Posted by Jinxiang Li http://www.aauw.org/2014/08/20/1995-beijing/ In 1995 Beijing,Hillary Clinton’s speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.This is a hot time of international women’s movement participants from different countries of Beijing World Conference on Women.A lot of people can listen to her famous speech” Women’s rights are human’s rights” For the first generation … Read more
By C. White on October 21, 2015 Book titled, Confronting Global Gender Justice: Women’s Lives, Human Rights includes “Marjorie Agosin’s poetics of memory: human rights, feminism, and literary forms” by Pérez and “Digital storytelling for gender justice: exploring the challenges of participation and the limits of polyvocality” by Hill. I recommend these readings, especially for … Read more
http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/2015/10/europe-urged-to-do-more-to-prevent-trafficking/#.ViU0g36rSM9 This snippet highlights another consequence of the migration of refugees from the Middle East and Africa. According to the article, human traffickers are taking advantage of refugees’ vulnerable state, often smuggling them via “unseaworthy vessels.” UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, is urging Europe to help trafficked victims through not allowing … Read more
http://www.unfpa.org/news/%E2%80%9Cnever-ever%E2%80%9D-again-%E2%80%93-former-circumciser-calls-end-fgm Asiya Hamed is a woman who was a traditional birth attendant and female circumciser in her community, the Afambo District in Ethiopia. She now advocates for the ending of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation (FC/FGM). After training through the Afar Pastoralist Development Association 2 years ago, she has become active in ending FC. She says that she thought … Read more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/28/the-open-secret-of-abused-hmong-child-brides-goes-public-in-minnesota-law-suit/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_3_na This article is about child brides ie human trafficking of child brides from Laos. In this case, a woman has chosen to speak out and is suing her perpetrator/abuser. There is apparently a population of Hmong people in St. Paul Minnesota and it is a common occurrence where young girls in Laos are lured … Read more
Posted by Jinxiang Li http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/0928/Who-is-China-s-Peng-Liyuan Last week Chinese president Xi Jinping to visit US. On Sept. 26, Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan spoke on a Plenary at UN General Assembly 2015. She talked about how important it is for women and girls to get a good education, children and adolescents is the most important investment … Read more
The title of the report is: Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States 2013-2017. Although it is somewhat lengthy to read, it is worth at least skimming through. Most of our class readings and discussions focus on events in other countries. I believe it is important to keep … Read more
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2011/June/Chinas-Women-Shortage-Fuels-Trafficking/ In rural China, a host of cultural and economic factors such as gender imbalance, rural poverty, and the high cost of bride price and wedding are the root causes for the increased demand of women into forced marriage Due to the long history of devaluing women, an imbalanced sex ratio has been a long-term … Read more
Former US President, Jimmy Carter has long been an advocate and proactive in the equal treatment of women around the world. In this recent TED talk, he provides three main reasons for why he believes “the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights issue.” The reasons he cites are: 1) the misinterpretation of scriptures … Read more
Menstruation is an often overlooked factor in understanding poor educational outcomes for girls in parts of Africa and other developing areas. Without access to sanitary products, many girls (and women) are often forced to use items like unsanitary rags, leaves or old newspapers to cope with their periods. Due to the lack of sufficient sanitation … Read more