Archive for December 22nd, 2009
Over the past several years, feminist women and men throughout Europe came together to meet as part of the European Feminist Forum. In the European Feminist Forum, they exchanged ideas about issues that face women in Europe today, with the goal of creating a new European feminist agenda. The discussions are now collected in the [...]
The three recent publications (links below) are also available in Spanish and French translations are just being produced. A further two publications are slated for release later this year. 1. Shared Insights: Women’s Rights Activists Define Religious Fundamentalisms http://www.awid.org/eng/content/view/full/44599 2. Religious Fundamentalisms on the Rise: A Case for Action http://www.awid.org/eng/content/view/full/44603 3. Exposed: Ten Myths about [...]
Lawmakers voted to ease Spain’s abortion law last week, approving a bill to allow the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks. The change would bring this traditionally Roman Catholic country in line with its more secular neighbors in northern Europe. The measure now goes to the Senate, where passage is expected some time early [...]
When Milanese businesswomen Lorella Zanardo decided to make a short documentary critiquing the sexist and humiliating depictions of women on Italian television, her expectations were modest. “I thought that we’d make this video, put it on DVD and take it around to high schools to get kids thinking about the issue,” says Zanardo. “The last [...]
The sale of the abortion pill RU486 has been given final approval in Italy, despite protests from the Vatican and the government in the Catholic country. Unlike in other European countries, the pill, also known as mifepristone, will be administered solely in hospitals. The pill was originally approved by the country’s pharmaceuticals agency in late [...]
The court said legalising prostitution would help in the monitoring of the trade and rehabilitating sex workers. Although illegal, prostitution is a thriving business in cities and towns across India. It is estimated that there are more than two million female sex workers in the country. The court’s remarks came while dealing with a public [...]
Legal experts say most rape victims do not report the attacks because of social stigma and the distress involved in describing it. Women who are the victims of rape in the UAE do not always report the attacks because of social stigma and the fear they themselves could end up being prosecuted, according to lawyers [...]
Officer’s commander jailed after touching her against her will and making sexual comments, but she finds it difficult to recover. Committee to determine her disability level A female officer who fell victim to sexual harassment by her commander, causing her to suffer from mental distress, will be recognized as handicapped by the army, a Defense [...]
Uganda’s parliament has unanimously voted to outlaw female genital mutilation, imposing a 10-year penalty on anyone who conducts the procedure and life in prison for those who physically force a woman to submit to the act, one of the bill’s main sponsors said on Friday. “This practice has left so many women in misery. So [...]
Other African Governments Should Act to Hold Perpetrators Accountable Members and supporters of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party committed widespread, systematic rape in 2008 to terrorize the political opposition, said AIDS-Free World in “Electing to Rape: Sexual Terror in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe,” a report released today. These crimes against humanity have received little public attention and [...]
Two recent conferences held on the African continent reaffirmed the determination of women to achieve genuine equality and political empowerment. The Eighth Africa Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+15) took place in Banjul, Gambia, in West Africa, Nov. 16-20. It featured reports on progress made towards achieving the goals adopted during the U.N. Fourth World Conference [...]
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and green advocate Wangari Maathai became a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on the environment and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced last week. Ms. Maathai of Kenya was inducted as a Messenger of Peace at a ceremony in Copenhagen, where the UN climate change conference [...]
Q&A: Gender Missing in Climate Agreements http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49563 AFGHANISTAN: Gov’t and Donors Fail to Protect Women’s Rights http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49578 Q&A: Three Decades of Progress for Women’s Treaty, But Many Challenges Ahead http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49589 Q&A: Africa – High On Political Empowerment, Low On Education http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49517 RIGHTS: Women’s Treaty a Powerful Force for Equality http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49545 GENDER: Zimbabwe Basket Fund Takes [...]
In This Issue: UNIFEM Launches Say NO – UNiTE Campaign 10th Anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women * Secretary-General Announces Trust Fund Grants * UNIFEM Honours HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand * Spanish Ministry of Equality Recognizes UNIFEM 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence * Latin America: [...]
After suffering 10 years of horrific abuse at the hands of her husband, Rody Alvarado fled her native Guatemala in 1995 and applied for asylum in the U.S. Last week, in a one-page decision, an immigration judge finally granted her request. It was the culmination of a long personal odyssey for Alvarado and of a [...]
The continued failure of the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1979, deprives women in the US of the full protection of their rights, Human Rights Watch said. “For 30 years, this treaty [...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the backlog of untested DNA evidence in rape cases across the nation should move the United States closer to addressing the issue, Human Rights Watch said. Thousands of sets of evidence, called “rape kits,” sit untested in police and crime lab storage facilities, Human Rights Watch said. The hearing, [...]
Recent postings- Towards a Future without Fundamentalisms: New Report Analyzes Religious Fundamentalist Strategies and Feminist Responses
- Statement on the Murder of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, women’s human rights defender of Ciudad Juarez
- Sudan police arrest women protesting at flogging video
- UN Chief Leaves Women out of Year-End Summing Up
- Sex education is expelled from Egyptian schools
- Kurdish Parliament Turns Blind Eye to Prostitution
- Sexual harassment cases in Israel’s civil service rose 40% in 2010
- Women in south Sudan have been targeted in a string of abusive attacks by police cracking down on Western clothes
- Women and girls living in Haiti’s makeshift camps face an increasing risk of rape and sexual violence says Amnesty International new report
- Stand up against hatred and threats against LGBT in Malaysia
- new on womensgrid
- Tower Hamlets Residents Solidarity Campaign – Solidarity with women involved in prostitution in east London
- East London Fawcett: Free Gallery Tour ~ 12 May & Pay Gap Talk ~ 23rd May 2012
- The Light Bulb Moment and future of feminism Book launch and panel – Bristol ~ 15th May 2012
- Hollaback! Portsmouth launch event – Tuesday 22nd May 2012
- Run for Congo Women – Deadline extended to 25th May 2012!
- Fast fall in number of male-only FTSE 100 boards
- Why has the UK got so few women scientists?
- The Haven Wolverhampton E Bulletin May 2012
- 2 vacancies – Shakti Women’s Aid (Edinburgh) ~ 28th May 2012
- Volunteering for Dorset Rape Crisis Centre
- new on women in london
- Information added in March 2012
- Information added in February 2012
- Information added in January 2012
- Pro-Choice Public Meeting – Abortion Rights ~16th May 2012
- Fawcett on Queen’s speech: flexible parental leave / red tape challenge
- Policy and Campaigns Internship – Power and Agency campaign – Fawcett ~ 22nd May 2012
- Administration and Finance Worker – Women in Prison ~ 18th May 2012
- A Women’s Agenda for the Local Elections May 2012 – Survey Results
- Friends of the Women’s Library update on the future of the Library
- Women in Black, vigils and Facebook page
