Muslimah Media Watch
- Activists have demanded the authorities in Egypt prosecute anyone responsible for subjecting protesters to alleged virginity tests earlier this year.
- Al Jazeera interviews Lamees Dhaif about her career and censorship of journalists.
- On Mauritania’s young women who voluntarily resort to dangerous methods to gain weight.
- A judge has given a Kenyan high school the last chance to respond to a suit by a Muslim student who is seeking court orders to force the school administrators to allow her wear a hijab.
- Militancy has closed skill development centers in Pakistan that train women in marketable skills to help them earn a living.
- On Kashmir’s “half-widows,” women whose husbands have disappeared in the conflict with India.
- A hilariously bad article on how Muslim women are “oppressed and happy.” Ugh.
- Facing mounting criticism, the Badminton World Federation announced that it was scrapping a rule that would have forced women to wear skirts or dresses in elite competition. More here.
- Three Muslim women in Dabra, India, committed suicide because they could not earn a living while their husbands are in custody.
- Deustche Welle highlights a few entrepreneurial Muslim women and their clothing companies.
- The Australian profiles a predominately-Muslim women’s football team.
- TwoCircles.net profiles Dr. Mehrunnisa, the founder President of Association of Muslim Women Associations in Ahmedabad, India.
- In Australia, Victoria’s Equal opportunity and human rights commissioner Helen Szoke has said that airing the burqa issue threatens the safety of Muslim women.
If there’s any news about Muslim women from this week, feel free to leave links in the comments!
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