January 31st, 2008
Words of Women Essay deadline: February 15.
Women Writing History
An International Herstory Project and Essay CompetitionA Project of Historic Proportions
Capturing Forever the Words of Women
To tell the stories of our Mothers, Sisters, and Grandmothers; to chronicle events important to women; to enrich lives; to inspire women to think and contribute; to empower women and girls; […]
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January 31st, 2008
New Report Shows Large Demand For Domestic Violence Services And Short Supply Of Resources To Meet Victims’ NeedsCuts to core VAWA programs and VOCA threaten advocates’ abilities to meet demand for services
From The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV):
(January 30, 2008) Washington, DC – In a single day, domestic violence programs served more than […]
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January 30th, 2008
Many thanks to the Los Angeles Times for publishing my opinion piece about sexual assault in the U.S. military. The piece is based on a quick comment that I made on this blog regarding a piece by Anne K. Ream on the military allowing burial with full honors for a veteran who had been convicted […]
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January 30th, 2008
With the U.S. Marines expected to increase the number of troops in Guam to 8000 in the near future,
“An activist group from Okinawa has released a report compiling over 400 documented cases of gang rape, abduction, beating, murder and other forms of abuses committed by American soldiers against the Japanese people from the post-war period […]
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January 30th, 2008
This is why UNSC 1325 is SO important:
“Women have decried their exclusion from the ongoing mediation to end post-election violence.
The chairperson of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK), Ms Isabella Karanja, said Kenya had ignored the United Nations Security Council resolution that supports women’s participation in mediation.
In 2000, the UN adopted resolution 1325, […]
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January 29th, 2008
We’ve talked about the hundreds of thousands of women who die of childbirth related causes every year more times than I care to think about on this blog. As this report makes clear, this is an ongoing problem and one that in some countries is getting worse, not better.
The maternal mortality rate in Namibia:
“increased from […]
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January 29th, 2008
When you read the typical reports in the mainstream media about the violence that is occurring in Kenya, there is rarely any mention that much of it is being specifically targeted at women and children. However, if the 4th estate would do their damned homework, and read the Kenyan press, they would hear the […]
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January 28th, 2008
I’d like to tell you that I’m making this up, but sadly, it is from The Guardian (UK):
“This year, the London Dungeon plans to relaunch its Jack the Ripper show, according to the PR firm, which emailed a support service for women trafficked into Britain for prostitution. “The show will be an actor-led experience with […]
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January 25th, 2008
As Robert Fisk points out, it is quite easy to create orphans in Iraq. What truly can you say about 3 young girls whose mother’s body was riddled by 40 bullets fired by employees of an Australian “security” company while she committed the heinous crime of driving home from church to her Baghdad home. And […]
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January 25th, 2008
Yes, you guessed it, that is a Target ad and no actually we don’t think targeting women with their legs spread wide on a bullseye, even if it happens to be your corporate symbol is a good marketing strategy. But to add insult to injury, when another blogger wrote to protest the ad, […]
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