SOMMAIRE:
New UN agency for women has strong roots in civil society;
Empowering women is essential to millennium development goals;
In Iran, seven Bahà`i leaders face long sentences under harsh conditions;
Religious freedom is matter of human dignity, says new special rapporteur;
Award takes note of composers embrace of a diversity of cultures;
Anew book by Rafael Cerrato finds a “bridge between East and West”.

SOMMAIRE:
New UN agency for women has strong roots in civil society;
Empowering women is essential to millennium development goals;
In Iran, seven Bahà`i leaders face long sentences under harsh conditions;
Religious freedom is matter of human dignity, says new special rapporteur;
Award takes note of composers embrace of a diversity of cultures;
Anew book by Rafael Cerrato finds a “bridge between East and West”.