Feminist Peace Network

From the Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran (WFAFI)’s E-Zan 43:
WFAFI News - November 16, 2007 According to Majlis (parliament) Women’s Committee Chairwoman Fatemeh Alia, “Iranian women are free to be active in various political and social arenas.” Yet, they must ask for their husband’s permission to leave the house or attend their father’s funeral! […]

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I have finally found a way to add bookmarking capabilities to our posts without crashing down the site like I did last week.  At the bottom of each post is now a button for bookmarking posts to a variety of services–Yahoo, Google, StumbleUpon, Technorati and many more.  And yes, unfortunately Digg, but hey, you don’t […]

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We are deeply relieved that the King of Saudi Arabia has apparently pardoned the gang-rape victim who was sentenced to 200 lashes as well as jail time. However as the following snippets from this article about the pardon illustrate, President Bush’s reaction was unpardonable.
Expressing astonishment and wondering how he would react if it was […]

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I’m sure you’ll all be relieved to know that the military contractor KBR does not tolerate sexual harassment.  Just ask them.  Here in all its glory is the memo they sent  to their employees disputing the facts in the lawsuit brought by former employee Jamie Lee Jones alleging that the military contractor locked her in […]

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And then there is this from the ever fascinating Gun Guys:
“We will leave it up to law enforcement officials to decide whether or not former police officer Drew Peterson, of the Chicago suburbs, is responsible for the disappearance – and presumed death – of his fourth wife, Stacy. In fact, authorities are also looking into […]

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Memo to CNN and Halliburton:  A gang-rape should never, ever be described as a “dispute”.  According to The Raw Story, Halliburton is claiming that  the civil suit brought by Jamie Leigh Jones alleging that she was gang-raped while working for Halliburton in Iraq must be heard by an arbitrator of Halliburton’s choosing rather than in […]

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Many thanks to Dennis Argall who passed along information about the Nyalebe Community Development Alliance, a wonderful endeavor to help women and children in the northeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Mama Mado Beriu, the Chairperson of the Allliance writes,

“Women wake up very early to make breakfast, they go to the […]

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The Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq’s Houzan Mahmoud has written an excellent piece that is posted on Open Democracy challenging the excuse that culture is an acceptable explanation for violence against women in the Middle East. She writes,
“I challenge those who justify the killing, abuse, and oppression of women on the basis that […]

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Going to school is getting increasingly difficult for girls in Pakistan.
“Amidst fears of bombings in February this year, at least five private schools, including three in Peshawar, temporarily closed down after receiving letters warning teachers and pupils to wear ‘burqas’.”
Now girls attending the Higher Secondary Girls School in the town of Oghi are being […]

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UK activist Jennifer Drew is on a roll with totally spot-on analysis of how the media and politicians perpetuate violence against women with gender-neutral language. In a blistering critique published on The F Word, she writes,
“Take, for example, these phrases and sentences: “Stop violence against womenâ€?. “Xxx number of women and girls were […]

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