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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Muslim Women: Building Institutions, Creating Change

May 28, 2009

Hundreds of Muslim women activists, academics, scholars, lawyers and community leaders from around the globe will meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between July 16 and 20, 2009 to build the infrastructure and network for Muslim women to join together, challenge the distorted interpretations of Islam and to increase the socio-economic self-determination of Muslim women in society.
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RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Parliament Tightens Protest Ban at Secretive Spy Base

April 14, 2009

By Stephen de Tarczynski
MELBOURNE, Apr 14 (IPS) Despite ongoing community concerns over the highly
secretive Pine Gap spy station in central Australia, the nation’s
parliament has moved to effectively ban protest at the joint
Australia-United States base.

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PAKISTAN: A Marriage of Convenience?

April 11, 2009

By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Apr 11 (IPS) Pakistan’s Mukhtaran Mai, who gained global
acclaim for daring to take her rapists to court, announced her marriage
last month to an already married police constable.

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