March 8th, 2007
Please join us in an ongoing electronic vigil in solidarity with
women’s rights activists in Iran at:
http://opinionware.net/iran_vigil
Refuse to Choose:
Reject US Intervention!
AND
Support Local Action!
On Sunday, 4 March 2007, the police and security forces violently
attacked and arrested 33 women’s rights activists as they stood in
peaceful protest outside the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The
activists had gathered in solidarity […]
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March 8th, 2007
I’m going to have more on this hopefully in the next week, but I did want to let everyone know that Frida Berrigan has an excellent piece on the WIMN’s Voices blog about violence against women in Iraq and the Madre report.
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March 8th, 2007
World Pulse Magazine has a beautiful special edition for International Women’s Day, full of news and commentary. Check it out here.
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March 8th, 2007
Geez you’d think he was running for President. Oh wait, he is running…let’s hold him to this!
“Access to education, economic security, employment non-discrimination, eradication of poverty, equality before the law, access to HIV/AIDS prevention and other health care services, and freedom from gender-based violence, including human trafficking, are all critical benchmarks of women’s progress,” […]
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March 7th, 2007
In the process of writing the earlier post about the arrest of women in Iran, I came across this excellent website that does a fabulous job of listing news stories about women throughout the world. Highly recommended.
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March 7th, 2007
2 high school students arrested for saying (oh gasp) “vagina” during the performance of a certain play. No comment.
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March 7th, 2007
Feminist Peace Network joins human rights activists throughout the world in demanding the release of the 33 women arrested last Sunday in Iran. According to a report from Tehran,
“All the women arrested on Sunday as they were staging a rally in front of a court house in Tehran are on hunger strike in the […]
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March 6th, 2007
The following is from the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq. Unfortunately I have not been able to load the poster on our website, due to an apparent problem with the file. This is a sad and dangerous day for women in Iraq, please hold them in your thoughts as you celebrate IWD.
Dear […]
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March 6th, 2007
As seems to always be the case in the run-up to International Women’s Day, my inbox is overflowing with stories about women throughout the world. Here are a few sobering reports:
From the Moscow Times:
“Each year, more than 14,000 women are killed in acts of domestic violence, meaning that more than one woman dies in Russia […]
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March 5th, 2007
Public Statement by Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran
FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE
EXCLUSIVE REPORT
CONTACT: press@wfafi.org
BOSTON, MA- -More than 32 Iranian women have been arrested in Tehran for protesting in front of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. The protestors declared solidarity with five women on trial over their roles in a demonstration which was broken up by police in June […]
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