Is this George Bush’s idea of bettering the lives of women?
From RAWA:
A local commander and his 11 men gang-rape a 22-year-old woman in Shahre Buzurg district of the northeastern Badakhshan province on Nov.28.
The crime took place in the Shah Dasht village, by a local warlord called Mujtaba who belongs to Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan led by Burhanuddin […]
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Ok, it’s just a little fantasy, but what if women in every nation issued such a statement:
From: FWCC
To: Pacific Womens’ Information Network
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: [pacwin] Stop the War of Words
27 November 2006
Press Release
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has called for an end to the War of Words
that is currently taking place […]
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According to an AP story that ran under the headline, “6 Iraqis killed as GIs fight insurgents”,
“U.S. soldiers fought with suspected insurgents using a building as a safe house in Ramadi on Tuesday, killing one Iraqi man and five females, ranging in age from an infant to teenagers, the U.S. military said.”
A more accurate headline […]
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Brava to the women at the Association for Progressive Communications, Women’s Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) for their Take Back the Tech Campaign which runs Nov. 25 through Dec. 10. The campaign is designed to raise awareness between technology and violence against women. Their website has some excellent material on the relationship […]
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This was sent to us by Gila Svirsky, please forward widely.
This petition is part of the campaign of Israeli peace organizations called
“GAZA: Stop the Siege! Stop the War!”
To the Israeli government and world leaders:
The situation in Gaza has reached emergency levels - inadequate water,
electricity, and medicine; widespread hunger, poverty, and unemployment;
schools and other services rendered […]
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Reprinted with the kind permission of the author:
Women’s Lives Still On the Line
by Mary Lou Greenberg
Washington, D.C., Nov. 8—The U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases challenging a Federal law that would ban the most commonly used and safest abortion procedures for women in the second trimester of pregnancy. The reactionary law—passed by Congress and signed […]
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I have always wondered how television producers come up with all those ‘new’ holiday specials every year, but over at Fox it appears they are fresh out of ideas. This year, the Rupert
Murdoch-owned Fox Broadcasting will kick off the season with a 2 (count ‘em 2) night special on Nov. 27 and 29th entitled “O.J. […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 15, 2006
1:47 PM
CONTACT: Human Rights Watch
Tel:1-(202) 612-4321
US: Congress Must Protect Women Workers in Trade Law
WASHINGTON - November 15 - The US Congress looks likely to renew trade legislation that turns a blind eye to the rights of women workers in developing countries, Human Rights Watch said today. US […]
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Welcome to Feminist Peace Network’s new blog where we will be posting Atrocities, Action Alerts, News and Commentary.
This blog is a work in progress, so please bear with us as we get up and running.
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