“One lesson from the 1979 Iranian revolution and the 2011 Arab revolutions is that activists seeking to promote women’s rights, human rights and the transition to democracy must challenge patriarchy from within the Muslim legal tradition.”

So writes Ziba Mir-Hosseini, a legal anthropologist and a founding member of Musawah Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family.

Read more at OpenDemocracy.

Orthodox Jewish groups protested against women performing certain rituals at the Western Wall.

Now, Jerusalem's district court has upheld a ruling that Israeli security forces were wrong to arrest women who were praying at the Western Wall.

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Women in Aden are torn between the national dialogue and fighting for secession for winning freedoms.

Read more at Al Jazeera.

UN-backed reconciliation talks have begun in Yemen aimed at drafting a new constitution and preparing for full democratic elections in February 2014.

More than 500 representatives of various political groups will take part in the discussions in Sanaa, which are expected to last six months.

Read more at BBC.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed 30 women to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council.

Read more at bbc.co.uk

In Giza, dozens of women activists and party members demonstrate to call for a 'No' vote in second stage of Egypt's constitutional referendum.

Read more at ahram.org

A political majority emerged last night to relax the rules for trafficked women so in the future it will be easier to obtain asylum in Denmark if they testify against their traffickers.

Read more at dr.dk

Fifty-nine newly appointed judges, including 31 women, will receive training on the profession's code of ethics, human rights and approaches for handling gender-sensitive cases under a new project implemented by the Arab Women's Legal Network (AWLN).

Read more at zawya.com