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1/23/2012 - Women Win One Percent of Seats in Egyptian Elections
Final results of the first post-revolutionary parliament elections in Egypt confirm that women have won one percent of the parliamentary seats....
9/28/2011 - Woman in Saudi Arabia Receives 10 Lashes for Driving
On Tuesday, a Saudi court sentenced a woman to 10 lashes with a whip for driving a car....
9/26/2011 - Saudi King Announces Women's Right to Vote
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced in a recent address that Saudi women will now have voting rights and permitted to nominate candidates in the municipal elections to be held in 2015....
11/9/2010 - Women's Rights Gravely Threatened in Iran
Two Iranian women, Sakineh Ashtiani who currently faces an execution sentence, and Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is a human rights lawyer and colleague of Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, are in danger in Iran....
11/1/2010 - Brazil Elects First Woman to its Presidency
On Sunday, Dilma Rousseff of the Worker's Party defeated Jose Serra of the Social Democratic Party by a wide margin and became Brazil's first woman president....
10/8/2010 - Jailed Iranian Human Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike
Prominent jailed Iranian human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, confirmed in a short telephone conversation with her husband, that she is on the twelfth day of a hunger strike....
9/20/2010 - Violence Punctuates Afghan Elections
News reports indicate that at least 15 people died during election-related violence in Afghanistan on Saturday, where parliamentary elections were held....
9/17/2010 - Afghan Parliamentary Elections to be Held Saturday
Saturday, Afghanistan will hold their second parliamentary elections since the Taliban lost power....
8/30/2010 - Campaign Workers for Afghan Woman Candidate Murdered
The bodies of five campaign workers who had been working for a woman parliament candidate in Afghanistan's Herat province were found over the weekend....
7/30/2010 - Senate Votes to Permanently Repeal Global Gag Rule
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted in favor of an amendment to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule yesterday....
4/29/2010 - Outrage Erupts Over Failed Iranian Bid for UN Commission on Status of Women
Feminists worldwide are outraged over an attempt by Iran to gain a seat on the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)....
2/10/2010 - Iranian Feminists Issue Global Call for Action
A group of Iranian feminists and activists are asking women's rights groups and feminists worldwide for support in demanding "an end to state-led violence and repression" and "immediate release of all political detainees in Iran." Thus far, more than 40 women's rights groups from 9 countries are supporting partners....
2/8/2010 - Laura Chinchilla Elected First Woman President of Costa Rica
In a landmark victory on Sunday, Laura Chinchilla was elected as the first woman president of Costa Rica....
12/7/2009 - France Considering Gender-Based Business Quotas
A bill introduced in the French parliament last week would require all companies on the Paris Stock Exchange to ensure that 50 percent of their board members are women by 2015....
8/31/2009 - Women Were Unable to Vote in Some Parts of Afghanistan
Reports indicate that many women were unable to vote in some parts of Afghanistan and that women's voting cards were used to stuff ballot boxes in the country's presidential election earlier this month....
8/31/2009 - Record Number of Women Elected in Japan
Japan elected a record 54 women to parliamentary seats in the country's elections this weekend....
8/24/2009 - Women's Fingers Cut Off in Afghan Election Violence
The Taliban allegedly cut off the fingers of at least two Afghan women that voted in last week's presidential election....
8/18/2009 - Women's Vote Threatened in Afghanistan
The participation of many Afghan women in Thursday's elections is threatened by strict polling regulations and fraud....
8/14/2009 - Revised Shia Law Published Days Before Afghanistan Elections
The controversial Shia family law, with some revisions, that restricts the rights of Shia women in Afghanistan was published in the country's official Gazette on July 27th, making the law's provisions official....
8/12/2009 - Nobel Laureates Push for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Fourteen Nobel Laureates released a letter yesterday urging the United Nations Security Council to take action to support fellow Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar....
7/24/2009 - United for Iran Organizes July 25 Global Day of Action
The organization United for Iran, a coalition of individuals and human rights groups, has planned a Global Day of Action on July 25 to highlight international support for the people of Iran amid the nation's continuing political unrest....
7/20/2009 - Bulgaria Elects First Female Speaker
The 41st Bulgarian Parliament elected their first female speaker, Tsetska Tsacheva last week....
6/26/2009 - Iranian Nobel Laureate Urges European Union to Condemn Post-Election Violence
Iranian Nobel laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi met with European Union Parliament President Hans-Gert Pottering on Wednesday and urged him to respond to the post-election violence that continues in Iran....
6/22/2009 - Iranian Human Rights Leader Calls for New Elections
Iranian human rights leader Shirin Ebadi is calling for the Iranian government to void the presidential election results and hold a new vote overseen by international watchdogs....
6/17/2009 - Egypt Approves Quota for Women in Parliament
The Egyptian parliament passed a law Sunday adding 64 seats reserved for women to the lower house of the legislature....
