Seven Daughters and Seven Sons Research on Islamic Culture and Women's Rights
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ books/feature/islam/index.html

General Reference:  Encyclopedia Britannica Online   Try searching with the keywords "women's rights" to get encyclopedia entries as well as web sites and journal articles. Then do a search with the keyword "Islam". 

Sites About Women's Rights.

Timeline of Key Events in the American Women's Rights Movement

The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998  from the National Women's History Project

Sites About Islam.

Facts About Islam from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

BBC-Guide to Islam
A general introduction to Islam that is part of the BBC "Guide to Religions of the World"

An Islamic Perpective on Women's Dress from the Muslim Women's League

Islamic Beliefs and Practices from The Islamic World to 1600

http://www.cnn.com/cnn/Programs/presents/index.veil.html (Beneath the Veil; Inside the Taliban's Afghanistan-Click on Interactive)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1410061.stm (Inside Afghanistan: Behind the veil)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/465053.stm (World: Middle East Saudi women taste public life)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/2986962.stm(Iraqi women 'forced to veil')

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/3007381.stm(Where are Iraq's women?)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/lifestyles/links/veils_05.html