Focus
The Women's Reporting & Dialogue Programme
Years active: 2005-2006
The Women's Reporting & Dialogue Programme - covering non-Arab Muslim countries - will seek to strengthen the capacity of local media and individual journalists to cover gender issues through training and information provision. It also seeks to create a regional network of female journalists whose high-quality output will provide a much-needed source of comprehensive information on gender issues in the regions.
Shuttle Traders Risk All
Kyrgyz women travel across the region to support their families, despite being bullied and harassed en route.
Kazak Women Sold as Sex Slaves
Women from southern Kazakstan are being forced into prostitution both at home and abroad.
Love, Afghan Style
Women are still being used as currency in the marriage market.
Secret Divorces Underline Women's Powerlessness
Men are illegally divorcing their wives without them knowing.
A Shared Suffering
Women in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Azerbaijan and the North Caucasus face official and societal discrimination.
Birth Control by Decree in Uzbekistan
A family planning campaign that looks benign is marred by allegations of forced sterilisation on a wide scale.
IWPR Launches New Women's Reporting Programme
In launching our Women’s Reporting and Dialogue Programme, IWPR looks at a different kind of frontline - the battle women in Islamic countries are waging to define new rights in changing times.
Hijab Discrimination in North Caucasus
Women in traditionally Muslim republic are being labelled Islamic radicals for merely wearing a head covering.
Taking Control in Tajikistan
Women become the breadwinners in this patriarchal society, leaving men depressed and suicidal.