In 2013, the Global Campaign to Stop Stoning Women presented at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, and debuted its campaign for a U.N. declaration on ending stoning sentences for adultery and other crimes.
Featured speakers/guests:
Zarizana Abdul Aziz, Chairperson of the international non-governmental organization Women Living Under Muslim Laws; Elaheh Amani, Chair, Women’s Intercultural Network and an Advisory Board Member of Stop Stoning Forever; Wazhma Frogh, Co-founder & Executive Director, Research Institute for Women Peace and Security – Afghanistan; Lois Herman, creator and editor of the Women’s United Nations Report Network – WUNRN.org.
Credits:
Produced by Frieda Werden; audio from video “CSW 57 Panel – Global Campaign to Stop Stoning : Why Stoning Is Violence Against Women ” produced by Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIm3tY6FcVs&feature=youtu.be .