La triste réalité des femmes excisées

27 Janvier 2012L'excision féminine, souvent appelée mutilation génitale féminine (MGF), concerne environ 92 millions de filles de plus de 10 ans en Afrique. En Ouganda, la pratique a été officiellement interdite par le gouvernement en 2009, mais elle est encore pratiquée dans les zones rurales par les tribus comme celle des Sabiny dans l'est du pays.Libido réduiteAmina Ibrahim, une femme de 73 ans, est...

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Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace Releases Alternative Electoral Law Draft

20 January 2012The Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace, a movement of Libyan leadersworking with women and youth from around the country and diaspora, hasreleased a draft electoral law (click here for Arabic version)that seeks to address some of the limitations of the draft election lawreleased in January by the National Transitional Council.The draft law was drafted by a group of elite Libyan legal expertsincluding...

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Fighting Rape as a Tool of War

Sisters Week 2012: Fighting Rape as a Tool of War “It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in armed conflict.” During the civil war in Libya in 2011, troops loyal to Dictator Mommar Ghaddaffi raped thousands of innocent women from teenagers to mothers. MWB is proud to be one of the few American Muslim agencies that stepped up to help these survivors, providing them counseling...

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