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NEWS & LETTERS, June-July 2006Women World Wideby Mary Jo Grey Women’s and human rights activists are mourning the death of Bangladesh feminist Nasreen Huq, struck by a car in May. Huq was a leader in Naripokko, a Bangladesh women's rights organization, for 18 years, where she founded the Campaign Against Acid Violence. Since 2002 she was director of Action Aid Bangladesh, focusing her efforts on relieving poverty, aiding the disabled, supporting communities affected by HIV/AIDS, and campaigning against injustice. * * * South Africa's highest court has unanimously recognized a lesbian marriage and told the government that it must enact legislation by the end of 2006 granting same-sex couples the right to marry. This makes South Africa the first nation in Africa to recognize gay and lesbian marriage. Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and Spain are the only other countries where same-sex couples have the right to marry. --Information from OFF OUR BACKS |
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