragedy of ‘honour’ based violence
- Russia: lawmakers stand up for their religious citizens
- Russia: What really angers Russians
- Egypt: Islamist-Secular Struggle over Constitution
- Fighting Egypt's sexual harassment epidemic, one step at a time
- Sergei Baranov, Orthodox Russian Deacon, Stands Up For Pussy Riot
- UAE: Emirates gay animated video calls for dialogue
- Barren Women in Uganda Fight Stigma Through Prayer and Medicine
- Pashtun women want ID cards at last
- Yemen: A wake up call to early marriage
- Israeli Women Fight to Be Seen and Heard
- The New Constitution in Turkey: Not For Gays!
- Egypt: Family Life According to the Brotherhood
- Op Ed: World Hijab Day Has Got It All Wrong
- Egypt: Family Life According to the Brotherhood
- Rape, abortion and the fight for women's rights in Turkey
- In Ghana's witch camps, the accused are never safe
- Defying Parents, Some Pakistani Women Risk All to Marry Whom They Choose
- Is feminism in Russia a mortal sin?
- Afghan Women Fear Backsliding On Key Gains
- USA: Draft GOP Platform Defends Anti-Gay Laws in Africa
- Forced marriage: Is it a crime?
- Insurgents behead 17 Afghan civilians at a party
- Pakistan blasphemy case Christian girl 'is 14'
- Burma's Rohingya minority faces pogroms and persecution
- Catholic Ireland Awaits Report on its Abortion Law
- The Hack of Uganda’s Government Websites: Anonymous could do better