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One Day One Struggle! 2023

On November 9th, a global chorus rises in celebration of sexual and bodily rights as human rights. This year, the One Day One Struggle! campaign, led by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR), united communities around the world. We proudly supported four dynamic member organisations: Asosiasi LBH APIK Indonesia and Qbukatabu; Forum for Dignity Initiatives (FDI), advocates for sexual and bodily rights in Pakistan; and Kaos GL, a leading voice for LGBTQ+ rights in Turkey.

From Indonesia to Pakistan and Turkey, these organisations brought the spirit of One Day One Struggle! to life through diverse and impactful initiatives. Stay inspired by these stories and join the movement for sexual and bodily rights for all. Visit the CSBR social media pages to learn more and discover how you can contribute.

Pathchola Foundation – Bangladesh

Pathchola organised an online workshop, “Breaking Barriers: Empowering Youth through Transgender Sensitization in the Digital Age,” on Monday, November 27, 2023, via Google Meet regarding One Day One Struggle (ODOS) in the month of November. This workshop was held for support to Global Campaign One Day One Struggle #ODOS2023.

A total of 37 participants from Government Organization, NGO, Local Level and youth community attended the workshop. The workshop aimed to raise awareness about the challenges faced by the transgender community and to discuss ways to empower them through digital literacy and sensitization. 

Asosiasi LBH APIK Indonesia – Indonesia

Asosiasi LBH APIK Indonesia has arranged an Instagram Live online discussion entitled “From Morals, Culture, Religion, to the State: The Situation of the Fulfillment of Rights Access to Safe Abortion for Women in Indonesia”. The discussion was held to celebrate the ODOS campaign together with the opening of 16 days of anti-violence against women campaign, by inviting three speakers from a SHR expert, a legal assistant for victims of sexual violence, and a Moslem religious expert.

The 1.5 hours Live IG discussed the current situation of access to safe abortion in Indonesia with various obstacles both from religious, cultural aspects and legal instruments that still hasn’t yet accommodated the needs of women and people with the capacity to become pregnant. Currently, abortion regulations in Indonesia can only be provided to: (1) victims of sexual violence up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, and (2) pregnancy which has medical emergencies. Meanwhile, the absence of implementing regulations that regulate the technical implementation of safe abortion makes safe abortion to those two specific conditions still inaccessible.

They also produced two short videos highlighting the speaker’s key statements. The recorded discussion can be accessed here, and the bilingual short videos can be accessed on Youtube.

Through the safe abortion access campaign, the LBH APIK Indonesia Association aims to: (1) raise public awareness regarding safe abortion belongs to sexual and reproductive health right, (2) breaking the stigmas and discriminations aimed at women and people with the capacity to become pregnant regarding abortion, (3) encourage and invite the public to jointly monitor the technical regulations of the Health Law 17/2023.

Qbukatabu – Indonesia

To observe ODOS 2023 campaign, Qbukatabu brought the conversation about Feminist Queer Artists: Resistance and Resilience. A number of feminist queer artists voiced out their work, struggle and hopes in future in doing artivism in the format of video. We hope this video can inspire others who also have to deal with everyday resistance because of their bodies, sexuality, gender identity and self-expression to persistence and to be resilience. They also produced and published short videos in YouTube Channel & Instagram Reels a short video that contain basic information regarding ODOS campaign. They would also upload a compilation short videos from Feminist Queer artists regarding artivism to promote sexual & bodily rights. The latter video would consist of thoughts and experiences from up to 8 feminist & Feminists Queer artists regarding their works & journey in the respective fields.

Forum for Dignity Initiatives (FDI) – Pakistan

FDI arranged a study circle to support an important and timely initiative aimed at addressing the intersections of climate change, women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the deficiency of gender-responsive policies. The One Day One Struggle Campaign would provide the perfect opportunity for FDI to organize a study circle with university students on the implications of climate change on women’s bodily autonomy, sexual and reproductive health, and rights. The study circle aimed to raise awareness by educating students and the community about the linkages between climate change and women’s SRHR, shedding light on the vulnerabilities and challenges women face. It also facilitated research on this critical intersection, identifying specific issues, and solutions that can inform policy changes. Develop a clear advocacy strategy to promote gender-responsive policies at the local, national, and international levels. The ultimate goal is to build a community of engaged individuals advocating for gender-sensitive climate policies by encouraging dialogue to better understand the intersectionality of sexual and reproductive health and rights and climate change and through actionable research findings to advocate for gender-responsive policies.

Kaos GL – Turkey

The ODOS 2023 was organized by Kaos GL Association in 9 November 2023. This year, in parallel with the global economic crisis after Covid-19 pandemic and its subjective effects of different societies was brought to the agenda. In this framework, the theme of the event was “+” is not always positive. Between sur-plus exploitation and sur-plus potentiality.

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OneDayOneStruggle 2021

Every 9 November communities around the world come together in celebration of sexual and bodily rights as human rights, as part of the One Day One Struggle! campaign, coordinated by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR).

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose unprecedented challenges to all of us, 2021 has been a tough year for human rights movements, many of which face setbacks unique to their communities. In the spirit of acknowledging this struggle, for this year’s One Day One Struggle campaign, all member organizations will focus on themes that they deem important and most pressing respectively.

See a brief listing of the planned actions below, and keep up with us using on Twitter (@SexBodyRights, #OneDayOneStruggle), Instagram (@csbrsexbodyrights) and Facebook (facebook.com/CSBRonline) on November 9th for updates as the actions occur!

TURKEY

WWHR-New Ways and Kaos GL from Turkey, have been organizing these events since 2019 to emphasize the importance of the struggle of feminists and LGBTI+s together against anti-gender movements and discourses, and to develop new strategies.

This year, they wanted to consider all these debates which arose again around the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and to rethink the concepts of gender and gender equality. For this purpose, their panel titled  “Gender: from Feminism to Queer Theory”, which will be online on November 9, will discuss how and when gender has become one of the key concepts of the LGBTI+ rights struggle, theoretical and historical transformations that paved the way for the emergence of trans exclusionary feminist views and their increasing visibility in years, the reflections of these debates in the feminist movement in Turkey, the historical alliances between the Turkey’s feminist and LGBTI+ movements and the possibilities of alliances in the near future. 

After the panel, they continue with an online party. 

The event will be Turkish. If you still want to participate, you can register via this link.

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BANGLADESH

Inclusive Bangladesh and its EQUAL partner organizations (Prantoz Foundation, Pothchola Hijra Shongho, and Shree) will be jointly celebrating this year’s ODOS, highlighting the day-to-day struggle of Non-Binary people in the context of Bangladesh. The celebration will be a month-long program where the organizations will hold online and offline events such as ten digital poster publications, one art campaign, one webinar with nonbinary people, and a virtual dance show. This year ODOS will be celebrated under the hashtag #DOTOKOTA, a Bengali term that reflects upon something that has the power of creation, mixing with others. This highlights the power of non-binary people who shades lights on the unknown aspects of diverse gender in one singular body.

Event logs will be available from 1st November onwards on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/INCLUSIVEBD/ and on twitter https://twitter.com/Inclusivebangla

INDONESIA

GAYa NUSANTARA Foundation, one of the first national LGBTIQ+ organisations in Indonesia, will be uploading 15 video/audio series of religious narrations delivered with love by young friends with Islamic & Christian backgrounds. They will be uploaded gradually through the GAYa NUSANTARA YouTube channel from November 8, 2021 to November 12, 2021.

Da’wah in Love, the title for this campaign, delivers religious narratives that calm, reassure and embrace diversity in gender and sexuality, so that religion can increasingly appear in a friendly face and uphold justice and equality for all mankind.

It is hoped that the doors of love or mercy can be opened wider in a religious framework that no longer judges, oppresses and hurts, but is instead open to accepting those who are often labeled as sinners and are limited in their safe spaces even in the context of religion which should be a place of worship and shade for sweat bearers; those who continue to be attacked and hated in such a way simply because they have a different sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or sex characteristics from the majority group.

Below is the list of the videos.

November 8, 2021

1) Developing Islam Rahmatan Lil Alamin – audio (Surya Alam Maulana);

2) Love Wins (Yasinta Fatmawati);

3) Creating a Safe Space for All (Agus R Nugraha);

November 9, 2021

4) Conversion Therapy: Coercion in the Name of God (Felix);

5) Religion and Justice for the Oppressed – audio (Miftahul Huda);

6) Judging Others (Amar Alfikar);

November 10, 2021

7) Gender Diversity in Religion (Ratna Triwulandari);

8) Highlighting Labeling of Gender Identity and Sexuality (Han);

9) Self-Acceptance as Part of Faith (Mohamad Safiq Niam);

11 November 2021

10) Religious Da’wah that Embraces not Clobbers (Ratna Dewi Palupi).

11) Religion and Humanity (Arimbi);

12) Worship in Diversity (Agetta Putri Awijaya).

12 November 2021

13) God’s Judgment Doesn’t See Gender Identity and Sexuality (Fikri Abdillah);

14) Gender and Sexuality Based Violence (Masruroh);

15) Interpreting the Story of the People of the Prophet of Lut or Sodom & Gomorrah – audio (Kelphin Jeremiah T)

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#OneDayOneStruggle ~ Cyber Hygiene is a Priority!

Cyber Hygiene (or digital hygiene) is a term that can be defined as a set of good simple daily routine practices, which individuals undertake to ensure the correct use of any devices that are connected to the Internet and engage in any sort of information transfer processes.There are a variety of practices with which we achieve cyber hygiene; some of these practices deal directly with our devices, such as periodically scanning for viruses, using a reliable and secure internet connection, and making sure that files are encrypted.

Digital hygiene practices, for some, also include matters that seek to safeguard the mental health of individuals while using the Internet, starting with limiting the content that would appear to them and which is considered harmful to their psychological and mental safety and security, through to the presence of awareness among individuals about dealing with the stress accompanying what is called “Browsing Addiction”, which is a psychological disorder that compels a person to search, play, shop or gamble to satisfy a need, deficiency or psychological void, not a material need; arriving to practices that contribute in avoiding the feelings of fear of not following the events, updates, and so on.

This year, Mesahat celebrates the “One Day, One Struggle”, by shedding light on the importance of including the concept and practices of “Cyber Hygiene” as part of our basic practices to reach our holistic safety and security.

“النّظافة الرّقميّة أولويّة”


النّظافة الرّقمية (أو النّظافة الإلكترونيّة) هو مصطلح يمكن تعريفه على أنّه مجموعة الممارسات البسيطة اليوميّة الرّوتينيّة الجيّدة، التي يقوم بها الأفراد لضمان صحة استخدامهن/م لأيّ أجهزةٍ تُوصَل بالإنترنت وتتعلّق بعمليّات نقل المعلومات. تتنوّع تلك الممارسات الّتي نحقّق بها مفهوم النظافة الرقمية؛ حيث تحتوى تلك الممارسات على أمورٍ نقوم بها على أجهزتنا بشكلٍ مباشر كالفحص الدّوريّ للفيروسات، واستخدام إنترنت موثوقٍ به وبطريقةٍ آمنة، والتأكّد من تشفير الملفات. وتشمل أيضًا ممارسات النّظافة الرّقمية لدى البعض أمورًا تسعى للحفاظ على الصّحّة النّفسيّة للأفراد على الإنترنت، بدايةً من عمل البعض على تحجيم المحتوى الظاهر لهن/م في ما هو ضارٌّ لسلامتهن/م وأمانهن/م النفسي والوجدانيّ، مرورًا بتواجد وعيٍ لدى الأفراد حول التّعامل مع التّوتّر المُصاحب لما يسمى “إدمان التّصفُّح”، وهو اضطرابٌ نفسيٌّ يدفع الشّخص قهرًا للبحث، أو اللعب، أو التّسّوق، أو المقامرة سدًّا لحاجةٍ أو نقصٍ أو فراغٍ نفسيٍّ لا حاجةً مادّية؛ وصولًا لممارساتٍ تساهم في تجنُّب الشُّعور بالخوف من عدم متابعة الأحداث والتّطوّرات، وغيرها


تحتفل مساحات هذا العام بحدث “يومٌ واحد نضالٌ واحد”، عن طريق التّركيز على أهمّية إدراج مفهوم النّظافة الرقمية “السّيبرانية” كجزءٍ من مفاهيمنا الأساسيّة للوصول لأماننا الشامل

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Mesahat & Artivism for #OneDayOneStruggle: “Our non-conforming bodies are a masterpiece, their hues are our choices, and their presence is a war against social structures”

“أجسادنا الغير نمطية هي لوحة؛ ألوانها هي خيارتنا، وحرب على القوالب المجتمعية”

” الجواب بيبان من عنوانه”، واحد من الأمثال المصرية الشائعة التي يتم إدراجها فى سياق تبرير الأحكام المسبقة على الأفراد والأشياء من المظهر الخارجي. يعد ذلك المثل نتاج لثقافة توغلت في جذور المجتمع المصري وتشعبت في أفكاره, وهي “النمطية”. تسعى تلك الثقافة لصنع نماذج موحدة من الأجسام والعقول, وتضع صوراً مٌثلى لما هو جيد ومقبول وما هو غير جيد بناءاً على أعراف وتقاليد وموروثات ثقافية ودينية، غير عابئة إطلاقاً لحرية الأفراد في أجسادهن/م وعقولهن/م.
أرتبطت مفاهيم حرية الأجساد إرتباطاً وثيقاً بمجتمع الميم؛ حيث كان من الصعب لأجسادنا الغير نمطية أن تجد مساحاتها المتعددة في أي من تلك القوالب المجتمعية الحادة، والمتجاهلة للتعددية. وعليه كان أحد المساعي الهامة هو النداء بوقف تعليق المشانق وتكفيرنا بناءاً على اختياراتنا فيما يخص أجسادنا وهوياتنا.

كانت – و مازالت- أجسادنا الكويرية وتجاربنا و إختياراتنا صرخة يومية في وجه مجتمعنا المصري، الذي يعتبر أموراً مثل عدم ارتداء أزياءاً محافظة، وصولاً إلى العمل بالجنس التجاري، أو الإجهاض, خارجة عن آدابه العامة وخادشة لحياء أفراده. فصاحب ظهورنا -ولو الضئيل- بالشارع المصري سواء بشكل ظاهر أو خفي صخباً بداخل العقول؛ صخباً من الصعب تجاهل وجوده. وفٌتِحت أبواباً لعدة نقاشات نتج عنها إعادة النظر في آراء، لتلغي الحد على حريات الجسد والوصم القائم على الاختلافات الجسدية والجندرية لجميع الأفراد. كما ساعد ذلك الصخب على خلق مساحات نحتضن بها بعضنا البعض، نراعي بها رفاهنا الشخصي والجماعي, وننشر ثقافة التقبل بداخلها لأنفسنا, لجميع الإختيارات والتفضيلات, سواءً كنا أفراداً من مجتمع الميم أو أفراداً من خارجه من الغير منتميات/ين لقوالب المجتمع المصري الصلبة، مساحة تعبر بعيداً عن وصم المجتمع وتفكك ثقافة الكره، والتمييز وعدم الاعتناء الكامنة تجاه الأفكار والأجساد الغير نمطية.

تحتفى مؤسسة مساحات للتعددية الجنسية والجندرية بمنطقة وادي النيل (مصر والسودان) هذا العام بالساعيات/ين لحريتهن/م الجسدية وسلامهن/م الروحي والنفسي فى كل مكان, والصامدات/ين أمام قولبة المجتمعات للأجساد وطرق ممارسة العقائد، والمتمسكات/ين بحقوقهن/م في اختياراتهن/م بما يقمن/وا به تجاه أجسادهن/م وعقولهن/ك.

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“Our non-conforming bodies are a masterpiece, their hues are our choices, and their presence is a war against social structures”

“You CAN judge a book by its cover”–an Egyptian proverb that reflects normalized judgment based on how people appear. This proverb is a result of a culture that is rooted in the Egyptian society: “Conformism”. This culture aims to make unit castes of bodies and minds, and place an ideal to what is acceptable and permissible and what is not.

Freedom of bodily integrity has always been close to the existence of the LGBTIQA++ community; as it was hard for our non-conforming bodies to find their colourful existence among the rigid castes of society. Therefore, one of the main aims that crossed all LGBTIQA++ existences was to call for a halt of all sorts of accusations of apostasy based on our choices over our bodies and identities.

Our Queer Bodies, choices, and experiences have been–and will always be–a daily shout in the face of our Egyptian society. A society that considers things from dressing up immodestly, all the way to sex work, and abortion, matters that violates its morals and ethics. Hence our public visibility, stark or sublime, has instigated a stir in the collective conscious; a stir that is hard to dismiss. One that opened gates for questioning the strict regulations on bodily rights, on normalized stigmatization, on discrimination based on bodily and gender differences for everyone. Moreover, it helped create spaces of support, where we care not only for each others but for our own selves, where we spread a culture of acceptance to the diversities existing inside and outside the LGBTIQA++ community, from people who do not conform to the castes, a space that crosses the society’s discrimination, that dismembers the culture of hate, stigma, and carelessness that targets the non-conforming bodies, minds and souls.

This year, Mesahat Foundation for Sexual and Gender Diversity in the Nile Valley Area (Egypt and Sudan) is celebrating the warriors of personal freedom, of collective and individual healing wherever they are. Those who are standing still, and standing up again in the face of each blow that conforms their bodies and beliefs, those who are holding up to their and others rights for all choices related to bodies, minds, and souls. #OneDayOneStruggle

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6th CSBR “One Day, One Struggle”

November 9 2014 marks the 6th annual celebration of One Day, One Struggle. This time, every year, CSBR member organizations join forces to campaign locally and globally for sexual and bodily rights. Events will be happening around the world over the coming week, here are some:

Tunisia

Association Tunisienne des Femmes Democrates (ATFD) is launching a campaign to repeal article 227 bis of the plenal code and which allows a minor to marry her rapist.

Turkey

Women for Women’s Human Rights – New Ways, KAOS GL, and LambdaIstanbul are reading the Istanbul Convention through the lens of its emphasis on sexual and bodily rights. A series of informative and inspiring infographics and caps are distributed online and offline to highlight the importance of The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (a.k.a. Istanbul Convention) in the fields of sexual and bodily rights. The information is available in English and Turkish.

Bangladesh

The Centre for Gender, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, housed at the James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University are screening a 20 minute clip from Fauzia Khans film, “Je Golper Shesh Nei” on Sunday, November 9, 2014. The rest of the event will be an open discussion on what sexual bodily rights means in Bangladesh with questions to:

  • Neda Shakiba, Head of Student Affairs, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
  • Joya Sikder, leader of the Sex workers union of Bangladesh
  • Tanvir Alim, Representative, Boys of Bangladesh 
  • Naomi Mirza, Medical consultant, Maya.com.bd
  • Farhin S Kabir, Representative, Shombob (Bangladesh’s first LBT Rights Advocacy Organization)

Indonesia

GAYa NUSANTARA and the C2O Library are screening “Lovely Man.”

Pakistan

Aahung, SPARC & Madadgar  are organizing an awareness raising session for parents and teachers on Child Sexual Abuse in a school for the underprivileged children.

Drag It to the Top is hosting a series of workshops on bodily rights and human rights starting in Lahore in November 2014. The first workshop will be held at the Institute of Peace & Secular Studies (IPSS) in Lahore. The aim of the 2-hour workshop is to create comfortable safe spaces for expression and dialogues leading up to body acceptance, body positive and fat-positive attitudes. The workshop will be moderated by Hadi Hussain and Aisha Haleem. A human rights activist, Hadi is one of the founding members of the Organization for the Protection & Propagation of Rights of Sexual Minorities (OPPRSM) and teaches women and gender studies at a public sector university in Lahore. Aisha, also a human rights activist is another founding member of OPPRSM and a well-known motivational speaker. Aisha manages business processes for US consultancy firm isiFederal. The event is admitting and registering participants by invitation-only. The program entails a mix-and- match of interactive discussions and activities focused on understanding body politics of daily life. Drag It to the Top administrators will also be live tweeting key messages exchanged amongst the moderators and participants of the workshop under the #JHIH hashtag which expands to Jismani Haqooq, Insani Haqooq (Bodily Rights, Human Rights). Anyone on Twitter can join the conversation by including the #JHIH hashtag. A short documentary-film, “That’s What She Said,” will also be screened during the workshop.

Malaysia

Women’s Aid Organization and Sisters in Islam are kicking off the campaign at 10am until 9pm on 9 November 2014. Follow @SistersInIslam and @womensaidorg on Twitter (if you haven’t already), #SBR4ALL, #WhySexEd, #EndChildMarriage, #abortionmyths, and #sexbodyrights. You may also follow Sisters In Islam on Facebook.

Let’s work together and get as many people involved in our fight for Sexual and Bodily Rights for all!

For more information on each event, write to coordinator@csbronline.org and follow @sexbodyrights.

Keep checking in for more announcements!

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One Day, One Struggle around the World!

Today, November 9, 2011 marks the 3rd annual celebration of One Day, One Struggle. This time, every year, CSBR member organizations join forces to campaign locally and globally for sexual and bodily rights. Events will be happening around the world over the coming week, here are some:

MORE UPDATES COMING AS WE RECEIVE THEM!

MALAYSIA

You can also read the statement by Women’s Aid Organization in solidarity with the campaign.

PAKISTAN

Rutgers WPF have launched a survey with special focus to the issues faced by transgenders in Pakistan. Fourth question of the poll refers to the recently released Pakistani famous Movie “BOL” which highlights different Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights issues with the context of Muslim families living in Pakistan.

Rutgers will share the results of the poll on 10th December 2011 on the commemoration of International Human Rights Day.

LEBANON

Nasawiya in Lebanon are organizing around the theme of marital rape, which has recently caused controversy during the campaign to Protect Women from Family Violence. Marital rape is exempted from bring considered criminal in the Lebanese Penal Code and women’s movements are calling for its criminalization.

A conference with interactive theater and public forum will take place on Tuesday, November 15 on the theme of marital rape and you can watch the video prepared by the group, gauging out the public’s reactions to the campaign below (in Arabic):


The Lebanese Society of ObGyn will also be holding a session on sexual pleasure deconstruction from a biomedical perspective on November 17.

PHILIPPINES

In Davao City, PILIPINA Legal Resources Center organized a Human Rights Policy Forum on LGBT Rights with a panel discussion and policy recommendations. The event brought together sociologists, researchers, writers, activists, and city councilors. PILIPINA Legal Resources Center worked to connect the LGBT community with local city legislators, academe, women’s movement, the press in order to intellectually discuss the proposed Anti Discrimination Bill Of Davao City Legislative Council which does not have a section on LGBT rights.

Isabelita Solamo-Antonio writes about the issue in Womenwise: LGBT (Lesbians, Gay, Bi-sexuals & Transgenders) Rights Are Human Rights. Check out the Facebook photo album here!

INDONESIA

Organizations in Indonesia marked ODOS with 2 days of events under the theme “My Body, My Rights : No Health Without Rights.” The occasion brought together several NGOs, academic institutions and AIDS Commission at province level (Government Organization). The Organizations that joined the events are Dipayoni (Lesbian organization), Savy Amira (Women Crisis Center), Bhinneka (Religion and pluralism organization), AIDS Commission (Government organization), and Study Center for Human Rights- Surabaya University, Study center for gender and Health- Psychology Faculty-Surabaya University.

 

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One Day, One Struggle 2011

This November 11th marks the 3rd year of the One Day One Struggle (ODOS) campaign. ODOS is an international campaign taking place in 12 countries across the Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia to promote sexual and bodily rights in Muslim societies and across the Arab world. Member organizations of the Coalition of Sexual and Bodily Rights (CSBR) will be carrying out these activities in their prospective countries. Keep an eye out for this year’s activities by the member organizations of CSBR.