Feminist Women’s Groups in Israel say Zoabi Vote ‘Sexist’

28 July 2010 in Equality, Government, Middle East, Racism

Feminist women’s groups and other leftist “social” organizations have accused the Knesset of sexism over the decision to strip Israeli Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) of privileges. The groups sent a letter of complaint to Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, part of which was printed in the Hebrew-language daily Maariv. MKs who voted against Zoabi “are [...]

Employers’ remarks can be direct discrimination says European Court of Justice

27 July 2008 in Employment Work, Europe, Legal Police, Racism

General remarks made by an employer can be the basis of a discrimination claim, Europe’s highest court has ruled. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling says a discrimination case is possible even when no individual is involved. The director of a Belgian firm that fitted garage doors posted a job advert and, when asked [...]

America’s sex-mad culture

11 June 2008 in BME, Children Parenting, Faith, North America, Pornography, Racism

Corporate drive for profits is damaging girls, women and eroding healthy relationships College-age women often come to Professor Gail Dines in tears after she lectures about how popular culture has become poisoned with a hyper sexuality that demands women offer themselves to any man who asks. The young women feel isolated and alone because they [...]

Race domestic violence and New York’s ineffective Family Court law

5 June 2008 in Domestic Violence, Legal Police, North America, Racism

Earlier this year, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommended that the U.S. do more to “prevent and punish violence and abuse against women belonging to racial, ethnic, and national minorities.” Now, the New York Legislature can take action. A recently reintroduced bill, which the Legislature has let languish in various [...]

Two Significant Asylum Aid Cases

27 April 2008 in Global, Human Rights, Publication, Racism, Refugee Asylum, Trafficking, Violence Against Women, War Conflict

Home Office Appeals: Dubious Grounds Asylum Aid has recently represented two appeal cases that were both successful in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) court of appeal but then contested and appealed by the Home Office. These cases both highlight significant issues regarding the types of cases the Home Office are actively pursuing to appeal [...]

Black women bloggers in America rally together to fight for justice for victim of gang rape and her son

29 March 2008 in Campaign, North America, Racism, Rape and Sexual Assault

Open Letter 3/28/2008 Update: A New Underground Railroad is Born Subject: The Dunbar Village Atrocity In the past week, a rapidly-moving viral email campaign was launched, and thousands of concerned black citizens spread the word about a shocking crime against a Black woman and her 12 year old son, in which crimes against nature were [...]

Rethinking Rape Law: Akayesu 10 Years On – 2nd & 3rd July 2008, Durham University

26 March 2008 in Legal Police, Racism, Women's Event

Book Now! Early Bird Reductions Only Available To 28 March 2008! (* see below) On the 10th anniversary of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s ground-breaking Akayesu judgment, an international conference is being held in Durham University to rethink rape law from national, international and European perspectives. The conference will debate rape law reform at [...]

Women are gaining in importance in far-right ranks, a new study in Germany shows

8 February 2008 in Europe, Racism

Think of a neo-Nazi and you think of a man with a shaved head, pummelling a foreigner. But that image is outdated, some social researchers say. She may well be a woman — and a feminist, to boot. At a recent conference of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Berlin, researchers examined the role of the [...]