Freedom of women

Street Harassment Plagues Women the World Over

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This BBC article succinctly sums up the issue of street harassment, a type of harassment that can involve cat-calling, groping, lewd comments, verbal threats/coercion, and may escalate into violence.  Every woman I know, including yours truly, has endured frequent street harassment wherever we go, not only while here at East Carolina University.  Many men consider … Read more

Maternal Health in the World

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Aljazeera has created a special series about maternal health in the world.  The website has videos with detailed stories about maternal health issues around the world.  It has detailed facts about the social problem.  The social facts state that maternal morality is the greatest health disparity in the world.  99% of maternal morality happens in … Read more

Pense Amendment (Abortion Bill)

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We have all obviously heard about the threat of Planned Parenthood losing its government funding.  But just in case some might not know the many issues that are involved this article can help fill in the blanks.  Jonathan Alter gives a great commentary about how this bill is not actually going to do what it … Read more

Arab Feminist Misconceptions

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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

Women in Egypt Speak up about Getting Left out of Constitutional Process

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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

Women Have a Right to Talk About….Everything

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Here’s an interesting piece from NPR host Michel Martin.  Using the example of a letter of complaint recently received from a listener, she briefly addresses a problem many women still struggle with on a daily basis: The idea that what men say, think, do or find interesting in is inherently interesting to everyone, while what … Read more