Israel Detains Nobel Peace Laureate And Other Human Rights Activists

Via The Nobel Women’s Initiative:
The Nobel Women’s Initiative is deeply concerned by the detention of Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and other human rights activists on the Free Gaza Movement mission to deliver aid to the people of Gaza by boat.  Israeli naval forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat and detained the human rights […]

Memo To ABC: Lipstick Revolution FAIL

The long-term political impact of the highly visible murder of Neda Agha Soltan is not yet known.  I have seen several comparisons of the horrifying video of her death with the 1970 shootings at Kent State and indeed there are some legitimate points of comparison, not the least of which is the eerie similarity between […]

Statement From Iranian Women’s Rights Activists

Via AWID:
This statement was circulated among women’s rights activists in the current conditions of a near complete communication shut-down. Therefore, many women’s rights activists [interested in signing] might not have yet seen this statement at this point. Zhila Bani-Yaghoub and her spouse, Bahman Amouiee, are among the undersigned but have since been arrested and are […]

Some Stone Cold Reality About The Implications Of The Iranian Elections For Women and More On The Unfolding Situation In Iran

As we watch events in Iran unfold today, consider this essay by Lila Ghobady about the realities of what the events in Iran mean to women and why she did not vote in the election:
Why didn’t I vote in the latest elections for the president of the country of my birth, Iran? Because no matter […]

Summer Solstice 2009–Reconnecting With Our History And Finding Our Path

Defiling the Sacred–Chemtrails over Stonehenge
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Quite frequently when discussing politics, someone will say to me that we must remember the historic context of whatever the issue is that we happen to be focused on.  And all too often I find myself biting my tongue because the history to which they refer is literally that–his story.  It […]

Iran: People Have The Power

As the people of Iran have taken to the streets to reclaim their country from tyranny, the story of Iran has also been about the right of people everywhere to free and uncensored news. Using all manner of social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) Iranians and their supporters have been getting the story […]

Women Speak Out About Crisis In Pakistan

From the Working Women Organization via e-mail:
Dear Friends,
As you know how alarmed things are here in Pakistan. For getting absolute control on world resources, American Government has imposed war and internal conflicts in several parts of the world. Pakistan is one of them that is compel to play front line state against alleged “War on […]

Take Action To Secure Freedom For Aung San Suu Kyi

It is an assault on the human rights of us all that Aung San Suu Kyi is still in captivity and a failure of the international community that she now faces an even harsher imprisonment.  Please follow the link below calling on immediate action to secure her freedom. From The Burma Campaign:
The Burma Campaign UK […]

Blog For Fair Pay Update

Last week’s Blog for Fair Pay, organized by the National Women’s Law Center was a major success, attracting more than 160 bloggers !!!  Here is how the campaign, which is an outstanding example of using social media for social justice, was described by DigiActive:
Running the campaign entirely through their website, the NWLC urged bloggers, tweeters, […]

Women In Nigeria Take Off Their Clothes To Protest Delay In Announcement Of Election Results

Seriously, the time to do this in the U.S. is now:
Protest against the delay in announcing the result of the April 25 governorship rerun in Ekiti State yesterday took another dimension as thousands of women across the 16 local government areas of the state, who dressed half-naked trooped to the streets to protest an alleged […]

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