The Daily Star (Lebanon) has published a rare look at violence against women in that country, where it is estimated that an honor killing takes place every week.
“In the minds of most Lebanese violence is something that is public and political, perpetrated by forces outside their individual communities. In contrast the home and the family […]
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As Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai writes, it is significant that this prize has once again been awarded to someone who focuses on the environment. She says that when she first met Al Gore in 1990,
“neither of us could imagine being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize or, indeed, that the Norwegian Nobel Committee would […]
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Yet another example of the systemic, global pandemic of violence against women…
Amnesty International and Action des Chretiens pour l’Abolition de la Torture have called on the government of Burundi to take action to protect women and girls from sexual violence.
“Despite the fact that the rape of women and girls is widespread throughout the country, the […]
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I suppose it was inevitable, but the family values crazies have come up with a great cure for breast cancer. Yes, you guessed it–get married and have babies! Dr. Miriam Grossman writes for Townhall, a “conservative web community,
“It’s another instance of ideology trumping science. Emphasizing the benefits of early motherhood could—gasp!—encourage some young women to […]
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Some key facts:
According to the The U.N. Population Fund,
“(W)omen on average earn slightly more than 50 percent of what men are earning, while women and girls are often the last to eat, and women’s health problems are considered less important than other family priorities.”
In addition,
“UNIFEM notes that among the factors that place women at risk […]
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I am so going to send this to every man who ever told me that they admired me but that I was too feminist for them:
“Feminism boosts sexual satisfaction for both men and women, a new study suggests.
Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as ugly lesbians, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is […]
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Press release from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood:
CCFC to McDonald’s: Stop Selling Sex with a Side of Fries (or […]
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Yes, thank you for asking, I am getting tired of writing about this, but I’ll keep doing it because it is really necessary that we expose this stuff and name it for what it is, commercial opportunism.
I was at the grocery store this morning where it is almost impossible to fill your cart without tripping […]
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Cross-posted with permission from the Immigrant Justice Blog–this is for today folks, please make those calls:
Vitter Amendment Bullies State and Local Governments, Puts Immigrant Women at Risk
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Vote expected today: Senator Vitter has offered a harmful amendment to the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill that would undercut community policing and endanger public safety, […]
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According to a report by the United Nations Population Fund, 536,000 women died of maternal causes in 2005.
“Ninety-nine per cent of these deaths occurred in developing countries.
Slightly more than one half of the maternal deaths (270,000) occurred in the sub-Saharan Africa region, followed by South Asia (188,000). Together, these two regions accounted for 86 per […]
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