Iran
State Department Condemns Stoning of Woman By Taliban in Pakistan
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 28, 2010 - 7:34pm (Print)
The Department of State has strongly condemned the stoning of a woman by Taliban militants. The reason? She was seen in public with a man.
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Repro-Briefs: Family Planning in Nepal and Other International News
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
July 9, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Iran slowly reduces its maternal mortality rate, Pakistan tries to provide access to RU 486 to a firestorm of protest, teens in Wales have problems accessing abortion, and Australia has an unprecedented abortion trial.
Family Planning in the New Afghanistan
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
August 24, 2009 - 2:58pm (Print)
If the United States is serious about paving the way for a modern state, we need to invest in women’s empowerment.
Giving Neda and Iran's Women Honor
reader diary by Malika Saada Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights
June 23, 2009 - 1:50pm (Print)
Malika Saada Saar writes in her reader diary, "I write these words to give honor to Neda and the other Iranian women who dare the brutality of the Basij and military forces, and fearlessly raise their voices against crushing tyranny."
Get your Hymens Here!
Here's a bit of news that got buried in today's Guardian (UK): Grand Ayatollah Sadeq Rohani issued a fatwah in Iran permitting hymenorrhaphy,
the procedure where a woman has her hymen recreated from available
vaginal tissue.
Denied! Witholding of UNFPA Funds Matters
by Anika Rahman, Ms. Foundation for Women
January 7, 2008 - 8:58am (Print)
At the dawn of a new year, women around the world still rely on crucial funds from UNFPA for health care and family planning. But our current administration continues to withhold the money.
