November 20th, 2008
From IRIN:
“Soaring insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has raised fears of a new wave of sexual violence in a region termed “the worst place in the world to be a woman” by aid workers.
During the first six months of 2008, there were more than 5,000 reported rape cases in the flashpoint province of […]
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November 19th, 2008
“A new report from Amnesty International exposes rape, domestic violence and sexual harassment against women in Armenia:
Women told Amnesty International how they were beaten by their husbands or other family members; how they were raped and verbally abused; how they were controlled and prevented from meeting their parents and friends. Over a quarter of women […]
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November 14th, 2008
From RAWA:
“Attackers in Afghanistan have sprayed acid in the faces of at least 15 girls near a school in Kandahar, police say.
They say the attack happened shortly before at least six people were killed in a bomb blast near a government building in the city.
Doctors say the six girls were wearing Islamic burkas or […]
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November 13th, 2008
Reprinted with kind permission from Payvand and Change For Equality:
Background
Pressure on women’s rights activists has intensified. Esha Momeni was arrested on October 15th while driving on the Modarres Highway and was transferred to Evin Prison. To date, no clear and specific explanation has been provided. On October 19th, security officers carrying investigation and arrest warrants […]
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November 13th, 2008
Press release from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF):
“Teams from the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) are struggling to provide free, quality emergency care to pregnant women and their babies in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Over the last month, hundreds of women have desperately sought emergency obstetric care at Jude-Anne […]
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November 10th, 2008
The Feminist Peace Network is pleased to be participating in Bloggers Unite For Refugees Day. This topic is particularly important to us because women and children tend to make up the majority of refugees both as a result of natural disasters and because of war and conflict. Blog Catalog, which is organizing this event has […]
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November 10th, 2008
From the Kigali New Times:
“The leaders of the pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams, were finally released on bail on Thursday after spending three weeks at Mlondolozi Prison. However the two outspoken activists have been put under strict bail conditions.
Speaking after her release Williams told SW Radio Africa: “Our […]
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November 5th, 2008
From SW Radio Africa:
“Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) leaders Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu have spent their third weekend - and a total of 19 days - in Mlondolozi Prison in Bulawayo. Despite a High Court appeal on the 27th October there has still been no response from authorities. The pair have been denied […]
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November 3rd, 2008
As the unspeakable violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues, the situation for women and children whose bodies have literally become part of the battlefield of war is urgently dire. In a report for the Belfast Telegraph, Johann Hari describes a visit to the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu:
“It starts with a ward […]
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October 31st, 2008
From the Guatemalan solidarity network NISGUA:
On 19 October at around 12pm a relative of Norma Cruz (whose name is withheld for safety reasons) was stopped by an unknown man driving a pick-up truck while walking home in Guatemala city. Norma Cruz’s relative offered the man a cellular phone thinking it was a robbery but was […]
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