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  1. More arrests, attempts to silence women #activists. Shirin Ebadi’s sister, Shojaee, Abasgholizadeh arrested http://bit.ly/1a9Adx #iran @wlp1 about 10 hours ago from web
  2. Folbre: panchayat & sarpanch #quotas for #India women slowly counter norms agnst women’s #participation in public life. http://bit.ly/5Gj400 11:00 AM Dec 25th from web
  3. #Lebanon Interior ministry to issue non-national families of Lebanese women unconditional 5 yr residency permits. http://bit.ly/6Fqv91 @wlp1 11:52 AM Dec 24th from web
  4. Congrats Mishka! Great book. Balconies. Glimpse into Levantine identity from balconies in #Beirut, Alexandria & Athens. http://bit.ly/6eVaul 2:08 PM Dec 23rd from web
  5. Free #srilanka journalist Tissainayagam sentenced to 20 yrs hard labor for criticizing govt handling of civil war. http://www.freetissa.com/ 6:51 PM Dec 19th from web
  6. Celebrating 30 years of #CEDAW vision of women’s equal economic, social, cultural, civil, political rights. http://bit.ly/8y60iL (RT @wlp1) 10:24 AM Dec 18th from web
  7. RT @wlp1: "We Can Change..." Youth essay contest celebrating the 30th anniversary of #CEDAW. More info at http://bit.ly/62PKeY. Please RT. 11:42 AM Dec 16th from web
  8. Intl #HumanRights Day. Celebrating Kyrgyz partner Tolekan Ismailova/CAC Human Rights Award from French Republic today. http://bit.ly/56vDv6 12:01 PM Dec 10th from web
  9. Equality Without Reservation: Arab women issue call to heads of state to promote equality & citizenship. http://bit.ly/6k8MkA #CEDAW @wlp1 2:05 PM Dec 8th from web
  10. Int’l Day Against Violence Against Women. Men in #Nigeria #India take a stand @wlp1 http://bit.ly/4smJfy, @breakthrough http://bit.ly/5FvODt 10:43 AM Nov 25th from web
  11. #Iran: More arrests, travel bans for One Million Signatures women’s rights activists; illegal phone summons continue. (@wlp1) 2:28 PM Nov 24th from web
  12. India, the emerging innovation capital of 21st century. Most innovation initiatives aimed at improvements for the poor #TEDIndia #Zakaria 11:04 AM Nov 22nd from web
  13. Another girls school destroyed by militants in Pakistan, nearly 200 in last two years. Hundreds more bombed or burned in Afghanistan. 8:38 AM Nov 18th from web
  14. Kuwaiti court ruling on women’s right to passport grounded in freedom and **gender equality guarantees in constitution** http://bit.ly/gg1AF 11:41 AM Oct 21st from web
  15. Victory for Kuwaiti women: they can now obtain passports without consent of husbands. http://bit.ly/1OBisW 11:35 AM Oct 21st from web
  16. Shirin Ebadi: Do not let fears turn into hate and paralyze us from compassionate action (Kiri Westby on HuffPo) #iran http://bit.ly/2frFlJ 7:21 PM Oct 15th from web
  17. UN Security Council Resolution 1888 an encouraging step in response to long-term impact of gender based violence. http://bit.ly/kDyRH @wlp1 8:38 AM Oct 11th from web
  18. Peres on Obama Peace Prize: Very few leaders if at all able to change mood of entire world in such a short while with such profound impact 3:30 PM Oct 9th from web
  19. Morocco: Soulaliyates women win rights to 30mil acres land collectively owned by 4631 communities in 48 provinces http://bit.ly/4DVOQo @wlp1 4:38 PM Oct 8th from web
  20. Congratulations ADFM sisters! Soulaliyates women in Morocco win equal right to benefit from transfer of communal lands. http://bit.ly/1ZaLV7 8:47 PM Oct 6th from web