Just a note to all of you who frequent this blog–I will be on the road for the next 10 days and therefore will be blogging sporadically, if at all. So take a breather, enjoy the quiet and I’ll be back to regular posting the week of Apr. 16.
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Cindy Sheehan adds to the analysis of why NOW’s decision to endorse Clinton is so unfortunate:
“In their campaign: I’m Ready for a Woman President, NOW’s website states that Ms. Clinton was “misled by the new presidentâ€? in her 2002 vote to give this “newâ€? president authorization to go to war. I am […]
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The country of Eritrea has banned Female Genital Mutilation, which afflicts approximately 90% of the women in that country. Anyone promoting or participating in FGM faces being fined and/or jailed for up to 10 years. According to Reuters,
“A health survey by Eritrea’s government in 2002 found 62 percent of circumcised women in the Red Sea […]
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The National Organization for Women’s recent endorsement of Hillary Clinton is hardly surprising. But it is troublesome on a number of levels. I’ve been meaning to write something about this but have been buriied in other projects. However my friend and cohort Mary Lou Greenberg has written an excellent dissent of the NOW position which […]
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Many thanks to Lynette Dumble of the Global Sisterhood Network for these 2 excellent pieces about the impact of Tsunamis on women’s lives:
Tsunami-affected Women Face Violence at CampsÂ
Violence Plagues Female Tsunami Victims
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