Imagine being told by your government that you had to abort your baby. Imagine a committee of government officials coming to your house to say that you had to undergo sterilization. Imagine being fined, or losing your job, or feeling compelled to drop your baby in a “baby hatch” and abandoning it forever – because … Read more
By Cecilia Horvick Across 26 countries in Africa, there is a practice that pre-dates both Christianity and Islam. This practice has been heavily criticized and contested. Attempts at banning the practice have always been met with fierce resistance. What is it? It is known as female circumcision to some and as female genital mutilation … Read more
Link In this Forbes article from December 2015, the author discusses an issue for women in other countries that American women take for granted- the ability to vote. It discusses the elections in Saudi Arabia, where women voted and ran for office for the first time, and how even with this right, Saudi women are … Read more
Mending the Sacred Hoop is a Native American organization founded by Native women to help stop domestic and sexual violence, dating violence, and stalking problems – both nationally and within its home state of Minnesota – as these issues are extremely prevalent in Native American communities. Mending the Hoop offers training to improve Tribal and … Read more
1.4 million girls are missing from the global population each year. Some are victims of infanticide, some are victims of abuse or neglect, some are never allowed to be born. Why? For many of the reasons that we’ve discussed in class. See the link below for more information. In 1995, the UN held its Fourth … Read more
by Cecelia Horvick On March 30, 2016 I attended a rally sponsored by the ECU GLBT Student Union. The goal of the rally was to protest the passing of House Bill 2, a law created that robs transgendered individuals of their ability to use of the bathroom that matches their gendered orientation. This bill was … Read more
In relation to our recent discussions of rape culture and war-time rape, I thought I would share this movement from some female students from Duke University. They’re calling it “Duke Breaking Out”. These women were raped, and this is their way of raising awareness of rape on campuses and how universities fail to properly address the … Read more
This article is extremely disturbing and horrifying. A Pakistan Taliban member had went into a crowded park on Easter Sunday and detonated the bomb killing almost 100 women and children. The people who saw this event said that they had seen body parts and pools of blood everywhere. This is disgusting and i believe if … Read more
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has signed legislation designed to rein in local governments passing their own anti-discrimination rules. This happened late Wednesday evening– the reason being that on April, 1st Charlotte city council ordinance was supposed to go in full effect. The ordinance was to extend protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity for … Read more
By Katie Basile Have you ever heard the old adage, “Out of sight, out of mind?” These six words can literally mean the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of women and girls across the globe. Throughout history – and most notably in the past fifty years – women and girls around … Read more