14 January 2014
Ms. Farida Shaheed
Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Dear Ms. Shaheed,
We write to draw your attention to the increasing incidence of…
Joint statement on legal note to Universities UK against their guidance condoning gender segregation
Joint statement of Southall Black Sisters, One Law for All, Fitnah - Movement for Women's Liberation and LSE SU Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society
We are pleased to learn of the legal note submitted…
Dear friend
Thank you so much for all your support during 2013, particularly for our most recent campaign against gender segregation at universities in the UK, which we organised in conjunction with Fitnah –…
More than a 100 protesters rallied outside the office of Universities UK to condemn their endorsement of segregation of the sexes and demand gender equality on 10 December 2013, International Human Rights Day.…
DATE: Tuesday 10 December 2013
TIME: 5:00-6:30pm
AT: Universities UK, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ (Closest Underground Stations: Euston or Russell Square)
Universities UK (UUK) guidance to universities on external speakers endorses gender…
Universities UK (UUK) has issued guidance on external speakers saying that the segregation of the sexes at universities is not discriminatory as long as “both men and women are being treated equally, as…
UPDATE: 7 May 2014
One Law for All opposes new Sharia Watch campaign
As you all know, Co-Spokesperson Anne Marie Waters resigned in November 2013. What you don’t know is that her resignation followed…
15-16 November 2013
New York, USA
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at the Global Secularisms Conference at New York University. For more details, visit here.
6 November 2013
Brighton, UK
Maryam Namazie will be speaking at a meeting organised by the Brighton Secular Humanists at 730pm at Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton University, Grand Parade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 0JY. More information…
The 5th Passion for Freedom Festival will take place as planned from 02-09 November 2013 even though the original venue - out of sheer cowardice - pulled out last minute.
The festival will now…
24 October 2013
London, UK
Maryam Namazie will speak on a panel entitled 'Women's Movements Changing Women Changing the World' at a House of Lord Seminar organised by Women Worldwide Advancing Freedom & Equality (WWAFE). Place: Committee Room…
LSESU Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society public debate
Date: Tuesday 15 October 2013
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: CLM4.02, Clement House
Speakers: Akeela Ahmed, Dr Edie Friedman, Dr Taj Hargey, Maryam Namazie
Chair: Professor Chetan Bhatt
Is the Niqab…