Category Archives: Womens rights

Gulf Daily News : Maid's misery

Maid's misery By BEGENA GEORGE Published: 29 January 2007 SOCIAL workers are finding it almost impossible to find... more

Young divorcee is threatened for speaking out against Sharia courts, politicized judges and the lack of a personal status law

Bahrain Center for Human Rights & Women’s Petition Committee 14 January 2007 Ref: 07011401 Bahrain: A young divorcee... more

State Department's Hughes Applauds Bahrain's Women Candidates, Elections will mean first woman parliamentarian for Gulf region

By Elizabeth Kelleher Washington File Staff Writer (file photo AP Images)Washington – Bahrain’s second parliamentary elections in... more

Bahrain Tribune: Rights group plans to visit women’s prison

Bid to enhance transparency Suad Hamada Staff Reporter The Bahrain Human Rights Society has sought government permission to... more

Bahrain: Take action in support of Ghada Jamsheer and defenders of human and women's rights

Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) - 12 June 2005

12/06/05: WLUML has received an urgent... more

Bahrain: A women's rights activist faces trial and imprisonment

Bahrain Center for Human Rights Ref: 05060301 3/06/2005: The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) is concerned... more