October 22, 2009 War on Women News - Responsible for Equality And Liberty

 (U.S.) Rifqa Bary Case: Rifqa Bary tells Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) she was abused, was supposed to have arranged marriage
-- Orlando Sentinel: "Ohio teen runaway Fathima Rifqa Bary told Florida investigators about her religious conversion, explained how and why she ended up in Florida and detailed a fearful life with her Muslim family, including the fact she was supposed to be in an arranged marriage."
-- "A month after she ran away from her home outside Columbus, the 17-year-old girl met with several investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for more than two hours and answered questions about her journey to Florida and her family life."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-rifqa-bary-fdle-interview-102209,0,3688358,full.story
-- Video
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=2c360b4e-9109-4a2d-aff2-081454d402
-- Audio
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-rifqa-bary-fdle-interview-mp3-102209,0,5898388.mp3file

(UK) How 'family councils' help plan honour killings
-- Yakin Erturk, former UN expert on violence against women, gives a insight on barbaric practices during Tulay Goren trial
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6884530.ece

(UK) Muslim woman 'blackmailed by couple who threatened to show family photos of her wearing Western clothes'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222115/Asylum-seeker-blackmailed-Muslim-friend-threatening-devout-family-photos-wearing-Western-clothes.html

Pakistan: Acid burn victim seeks help to fight her misery
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204677

Sudan: Women punished for wearing trousers
-- IOL ZA: "Two Sudanese women were on Thursday sentenced to 20 lashes and fined for committing an act of indecency by wearing trousers, weeks after a similar case sparked worldwide controversy."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Africa&set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20091022222800856C932053

Kuwaiti women win right to obtain passport without husband's approval
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/kuwait/6402047/Kuwaiti-women-win-right-to-obtain-passport-without-husbands-approval.html