Europe
| Asylum
for Battered Woman.
[Spain] In a
precedent-setting decision, the Spanish Inter-ministerial Asylum
Commission has given
refuge to a 38-year-old woman, who could not find protection from
decades of suffering at
the hands of her husband whom she had been forced to
marry. |
| Fertility Fray. [Italy] The current law forbids
sperm and egg
donation, limits the number of embryos created with in vitro techniques
to three and bans
all embryo research.
Opponents complain the
law restricts scientific research and a woman's reproductive
rights. |
| Vatican Calls for
Pastoral Reflection on "Women of the Street”. [Italy] Rome is to host the first
international
pastoral meeting for the liberation of "women of the
street." |
| Crucified
Nun Dies in 'Exorcism'.
[Romania]
A Romanian nun died after being bound to a cross, gagged and left alone
for three days in
a cold room in a convent. |
| Embassies Clarify Role
in Information Campaign. [Denmark,
Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Turkey] Questions have arisen about the
involvement of the
Embassies of Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Canada in the information
campaign conducted
by the Turkish Penal Code Women's Platform. |
| Blair Woos Women on
Campaign Trail.
[United Kingdom]
Prime Minister Tony Blair is attempting to win over women with an
attempt to improve the
work-life balance. |
| Russian Women Win 9th Straight Euro Cup. [Russia] Russia won its ninth straight European Cup women's title. |