http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/02/29/women-in-afghanistan-will-march-on-iwd-they-need-your-support/ UrGently Fierce Feminism In Perilous Times Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/02/29/women-in-afghanistan-will-march-on-iwd-they-need-your-support/comment-page-1/#comment-52306 Tim Hollis Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:32:44 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/02/29/women-in-afghanistan-will-march-on-iwd-they-need-your-support/#comment-52306 Too bad Americans are too cowed to act. Let's import these women and export our illegally installed regime. Too bad Americans are too cowed to act. Let’s import these women and export our illegally installed regime.

]]> http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/02/29/women-in-afghanistan-will-march-on-iwd-they-need-your-support/comment-page-1/#comment-52119 Feminist Peace Network » Clinton Keeps Funds From Firm Accused By EEOC Of “A Brazen Pattern Of Sexual Harassment Including Sexual Assaults” Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:33:25 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/02/29/women-in-afghanistan-will-march-on-iwd-they-need-your-support/#comment-52119 [...] We live in a world where women are facing an epidemic of rape in conflicts from Nepal to Chiapas to the Democratic Republic of Congo, yet neither Clinton nor Obama has seen fit to mention it. Recent reports of the widespread murder of educated women in Iraq by religious extremists are adding new horror to an already horrifying situation but are going almost unreported. Women and children today form the bulk of the world’s refugees and make up the majority of the world’s poor. Despite doing more than two-thirds of the world’s labor, women own only 1 percent of the world’s assets. Yet not one presidential candidate has chosen to highlight the profound threat that gender inequality is posing to the development, economic stability and future peace of our world.” Ramdas is entirely correct. Had Clinton taken the time to truly stand up for women, rather than so arrogantly dismissing issues such as the seriousness of sexual harassment, she would have had the full support of her first constituency, American women. Ramdas points out that of course Obama has not addressed these issues either. He is willing to use force in Afghanistan, but don’t hold your breath waiting for his suport of the women in Kandahar who are marching for peace on International Women’s Day. If he truly wants to be a force of change, this would be the most effective place to start. [...] We live in a world where women are facing an epidemic of rape in conflicts from Nepal to Chiapas to the Democratic Republic of Congo, yet neither Clinton nor Obama has seen fit to mention it. Recent reports of the widespread murder of educated women in Iraq by religious extremists are adding new horror to an already horrifying situation but are going almost unreported. Women and children today form the bulk of the world’s refugees and make up the majority of the world’s poor. Despite doing more than two-thirds of the world’s labor, women own only 1 percent of the world’s assets. Yet not one presidential candidate has chosen to highlight the profound threat that gender inequality is posing to the development, economic stability and future peace of our world.” Ramdas is entirely correct. Had Clinton taken the time to truly stand up for women, rather than so arrogantly dismissing issues such as the seriousness of sexual harassment, she would have had the full support of her first constituency, American women. Ramdas points out that of course Obama has not addressed these issues either. He is willing to use force in Afghanistan, but don’t hold your breath waiting for his suport of the women in Kandahar who are marching for peace on International Women’s Day. If he truly wants to be a force of change, this would be the most effective place to start.

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