June 2009
- Call For Women Worldwide to Support Women’s Rights in Iran
- In Indai men in uniform may face stiffer rap for rape
- Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex
- Third Gender Assert Rights in Nepal
- Viet Nam sets the pace for Asia with new law to prevent statelessness of women who married abroad
- Stabbing of local officials triggers massive outpouring over women’s rights in China — Deng Yujiao’s case highlights official corruption and violence against women
- Online pedophiles blackmail children into meetings
- Dutch abortion medics protest violence against clinics and women
- Barriers Go Up For Abortion in Slovakia
- To Help Women, Leaders Should Dig Deeper than Religious Clothing
- Women’s groups in Israel protest Ramon post in Kadima
- More Women judges and magistrates to be recruited under AJP in Pakistan
- Women’s groups in India upset with delay in passing quota Bill
- Afghan Shi’ites demand ratification of women’s law
- Harper Conservatives not meeting commitments to women’s groups in Canada
- Nevada now has the most stringent punishments nationwide for child prostitution, pandering
- US Policy Harms Women and Families
- Governments Need to Ensure Women Do Not Bear the Brunt of the Economic Crisis
- UN Appoints New Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences
- Women’s centres re-open in Darfur with help from AU-UN mission
- African women with HIV ‘coerced into sterilisation’
- African Union launches initiative against human trafficking in Ethiopia
- President launches bid to reduce FGM/C in Burkina Faso
- A Role For Men in Gender Equality in Kenya
- Mozambique Assembly Passes Bill Against Domestic Violence
- Domestic relations bill tabled in Uganda
- When Partner Abuse Isn’t a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly
- Give the women of Europe the right to free abortion!
- NOW elects Maryland woman its next president
- Japan debates whether abusing a virtual teenage girl should be outlawed
- Quarter of men in South Africa admit rape
- Decriminalizing sex work in South Africa only half the battle
- Zimbabwe girls trade sex for food
- Countries at war get little aid for mothers and children
- End Rape in War
- Burmese women’s groups pressured to cancel protest in support of Aung San Suu Kyi
- Sisters in Islam faces ban in Malaysia – please sign the petition to support them
- Saudi Arabia Pledges End of Men’s Control Over Women (UN)
- Gay couples to be protected by Hong Kong domestic violence law
- Cheers from Indian MPs after parliament elects first female speaker
- Egypt Approves Quota for Women in Parliament
- New Family Law for Sunni Women in Bahrain Not for Shiites
- Women Battle for Citizenship Rights in Lebanon
- Treat foreign wives in Malaysia equally says Minister
- The Socialist Feminist Project
- America, Empire of Liberty – 69. Women’s Liberation – BBCi player available until 18th June 2009
- Future of feminism an issue in NOW leadership vote (USA)
- Dozens of rape kits not submitted for testing by Chicago suburban police departments
- Sex Power & Taboo: Gender and HIV in the Caribbean and Beyond
- Men and masculinity under spotlight in Fiji
- Women’s groups in Turkey urge mobilization on gender equality
- A (paid) break for fathers in Spain
- Honour Pledges on Reproductive Health
- Unplanned Pregnancies on the Rise in Uganda
- Pregnant women at serious risk among Pakistan’s displaced population
- Teenage pregnancy on the rise in Philippines
- Lack of midwives increases maternal deaths in Zimbabwe
- Uncovering Black Feminist Writers 1963–90: An Evaluation of Their Coverage in Research Tools
- Obama Addresses Global Women’s Rights in Cairo Speech
- Terror in the name of Jesus
- Total Ban on Abortion in Nicaragua Violates Human Rights Says UN
- Abortion Hotline Launched in Chile
- Spaniards against free abortion for 16 year olds – poll
- Liberals launch EU pro-choice abortion initiative
- UN says 3 year old rape victim dies in Congo
- Bringing rape out of the shadows in Cameroon
- Women and children fleeing abuse flood shelter in Anchorage
- Gaps found in research on domestic violence in Switzerland
- Say no to domestic violence – Saudi Arabia
- Measures being put in place to handle reports of domestic violence in Guyana
- Domestic violence and residence permit problems drive Thai women underground in Finland
- The Body Of Women: Female Image In Italian Television
- Playboy’s Misogyny More Overt Than Ever
- Women’s groups fought a losing battle against pornography
- ‘Sexy’ billboard guidelines tossed to women’s groups in the Philippines
- Thai Women’s groups condemn media for intimate pics of woman politician
- The Women’s Information Network-Fiji (WINET-Fiji) believes in informing and mobilising the women population of Fiji
- First Woman Speaker in India
- UN Women Peacekeepers in Short Supply
- Afghan women are killed for demanding their rights: MADRE responds
- Women Breaking Out of Political Corset in Uruguay
- IANSA Making gun control accessible to women
- The United States led War in Afghanistan and the Implications of the Polarization of the Burqa as a Symbol of the Oppression of Afghani Women
- Thanks to Facebook Young Women Take to Political Activism in Egypt
May 2009
- Free Aung San Suu Kyi
- Iryna Khalip of Belarus, Agnes Taile of Cameroon and Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran win Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women’s Media Foundation
- More to Trafficking Than Prostitution – debate at IOM
- Spain moves to ease abortion law
- Avalanche of Anti Abortion Laws in Mexico
- More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time
- Los Angeles City Council Approves Funds to Process Rape Kits
- Japan Under Pressure to Clamp Down on Child Pornography
- Women’s groups in Israel blast bill giving rabbinical courts more powers
- Attempt to tackle rise in Europe’s ’honor crimes’
- Women Sidelined By Military Regime in Fiji
- No Modern European Democracy Without Gender Equality
- Lithuania Elects First Woman President
- First woman deputy speaker in Namibia
- More women needed as Judges in Palestinins Authority
- Women Call for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe
- ANC has a gender issue
- Women Suffer ‘Hidden Genocide’ in Latin America
- Fraud fears as Afghan men get women’s vote cards
- Kuwaiti women politicians ignore headscarf debate
- Women’s groups to submit memos for law reform in Malaysia
- Recession Layoffs Highlight Gender Inequality in South Korea
- Millions to receive birth certificates in Burkina Faso
- Spotlight on Gender Equality at last month’s IPU Meeting in Addis Ababa
- Top UN Officials Announce First Ever Guidance on Safe Cooking Fuel for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
- Women are agents of change in food and climate battle ActionAid tells G8 environment ministers
- Women in the news – FIRE
- Marilyn French author of “The Women’s Room” had died
- Iceland Retains First Woman, Gay Prime Minister
- Singapore women’s group overturns takeover by Evangelical Christians
- Women to reclaim public spaces: a programme of defiance and resistance
- 3rd girls school hit by poisoning in Afghanistan
- Using Religion to Strengthen Gender Equality in Indonesia
- Muslim Women May Defy Fathers’ Wishes and Go to University, Legal Authority Rules
- Against Sexual Violence: Solidarity Among African Women
- In Iraq, a story of rape, shame and ‘honor killing’
- Rape victims who seek justice find jail in Mauritania
- Swedish rapists ‘enjoy impunity’: Amnesty International
- More rapes are being committed by more than one offender says an Auckland rape crisis service
- Spain to dispense morning-after pill in pharmacies
- Women’s Group Sues Government Over Abortion Rights in Malawi
- Dominican Republic Approves Constitutional Amendment to Outlaw Abortion
- Stigma, Gender Violence Placing Women in Caribbean at Increased Risk of HIV
- A culture that encourages HIV/AIDS in Swaziland
- Call to release Penan task force report
- Fair deal for domestic workers in Lebanon?
- Kenyan women call for sex boycott over political deadlock
- Domestic violence helpline launched in Australia
- Liberal policy on domestic violence ‘devastating’ for women in Canada
- Iraqi women suffer regular domestic violence – UN
- Developing Stronger Protection Against Gender-Based Violence in Uganda
- Laws enacted to check domestic violence in Nepal
- Shelter for women and children fleeing violence and socio economic conditions in Zimbabwe
- Fighting violence against women in Chad – but how?
- Mothers Matter: Merlin launches report on maternal health
- Forced abortions shake up China surrogacy industry
- Poverty makes surrogates of Indian women in Gujarat
- Maternal health in Nepal goal way off, say experts
- In Liberia, more children surviving, more women dying in childbirth
- High risk pregnancies on the rise in Mali
- Fistulas : two-hour operation corrects decades-long affliction in Cote D’Ivoire
- Can subsidised caesareans cut maternal deaths in Benin?
- Pregnant women at greater risk in conflict in Sri Lanka
April 2009
- Is Pornography the New Tobacco?
- Stop Porn Culture Training – 5th to 7th June in Boston
- Sign the petition to build a UN that really works for all women!
- Occupation and Siege Sideline Rampant Domestic Violence in Gaza
- UN survey highlights psychological trauma in Gaza
- As Obama Escalates War Afgahan Women Face Growing Oppression
- Hilary Clinton stands up to pro life bullies
- Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million
- Sierra Leone Chiefs ban genital cutting for girls under 18
- France campaigns against forced marriages and genital mutilation
- Media Spotlight on Domestic Violence in Romania
- New Zealand police deny that they are not tackling the issue of domestic violence adequately
- Australian Family Court removes two children from their mother in favour of father and new partner
- Canada’s Leadership in Pay Equity Eroding
- Economic Crisis: Women Will Suffer Most – a comment from Australia
- New laws in Los Angeles treat teen prostitutes as abuse victims
- Taiwan sex workers demand decriminalisation of prostitution
- Iceland to ban sex purchases, strip clubs
- Italian Senate approves anti-rape law
- Women’s groups in India protest newspaper reporting of rape case
- Rwanda’s rape victims – 15 years on
- Are drugs driving child rape in South Africa?
- Teenager in Australia charged with aborting fetus herself
- Abortion Law to Become Tougher in Korea
- Chileans Clearly Divided on Abortion
- Abortion row shakes Brazil opinion
- Belgium condemns Pope over condom issue
- Religion and Poverty Force Girls into Early Marriages in Zimbabwe
- Turkish Government wants religious education to help solve women’s problems
- The guns are quiet in Basra now, but behind the veil fear lingers
- Taliban shoot dead Afghan politician who championed women’s rights
- Afghan women protest against law that ‘legalises rape’
- Q&A: How does the Afghan Shi’ite law affect women?
- Index to postings – March 2009
- Index to postings – February 2009
- Index to postings – January 2009
- March Round Up – Feminism Feminists
- March Round Up – Sexual Abuse and Rape
- March Round Up – Women and Power / Politics
- March Round Up – Women in Conflict Zones
- March Round Up – Abortion
- March Round Up – IWD
- Apologies – March Round Up
- LA’s Untested Rape Kits Represent Lost Justice
- ‘Worse than the Taliban’ – new law rolls back rights for Afghan women
- Serious concern over arrest of 12 Women’s Rights Activists in Iran
- Call for Action: Imprisonment and Whipping of 75 year-old Woman in Saudi Arabia
- Recession ‘hits Third World women’
For index to postings in 2009, by month, go to these postings on womensphere:
* March 2009 Index to postings – March 2009
* Feburary 2009 Index to postings – February 2009
* January 2009 Index to postings – January 2009
For index to postings in 2008, by month, go to these pages on Women in London:
* December 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0812.htm
* November 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0811.htm
* October 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0810.htm
* September 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0809.htm
* August 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0808.htm
* July 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0807.htm
* June 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0806.htm
* May 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0805.htm
* April 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0804.htm
* March 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0803.htm
* February 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0802.htm
* January 2008 http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk/public/ws-0801.htm
Recent postings- Call For Women Worldwide to Support Women’s Rights in Iran
- In Indai men in uniform may face stiffer rap for rape
- Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex
- Third Gender Assert Rights in Nepal
- Viet Nam sets the pace for Asia with new law to prevent statelessness of women who married abroad
- Stabbing of local officials triggers massive outpouring over women’s rights in China — Deng Yujiao’s case highlights official corruption and violence against women
- Online pedophiles blackmail children into meetings
- Dutch abortion medics protest violence against clinics and women
- Barriers Go Up For Abortion in Slovakia
- To Help Women, Leaders Should Dig Deeper than Religious Clothing
- Gender Wire
- SOUTH AFRICA: Fight Sexism to Help Young Mothers
- HEALTH-MADAGASCAR: Eight Women Die During Delivery Each Day
- PUERTO RICO: Pride in Sotomayor Rekindles Debate Over Status
- Q&A: Teens Wrongly Excluded From Family Planning
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Losing Freedom, But Not Dignity
- LAOS: The New Silk Road
- POPULATION: Poorest Countries to Bear Brunt of Growth
- G8: 'Just Invest in Women'
- EAST TIMOR: Politics - Women Take the Plunge
- HEALTH: Gender Finally Moving to Forefront of AIDS Fight
- new on womensgrid
- Briefing Welsh Assembly Government Consultation On A Violence Against Women Action Plan For Wales
- Reclaim the Night March Leeds – organising meeting – 14th July 2009
- Lend Your Voice – The Testimony Project
- Photographic exhibition: LOCK & KEY until 31st July 2009
- Vacancy at KMEWO – 21st July 2009
- Information added to Women in London up to 6th July 2009
- Reclaim the Night – London E17 – 10th July 2009 at 9pm
- 1960s ideal of equality is now redundant, says senior minister
- Condemnation for bishop who called for gay people to ‘repent’
- Foreign Office to back gay communities around the world
- new on women in london
- Temporary Female Independent Domestic Violence Adviser - Advance - 10th August 2009
- Female Specialist data tracker and analyst - Advance - 24th July 2009
- Female Domestic Violence Housing Advocate - Advance - 24th July 2009
- Bright Ideas Conference - GLDVP - 15th September - early bird bookings until 31st July
- Poverty pathways – ethnic minority women’s livelihoods – new Fawcett report
- New Film Exposes Lap Dancing Industry - Object
- New Advice and Support Centre for Women - Eaves
- 2 vacancies - Greenwich Women’s Aid - 13th July 2009
- Internship opportunities - Refuge - 17th July 2009
- 2 vacancies - Refuge - 14th July 2009
