Is Title IX doing more harm than good? I know the subject of college sexual assault has been talked about a LOT recently but I came across this article today and figured I’d post it anyway. The pendulum keeps swinging back and forth as to where the blame lies with how an assault that occurs … Read more
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/02/world/iyw-guatemala-gender-violence/ This news on CNN’s website tells a story about a women named Cifuentes who experienced violence in Guatemala from her husband and lost her arm from a gunshot wound. The story explains how Cifuentes’ story was only one of many in their country. 10 out of 100,000 women are killed by gender based violence with no one … Read more
This is my creative piece for the class. It is a little hard to read the poem in the picture so it is posted below (in bullets to shorten it): Shhhh… No one knows what happened No one knows what he did He said he would take it slow He told me he would stop … Read more
The article I found for this week is about how women in the Middle East are trying to fight for the rights among their people, especially for women’s rights. It speaks about several activists all over the Middle East and what they are doing for the cause! It speaks about honor killings and how they … Read more
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/13/africa/morocco-magazine-gay-controversy/index.html On friday a magazine in morocco was pulled from the selves and offline because of the controversial topic on the cover page. The front page of this magazine had a picture of “two men looking into each others’ eyes”, while the caption said, “Should homosexuals be burned?” The article said that the decision to … Read more
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/11/forward-fgm-film_n_7562180.html This article by Eleanor Goldberg includes a video about the issues of female genital mutilation. The video starts with the image of a young female who is ripped away from her happiness and has her ears, nose, and lips are removed and sewed. This video is quite disturbing, but it catches the essence of the … Read more
Banning Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria This article discusses the major move towards banning gender-based violence in Nigeria. Many girls were kidnapped, raped, and impregnated in the recent months in Nigeria. With all of these negative things happening the government moved to establish law to help ban this kind of violence. They discuss that though this … Read more
From this BuzzFeed article, http://www.buzzfeed.com/alivelez/brave-iranian-women-are-showing-off-their-hair-in-protest?bffbvid&utm_term=4ldqpj5#.wuvyp9Av0, many women from Iran can be seen showing off their hair without a mandatory covering to hide it. The regulation of wearing a Hijab as a necessary article of clothing began as early as 1979 and is an act that comes with some pretty strict consequences. A force known as the … Read more
With the article is an interview with Hend Nafea, a protestor who was brutally beaten, stripped, and band from her own trial. She is faceing 25 charges of revolting against the military regime, throwing rocks at soldiers, burning a building, and the list of absurd charges goes on. Nafea was voicing her opinion and was … Read more
Algeria’s parliament passed a law in March criminalizing domestic violence against women and recognizing it as a criminal offense. The passing of this law was met with harsh criticism and concerns by conservative followers of Islam. Many made comments such as that this law was an “attack on men in general” and that “it would … Read more