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What do postfeminism and postracialism have to do with liberation and freedom? The answer is clear: nothing — not a single thing. Postfeminism or postracialism contribute nothing to dismantling the patriarchal systems that spread across cultures and races. Or to inhibit gender violence, deliver healthcare, provide economic relief or increase abortion accessibility. The [...]
IN THIS ISSUE
- UNIFEM Welcomes Strong Support by the General Assembly for the Establishment of a New Gender Entity
- New Security Council Resolutions Strengthen Women’s Protection in Conflict and Participation in Peacebuilding
- Launching in November: Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women
- UNIFEM around the World
- o Clinton Global Initiative Selects UN Trust [...]
Nearly 90,000 women reported they were raped in the United States last year.
It’s estimated another 75,000 rapes went unreported. But while rape convictions are up – a five month CBS News investigation raises questions about just how many rapists are actually being brought to justice.
Rape in this country is surprisingly easy to get [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Is It Time to Plan Another U.N. Population Meet?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48918
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48915
DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Women’s Peace Offensive
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48905
ECONOMY: ‘It’s Smart to Invest in Girls’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48885
Q&A: ‘Cambodia’s Penal Code Aims to Silence Gov’t Critics’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48924
AFRICA: Uneven Progress on Development Goals
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48869
INDIA: Return of Traditional Birth Attendants Urged to Meet MDG 5
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48853
RIGHTS: Unsafe Abortions Killing 70,000 a Year
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48851
DEVELOPMENT: [...]
Red light for Burqa-wearing drivers in Bahrain
http://www.ips.org/blog/mdg3/
LATIN AMERICA: Big Gender, Ethnic Gaps in Wages Found
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48820
PHILIPPINES: Women in Troubled South Bear Heavy Burden of Conflict
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48826
UGANDA: Wanted: New Messengers on Women’s Rights
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48823
Q&A: Invest in Young People in Latin America
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48813
HEALTH: Africa Leads World in Premature Infant Deaths
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48745
Q&A: Women’s Empowerment: ‘Men Are Interested’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48822
PHILIPPINES: Like Men, Women Aim to Put [...]
DEVELOPMENT: Is It Time to Plan Another U.N. Population Meet?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48918
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Female Circumcision Still a Vote Winner
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48915
DEVELOPMENT-SOUTH ASIA: Women’s Peace Offensive
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48905
ECONOMY: ‘It’s Smart to Invest in Girls’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48885
Q&A: ‘Cambodia’s Penal Code Aims to Silence Gov’t Critics’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48924
AFRICA: Uneven Progress on Development Goals
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48869
INDIA: Return of Traditional Birth Attendants Urged to Meet MDG 5
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48853
DEVELOPMENT: Meeting MDGs “Not Rocket Science”
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48847
HEALTH: Study [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Strides and Setbacks for Domestic and Rural Workers
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48613
ZIMBABWE: Virgins Forced into Marriage to ‘Appease’ Evil Spirits
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48630
RIGHTS: Shelters Open for Battered Husbands
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48608
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Women Talk: ‘We Want Greater Gender Equality’
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48629
UGANDA-RIGHTS: Bride Price: You Feel You Are Family Property
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48619
INDIA: Most Live Donors Are Wives or Mothers
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48571
ZIMBABWE: Board Gives School System Failing Marks
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews48584
PAKISTAN: ‘Empty Stomachs’ Could Spark [...]
In the “Media and Women” panel discussion of the Mesopotamia Social Forum Turkish journalists and authors evaluated the role of women in the mass media regarding the Kurdish question.
As part of last week’s meeting of the Mesopotamia Social Forum (MSF) publication director of the daily Günlük newspaper Filiz Koçaeli summarized her point of view in [...]
POLITICS-ITALY: Where Are the Women? – Part 1
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48536
POLITICS-ITALY: Don’t Even Speak of Equality! – Part 2
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48537
POPULATION: Where’s Family Planning on Climate Change Radar?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48489
MOZAMBIQUE: Building Awareness to Reduce Maternal Mortality
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48476
POLITICS: Post-Conflict Security in Need of Women
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48486
RIGHTS-BANGLADESH: Glimmers of Hope Amid an Elusive Peace
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48534
ITALY-LIBYA: Migrants Returned To Face Abuse
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48530
LAOS: Land Legislation Disempowers Women – Part 1
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48520
LAOS: What [...]
In 2003, the African nation of Liberia was in turmoil; its president Charles Taylor was involved in a vicious civil war with war lords who wanted to take his place. Caught in the middle were innocent civilians who bore the brunt of the violence.
One woman, Leymah Gbowee, had had enough and she and her [...]
A Polish court has ordered a Roman Catholic magazine to pay a fine and apologize to a woman for likening her to a killer for wanting an abortion and equating the practice with Nazi crimes.
Judge Ewa Solecka ruled Wednesday that Catholics are free to express their moral disapproval of abortion — and even call it [...]
Women are well represented in newsrooms but struggle to find a place in senior management or on boards, said Business Day in a report on a study by Gender Links.
Women also still earn less than their male counterparts in the media, according to the survey conducted in South Africa and the Southern African Development Community [...]
A new generation of Italian women are finding a voice after a ’summer of sleaze’ in Italian politics
After a summer of sleaze in which Berlusconi has been variously accused of “frequenting minors”, sleeping with an escort girl and holding debauched parties at his Sardinian villa, a feminist backlash is gaining momentum. The target is not only Berlusconi but the wider culture of a country in which a prime minister could survive such [...]
Italy: Women Are Not Wallpaper
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48442
Japan: ‘Princess Corps’ Cracks the Glass Ceiling
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48375
Africa: Cross-Border Links to Boost Women’s Economic Empowerment
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48390
SRI LANKA: Women Want Better Pay, Out of Free Trade Zones
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48389
SOUTH AFRICA: Redouble Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48393
CENTRAL AMERICA: Crisis Chews Women Up, Spits Them Out
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48405
MINING-INDIA: Woman Leads Tribals Against World’s Steel Maker
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48419
SOUTH SUDAN: Complicating the Vote for [...]
The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more images show serious abuses, a U.N. expert said last week.
More than 4 million Web sites worldwide show images of children being sexually exploited, said the U.N. investigator on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat M’jid Maalla.
“There is an increase [...]
The involvement of men and boys is imperative to reducing the spread of HIV among women, according to a panel of experts participating in a new UNICEF podcast – part of a series on children and AIDS.
AUDIO: Listen now http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/ramfiles/urp8420_podcastHIV.ram
Women and girls are disproportionately vulnerable to HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV prevalence rates [...]
IRAN: Backlash Mounts Against Women Ministers
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48297
RIGHTS-AFRICA: Ugandan Court Asked to Declare Bride Price Unconstitutional
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48364
CLIMATE CHANGE: Rising Seas Demand Better Family Planning
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48348
HEALTH-NIGERIA: Maternal Mortality, a Rural Community’s Example
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48305
EDUCATION-ZAMBIA: Bicycles Help Girls Go Further
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48349
MORE IPS IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF WOMEN IN THE NEWS.
http://www.ipsnews.net/new_focus/women/index.asp
Nawal el Saadawi, the “priestess of secular feminism” is back. She returned to Egypt last week, bringing with her a new novel that is set to reignite all of the controversial issues she had left behind more than two years ago while going to the US on a self-imposed exile.
“I came back because I have [...]
August 2009 – In This Issue:
Colloquium on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Peace Negotiations: Implementing SCR 1820
Financial and Economic Crisis Impacts Women and Men Differently
Say NO to Violence against Women
* Speakers of 16 Parliaments and Chair of Bosnian Council of Ministers Say NO
* Thailand: Youth Say NO to Violence against Women
UNIFEM around the World
* Call for [...]
Recent postings- Race, Feminism, Our Future – The Issues Magazine
- Trafficking Victims at UN Highlight Need for Recognition
- END FGM European Campaign launches web site
- Rid the world of female genital mutilation
- Lifting Silence on Menstruation to Keep Girls in School in Uganda
- Obama’s attack on abortion rights
- Differences between men’s and women’s health
- WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women
- Malaysian Women’s Groups say Abolish Section 498
- Politics can be a Risky Business for Women in Bolivia
- new on womensgrid
- Reclaim The Night 2009 Cornwall – 21st November 2009
- Reclaim the Night Glasgow – 25th November 2009
- White Ribbon March – Stirling – 3rd December 2009
- 16 Days of Action Appeal – Women’s Aid
- From Beginning to End – Thursday 3rd December 2009 – Manchester
- Commit, Act, And Demand – An End To Violence Against Women – Birmingham – 1 Dec 09
- In Doncaster this year we are holding a series of events to mark the campaign
- Extra activities have been planned in West Lancashire to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Action Campaign
- Women’s Aid Ireland has a blog of 16 Days events for 2009
- 16 Days of Action for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – West Dunbartonshire
- new on women in london
- 4 vacancies – Kiran – 2nd December 2009
- National Peripatetic Domestic Violence Workers – Refuge – 24 Nov 2009
- The Greatest Silence – special screening to mark 16 Days of Action – WAN – 3rd Dec 2009
- Consultation for organisations working in the field of violence against women and children
- New free legal advice clinic at Account3 in Tower Hamlets – first session 24 Nov 2009
- Children’s Rights Photography Competition – Alternative Arts – 14th December 2009
- Fawcett comments on new pay gap figures
- Victory in lap dancing campaign – Object and Fawcett
- Amina Scheme Seeks Volunteers
- Female Independent Domestic Violence Advocate p/t – Woman’s Trust – 7th December 2009
Libya should drop charges against journalist who reported allegations of sexual harassment
28 October 2009 in Africa, Government, Media, Opinion Comment, Rape and Sexual Assault
The Libyan government should investigate allegations of sexual harassment in a state-run residence for women who had been orphaned instead of charging the journalist who reported the story with criminal defamation – Human Rights Watch
Mohamed al-Sareet, a Libyan journalist, wrote on Jeel Libya, an independent news website based in London, about a rare demonstration in [...]