Feminist Peace Network

For those of you who still think it can’t happen here:
Subject: URGENT Appeal for Support: US Anti-war Activist Arrested at Canadian Border!
Sent: 24 Sep ‘07 13:53
The Alison Bodine Defense Committee is appealing to all progressive groups and organizations who fight for a better world to support the campaign to defend Alison Bodine, a US citizen […]

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I frequently bemoan the fact that I am not creative enough to make up stuff as good as what happens in reality–many thanks to an alert feminist fan in Arkansas for this story which starts out ridiculous and just gets worse. Seems a group of anti-abortion wingnuts wants to put a statue on […]

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I just came across an interesting piece in the May/June issue of the Columbia Journalism Review that talks about female journalists who are sexually assaulted while doing their job.
“The only attempt to quantify this problem has been a slim survey of female war reporters published two years ago by the International News Safety Institute, based […]

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Kudos to Dr. Lynette Dumble of the Global Sisterhood Network for flagging this troublesome piece from the Deccan Chronicle about prostitution in Cambodia. With a headline that reads, “Demand for Virgins Soar”, the article reports that the high demand for virgins is fueling sex trafficking of underage girls in Cambodia. While the article goes […]

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A hearty congragulations to Vogue Italia for what is the most obscene, inappropriate fashion spread I have every seen.  Shot after suggestive shot shows  pornographic images of models being ravaged/lusted after by ’soldiers’, some of the shots are quite violent in nature.  This comment on Detainees says it all:
“Steven Meisel’s new spread in Vogue Italia, […]

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As part of the Day for Darfur observances last weekend, 26 prominent women from around the world issued an open letter to world leaders calling for increased efforts to end the violence in that region. Signers included actresses Cate Blanchett and Mia Farrow, noted author Germaine Greer, and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson. […]

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Many thanks to Jennifer Drew for passing along this call for action, let’s hope other women in other countries join in planning similar actions:
“My name is Sabrina Qureshi and I work with Women and Girls Network who
work women healing women. We work with women who are overcoming their
experiences of sexual and male interpersonal violence.
I and […]

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Last weekend I had the good fortune to hear a presentation at the Idea Festival in Louisville Kentucky by Georgia Popplewell, Amira Al Hussaini and Ethan Zuckerman, all of whom are associated with Global Voices, entitled “The Internet is NOT Flat,” which gave a fascinating look at how the availability of electricity and cable lines […]

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RH Reality Check has an excellent article about whether and how to push for the ratification of CEDAW by the U.S. Senate:
“(T)he Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). CEDAW, a treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979, is often described simply as “an international bill of rights for women.” […]

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Please read below WFAFI’s searing assessment of the UN Human Rights Council Council’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour’s recent trip to Iran as well of other horrendous news about what is happening to women in Iran:
Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran E-Zan Newsletter September 15, […]

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