Some much needed good news. Now, if we could just get someone to do something about Darfur.....
And in other good, human rights kind of news, Saudi Arabia has finally banned the practice of forcing women to marry against their will. In 2005 - imagine that. Like some of the old customs regarding women in India that have now been outlawed (like throwing yourself on your husband's funeral pyre), I suspect this new law will take time to work it's way into the culture. Unless a woman complains to authorities that she is being forced against her will to marry, I'm not sure how they will enforce this, and I would think the social repercussions of going to the authorities would be enough incentive to prevent most women from doing so. Still - it's a step in the right direction.
