Saturday, 13, Dec 2008 12:01
On this day in 1918, women voted in a British general election for the first time.
Ninety years later and things still aren’t rosy. Until 20 years ago women never made up more than five per cent of MPs in parliament. Now they’re 20 per cent. It’s an improvement, but it’s not [...]

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Strasbourg, 25 Nov. (AKI) - Europe’s top human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe on Tuesday urged national legislatures to pass laws to protect women from domestic violence. The watchdog’s parliamentary assembly (PACE) issued a statement to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
“Too many women in Europe are battered and killed [...]

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Sojurner Morell was named after a women’s rights campaigner. And, at 17, she has landed a blow of her own for equality after being accepted into Vienna’s famed equestrian centre. Tony Paterson met her
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Dressed up in the skintight breeches, knee-high leather boots, frock coat and 19th-century commissionaire-style cap worn by pupils at [...]

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Soul-Searching in the CHP: Baykal’s “Chador Opening”
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 236
December 11, 2008
By: Saban Kardas
Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), kindled a controversial debate in Turkish politics when he introduced his new project to reach out to conservative circles. During a party meeting, Baykal pinned party [...]

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According to the news from Tabriz, Iran, Mrs Shahnaz Gholami, journalist, member of Iranian women journalist
Association (RAZA) and women rights activist was arrested 09.11.2008 by The Ministry of Intelligence Service.
Mrs Gholami is headeditor of “Azar Zan” weblog and had been jailed 5 years 1990-1995 in Tabriz prison due to her political activities and later she [...]

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25 November 2008

U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
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MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
25 November 2008

Across the world, in countries rich and poor, women are [...]

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Armenia is failing to tackle “pervasive” violence and domestic abuse against women, according to a report by rights group Amnesty International.
The group says studies estimate that “over quarter of Armenian women have been hit or beaten by a family member”.
It also warns that, according to some data, about two thirds of women may have [...]

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By Ibon Villelabeitia
REUTERS
8:17 a.m. October 22, 2008
ANKARA – Lifting a ban on women wearing the Muslim headscarf at university violates Turkey’s secular constitution, the country’s top court said on Wednesday, defending a decision against the ruling AK Party.
In a legal reasoning that appeared to end any hope for the Islamist-rooted AK Party to revive the [...]

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 Sabrina Tavernise’s article with the title In Turkey, Bitter Feud Has Roots in History in the June 22, 2008 issue of New York Times immediately fueled the existing debate in Turkey over the country’s political future. From the whole article alone the quote from Dengir Mir Firat, the Vice-President of the ruling AKP that ‘the [...]

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By Fazile Zahir
FETHIYE, Turkey - Turkey is suffering from an epidemic that seems to out of control. Like many developing countries, as the level of wealth and standards of education increase there has been a reluctance to give birth naturally and, consequently, a staggering rise in the number of Caesarean-section births.
The first recorded Caesarean, or [...]

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