Child bride's nightmare after divorce Story Highlights Child who got divorce in Yemen struggling to be a child again Nujood Ali escaped her parents and husband...
Girls victimized by Taliban find safe haven to learn Story Highlights Schoolgirls victims of fighting between Pakistani soldiers and Taliban in Swat Valley A...
Helping Afghan women find a voice By Aunohita Mojumdar in Kabul  Female candidates contesting the poll have received threats in many parts of the country...
Mediation next step in teen Muslim-Christian case Story Highlights Teenager claims father threatened to kill her because she converted to Christianity Parents...
7 September 2009 12:58 UK Sudanese 'trousers' woman fined A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers has been fined but spared...
7 September 2009 18:11 UK  Sudanese 'trousers woman' jailed Advertisement Lubna Hussein outside the court with supporters chanting 'freedom' A Sudanese...
8 September 2009 14:20 UK Sudan 'trousers woman' released  Ms Hussein had wanted to make this a test case for women's rights in Sudan A female Sudanese...
10 September 2009 00:22 UK SA battle over Muslim women's rights Muslims have lived in South Africa for hundreds of years - but Islamic marriages remain...
14 September 2009 12:57 UK Aceh passes adultery stoning law  About 98% of Aceh's population is thought to be Muslim Indonesia's province of Aceh has passed...
14 September 2009 17:00 UK Centenarian desires 23rd husband  Wook Kundor says she feels "lonely" during her husband's absence A 107-year-old Malaysian woman...
Yemeni Girl, 12, Bleeds To Death During Childbirth, Baby Also Dies September 14, 2009 6:11 p.m. EST Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer Sana'a, Yemen (AHN) - A...
Yemeni government defends efforts to end girls' marriages Story Highlights Ending young marriages an "important priority of the government," spokesman says ...
 Egyptian women fight harassment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb3x39Ud7cI&feature=player_embedded Egypt's Centre for Women's Rights conducted a survey...
23 September 2009 16:52 UK Saudis open hi-tech science oasis  It took just two years to build the campus A multi-billion dollar university has opened in...
Afghan women hiding for their lives Story Highlights U.N.: Nearly 90 percent of Afghan women suffer from domestic abuse There are less than a dozen shelters...
28 September 2009 17:53 UK Egypt anger over virginity faking By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC Arab Affairs analyst   Pre-marital sex carries a strong social stigma...
29 September 2009 12:15 UK Kashmir girl overpowers militants By Binoo Joshi BBC News, Jammu  Rukhsana Kauser said she 'fired endlessly' A teenage girl says...
Monday, 5 October 2009 14:07 UK Egypt cleric 'to ban full veils'  The niqab has become increasingly popular among Egypt's Muslim radicals Egypt's highest...
7 October 2009 15:18 UK Saudi court jails 'sex boast' man A Saudi Arabian man who boasted about his sex life on a TV talk show has been jailed for five years,...
Saudi sex braggart gets 5 years, 1,000 lashes Story Highlights Mazen Abdul Jawad, divorced father of 4, spoke openly about sex escapades Saudi authorities shut...
Women's group blasts Letterman over sexual affairs with staff Story Highlights NOW calls David Letterman's behavior inappropriate in the workplace Letterman on...
12 October 2009 11:36 UK Aceh outrage over Miss Indonesia By Karishma Vaswani BBC News, Jakarta   More controversy is expected when Ms Sandioriva takes...
Kuwaiti women MPs refuse to wear hijab in parliament  Two female Kuwaiti MPs, Rola Dashti and Aseel Al-Awadhi, are defying the country's powerful Islamist...
Kuwait to Allow Women to Travel Without Husband's Consent By Edward Yeranian Cairo 21 October 2009 Kuwait's constitutional court ruled Wednesday that Kuwaiti...
24 October 2009 18:05 UK Lashes for Saudi woman journalist By Sebastian Usher BBC News  A female journalist in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 60 lashes ...
Here come the brides: Polygamy club woos Malaysia 3:30PM Monday Sep 28, 2009 By Sean Yoong  Polygamist Mohammad Inaamulillah Bin Ashaari, (C), is shown with...
Somali women beaten for wearing bras or not wearing socks 'violating Islamic law' By Mohammed Amiin Adow, for CNN October 29, 2009 -- Updated 2245 GMT (0645...
6 November 2009 Somali adulterer stoned to death  Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend...
18 November 2009 Somali woman stoned for adultery  A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by...