CNN has created a projected called ending modern-day slavery. On the website for ending modern-day slavery there is detailed information about the problems. The websites says that there are between 10 to 30 million slaves in the world now. There are updates about news related to slavery, such as an interview with an India official … Read more
During the Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, the majority of the floats protested with signs demanding for same sex marriages to be legalized. Religious leaders have been against same sex marriages because marriage is a sacred union between a male and a female in the Bible. Politics in Australia are traditionally conservative, so there … Read more
Even though men and women equally participated in the revolution of overthrowing Mubarak, women are not being represented in the transitional process. No women are on the constitutional drafting team, and there are not any women assigned as cabinet ministers. This is very important because this will lead to having the interests of women ignored … Read more
This is a must read. We’ve been reading a lot about the Gender inequalities taking place around the world. This piece touches on this struggle by taking us a step deeper into the conflict; steps toward resolution. Women and men are taking to the streets all over the world to promote awareness. My only criticism … Read more
“Marriage Act can SUCK IT!!” read the text message I received from a very dear friend of mine. My question mark response was followed by a reference to NPR’s All Things Considered with Michele Norris and Robert Siegel. I quickly shared my friend’s excitement when I read that Obama had declared the defense of Marriage … Read more
The following link goes to the e-Museum for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery. http://www.hermuseum.go.kr/eng/en_index.asp It provides some precious testimonies including late Hak-soon Kim’s historic confession in the year of 1991. It was the first confession for ‘coming out of the closet’ that she was a comfort women in Korea. And it definitely exploded … Read more
Girls who desire to finish their schooling usually have to live far away from their villages and families in cheap huts called ghettos. The ghettos are buildings without electricity, water, and security for the girls living in them. This has made the girls a prime target for men who want to rape them. It is … Read more
This link is a group interview from three professors with one from Egypt, London, and North Carolina. They talk about the issues facing women in the Middle East. They describe that the western media have portrayed Middle East women as passive and oppressed, but during the revolutions in the Middle East women have been at … Read more
It is interesting to read the previous post about women feeling empowered in Egypt now in their everyday lives. And really interesting link between sexual harrassment and political frustraction. But what about at the larger “public” levels of society? See this article: women’s organizations are already protesting getting left out of scripting the new constitution–and not … Read more
There are an estimated 2 million widows in Afghanistan because of war that ends up killing their husbands. Women are also widowed because of low life expectancy and early marriage that leave women widowed in their 20s and 30s. When women in Afghanistan who become widows do not come out into public spaces, so a … Read more