In his long-awaited decision, Canadian Chief Justice Bauman wrote that “the harms associated with the practice are endemic; they are inherent,” and that the harms found in polygynous societies “are not simply the product of individual misconduct; they arise inevitably out of the practice.” He further stated, “there is no such thing as so-called “good polygamy.” He got it right, time to celebrate, congratulations Canada!
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WLMUL
Dear Friends, The following report from the International NGO Council on Violence Against Children may be of interest to some of you: ‘Violating Children’s Rights: Harmful Practices based on tradition, culture, religion or superstition …The report first looks at the definition and scope of harmful traditional, cultural and religious practices violating children’s rights. Section 3 outlines the human rights context for their prohibition and elimination. Section 4 lists practices identified through a call for evidence issued by the International NGO Council earlier in 2012 and additional desk research. It also provides some examples of legal and other measures already...
(Dear All, As I post this, I am listening to Sally Armstrong on CBC’s The Current with Anna-Maria Tremonte talk about how many little girls are being raped every day; but, also that 1/2 the population in Afghanistan is under the age of 30; and, how social media is helping with the discussion on how to stop violence against women and little girls; and, it is young people who are leading this discussion. According to Sally, when Canada’s Prime Minister Stephan Harper stood up to Afghanistan’s Karzai when Karzai announced he had signed a bill for Sharia Law in Afghanistan...
According to the World Health Organization, 6,000 girls are circumcised every day! What a travesty! We’ve had reports of Muslim girls being circumcised in Canada by Muslim surgeons. If someone would be brave enough to tell me the name of just ONE of these fundamentalist Muslim surgeons, I would see that he/she is investigated and put in prison faster than you could blink! NM http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/27/un-ban-female-genital-mutilation...
You would think the world is falling back into the mental parameters of the stone age–actually maybe as recent as the Salem witch hunts in New England of early America! When will barbarism toward people be replaced with compassion and caring. The comments on the WLUML web range from calls for peaceful resolutions to holding the 200 people who watched this stoning accountable. Maybe they were coerced into watching. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/07/201273021254165201.html...
(Note: I find the action of this defense attorney absolutely repulsive. When is being “politically correct” too much so? I believe she should be fired. The hijab was designed by Muslim men to hide the identity of Muslim women and take away their rights to good health and safety as well as their identity! Thank you, USNews & WLUML, for bringing this to the attention of the world.) (De: wlumlglobal-bounces@wluml-pic.org de la part de Shadi Sadr > Date: mer. 09/05/2012 08:26 > À: wlumlglobal@wluml-pic.org http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/07/11577799-911-defense-attorney-wears-hijab-at-hearing-wants-others-in-court-to-dress-more-modestly Also, this promising bit of news from WLUML: “…even in Egypt, Al Azhar, which is a ...
Go to WLUML and click on EDHRA Newsletter Issue No 3 March 2012 for the full report. 87% of women in Afghanistan are illiterate 30% of girls have access to education in Afghanistan 1 in every 3 Women in Afghanistan experience physical, psychological or sexual violence 44 years is the average life expectancy rate for women in Afghanistan 70—80% of women face forced marriages in Afghanistan What went wrong for Afghanistan’s women? Women’s rights have been central to the war in Afghanistan. Remember when Cherie Blair and Laura Bush joined forces to bolster the rationale for invasion back in 2001?...
Truly, aren’t these women safe anywhere in the world? Associated Press | HOUSTON // A woman whom police described as an activist on behalf of Iranian women’s civil rights was found shot dead at the wheel of her car after it crashed into a Houston town house garage. The car was still running when police found the body of Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, behind the wheel about 12.30am Monday in an upmarket town house development. http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/americas/iranian-womens-civil-rights-activist-killed-in-houston?mid=57...
Women working to stop female genital mutulation and other atrocities against women unfairly detained Dear Readers, I usually place these announcements under WLUML alerts page. I am placing this here because I want you to know that atrocities against women and children continue to happen the world over. How do we stop this madness? PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY THE GAMBIA: The Unfair Prosecution of two Women Human Rights DefendersMust Stop Paris-Geneva, January 9, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights(FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), denounces the interminable judicial harassment faced...
DISGUSTING!! http://www.wluml.org/news/afghanistan-afghan-woman-be-freed-jail-after-agreeing-marry-rapist http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/01/afghan-woman-freed-marry-rapist WHY has the western world spent so many lives and resources in Afghanistan if its women are still being treated like chattels/slaves/victims?...