On Thursday 31st October, four female lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) attended Turkey's parliament wearing the Islamic headscarf which had been banned in all public institutions in this secular state for decades. One of these parliamentarians, Nurcan Dalbudak described the act as marking a "milestone for freedom" and stated that 60-70% of women in Turkey wore the headscarf.

On the 10th October 2013, the women of Hizb ut Tahrir will gather influential female opinion-makers from across Southeast Asia at an important Women's Roundtable Discussion in Jakarta, Indonesia, entitled, "Against U.S. Imperialism towards Women in Southeast Asia through the APEC Summit and Free-Market Regimes." This forum will coincide with the visit of U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry to Bali in October to attend the APEC 2013 Summit...

On Sunday 22nd September 2013, Hizb ut Tahrir will be holding a large march in London to be attended by hundreds of women and children from across the UK in response to the horrific Ghouta massacre and to raise world attention to the ongoing horrendous plight of the women and children of Syria.

The Sudanese government pledged to introduce a program to reduce the causes of maternal mortality presented ​​by the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security as part of a strategy to reduce poverty in the country, in order to avoid the high incidents of death amid expectant mothers. This does not offer a solution to the problem, as an investigation by the Sahafa revealed that the average maternal mortality rate in…