March 28th, 2008
“International Women’s Day, 8 March 2008, marks the launch of PSI’s ‘Water, Women and Workers’ campaign. This two-week campaign will emphasise the vital importance of access to safe, publicly funded water supplies to sustainable development, gender equality and a decent life for all – especially women. The days of action will continue until 22 March, […]
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March 28th, 2008
Note: the following report about the IWD event in Berlin, Germany is from Feminist Peace Network member Ruth Luschnat. I have done some editing in order to make it more readable in English, but have strived to retain the original language as much as possible. Click here to see more photos from the event.
Because so […]
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March 28th, 2008
From the Santa Rosa, CA Press-Democrat:
“A former U.S. Marine accusedof having sex with applicants at the Ukiah recruiting office has been ordered to pay $61,000 to a young woman he’s alleged to have victimized.
The judgment follows a Marine Corps agreement last year to pay $200,000 to two women who claimed the Corps violated their constitutional […]
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March 27th, 2008
So let me see if I have this straight–a pilot discharges a gun in the cockpit of a plane, no worries, nipple rings on the other hand are a threat to national security??
“A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday […]
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March 27th, 2008
Lillith eZine has a marvelous compendium of feminist links. We guarantee you’ll find something there that you haven’t seen before, check it out!
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March 27th, 2008
My college-age son tells me that one of his professors recently pointed to a segment that Amy Goodman did on the Winter Soldier campaign and how the mainstream media isn’t covering it to talk about how stories get routinely disappeared by the forces of media as it were. I also pointed that out […]
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March 26th, 2008
Wow, think I’ll stay out of Oklahoma for the time being…
“A man accused of using a camera to take pictures under the skirt of an unsuspecting 16-year-old girl at a Tulsa store did not commit a crime, a state appeals court has ruled.
The state Court of Criminal Appeals voted 4-1 in favor of Riccardo Gino […]
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March 26th, 2008
If anyone wants to help me figure out how to put YouTube videos in these posts, please feel free to chime in, but in the meantime, check out this great video from Feminist Majority via the wonderful women at Beauty and the Breast.
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March 26th, 2008
According to Al Jazeera,
“A recent editorial in the government-owned Kabul Times offered a stark reminder of the widespread acceptance of violence against women in Afghanistan. The editorial, which ran four days after International Women’s Day on March 8, was titled “A few reasons for violence against women.”
“We always condemn men who beat their wives or […]
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March 25th, 2008
In the most recent Breast Cancer Action newsletter, BCA Executive Director Barbara Brenner notes that,
“A double standard seems to be operating that means far too many people are getting treatments that are not only very aggressive, but are also unnecessary and of no benefit. The double standard has to do with how little evidence is […]
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