May 7th, 2008
Murder Attempt Against Puntland’s Last Woman TV Presenter
Reporters sans Frontières
PRESS RELEASE
7 May 2008
Reporters Without Borders said today it was disgusted by a murder attempt against Bisharo Mohammed Waeys, celebrated presenter on the privately-owned Eastern Television Network (ETN), on 4 May, the last woman working openly as a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, north-eastern […]
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May 7th, 2008
There is an AP story in my local paper this morning that says this about Mrs. Bush, and I quote:
“She blistered military leaders…as being “very inept” for repressing citizens and decimating an economy.”
Unfortunately she was referring to Mynamar, not the U.S.
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May 7th, 2008
Our list of influential women leaders is growing, here is the updated list, please note that if a submitted name is already on the Time list, then I didn’t include it here:
Barbara Brenner–Breast Cancer Action
Jennifer Drew–English activist working to highlight misogynist media portrayals of sexual assault.
Cathy Webster–1000 Grandmothers
Geena Davis
Leuren Moret and Helen Caldicott for raising […]
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May 7th, 2008
As is always the case in discussing aid in the aftermath of natural disasters, the first concern that we have is getting the aid to those who need it most, and that is almost always women and children. We will post information on efforts directed specifically for that purpose in Myanmar as we become aware […]
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May 7th, 2008
Anna Greer has a very thought-provoking piece in Wo! Magazine about the use of the passive voice in describing gender-based violence. She writes:
“One of the first things journalism students learn is to avoid the passive voice. So, you have to wonder why journalists are drawn to using passive voice when the subject of their […]
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May 6th, 2008
Well here it is, the opening salvo of the “It’s About Time” list of influential women that Time should have included in their list of 100 influential leaders. We need more names! Let’s make it clear that far more than 25% of the influential people on this planet happen to be women. By perpetuating the […]
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May 6th, 2008
From Bev Harris at Black Box Voting:
“In April 2008 when Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced the release of “record high” voter registration rolls, with 4.3 million voters set to vote in the Tuesday May 6 primary, he didn’t mention that a whopping 1,134,427 voter registrations have been cancelled.
Now, the voter rolls are supposed […]
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May 6th, 2008
“Disney’s Double Standard: Despite Playing the Victim in Hannah Montana Photo Episode, Company’s Ads in China Feature Even Racier Tween Models After Disney screamed in outrage over Vanity Fair’s controversial Miley Cyrus shoot, now photos of Disney underwear ads in China have popped up on the web showing even more skin on tween models. Disney spokeswoman […]
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May 6th, 2008
From Amnesty International:
Stop the Impunity and Demand Justice for Barbara Italia Mendez and the Women
of Atenco!
Dear Supporter,
Just over a month ago we told you about Barbara Italia Mendez who was one of 26 women arrested without explanation at a protest in May 2006, beaten, and raped by members of the Mexican police. May […]
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May 5th, 2008
From the Standing Woman blog:
First there were two, then four, than another three, then two more, then…. From down the hill, over the fence, up from the street, from across the stairs, they came to answer the call from StandingWomen.org.We intuitively formed a circle. Women and men and children and Coyote, the dog, came together […]
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