AWID Resource-Net Friday File: January 21, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011 Quick Links to AWID's Website Paintball Guns and "Islamic" Decrees Police Chechnya's Women   Russian version Subscribe to Resource-Net Friday File Follow us on Facebook & Twitter   AWID FRIDAY FILE   Paintball Guns and "Islamic" Decrees Police Chechnya's Women    AWID speaks with a women's rights activist in Chechnya about the growing use of religious ideology to threaten, control and attack women there  By Lejla Medanhodzic and Masum Momaya                Read more       Read the Russian version of this interview here.   AWID Membership Change doesn't just happen. We collectively make it happen. By becoming a member of AWID, you are joining a movement that seeks to advance the rights of women around the world as you connect with other individuals and organizations that are committed to building our collective voice, power and influence in achieving full equality of women and human rights of all people.   Find out more Resource-Net is brought to you by The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). AWID is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights. AWID's mission is to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. You are free to replicate AWID's information in other formats, and use it in your work, provided you give credit to the Association. To contribute to Resource-Net write to contribute@awid.org. Please do not send attachments to this email address.

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