Pamphlet handout

Hire pamphlet handout service for the united nations' international conference on population and development in cairo in 1985. 'i have the right to be heard,' the woman wrote in an open letter after the lecture, the document is signed by at least five people at the table, including the women's rights activist and a professor at the university. 'in an assembly of intellectuals and publicists, i could never gain such respect.' in the late 90s, when the un released its landmark report on violence against women, the country's supreme council of experts, made up of senior clerics as well as senior politicians, issued a fatwa, or edict, forbidding its publication. the fatwa was officially published in 1998, just after the country was rocked by the public execution of an islamic extremist who had massacred 35 people at a mosque. according to the un, more than 140 women were accused of adultery and more than 40 were forcibly married. a female teacher was sentenced to two years' imprisonment after it emerged that she had a relationship with one of the men. the un reported that some women were jailed for crimes like wearing western dress, getting an abortion, leaving the country without permission or failing to marry their rapist. it also reported widespread sexual harassment by men and the harassment and abuse of women by family members, including husbands, brothers, uncles and cousins. in response, the muslim brotherhood issued a fatwa, or decree, to call for the release of arrested women journalists and activists.