April 28, 2012
Egyptian women protest against the army’s use of violence against them in Cairo in 2011 after images of women who had been brutally beaten were circulated. Photograph: Mohamed Omar/EPA After the Arab spring, the sexual revolution? Mona Eltahawy‘s ‘Arab men hate women’ article sparks demands for a sea change in engagement between the sexes Martin Chulov in Beirut, [...]
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April 25, 2012
Since the revolution, Egyptian women have much stronger and more collective responses to sexual harrassment carried out against them by men in the streets and male authority figures [GALLO/GETTY] Cairo, Egypt - This story was supposed to be about how wonderful it can be when artists, activists and intellectuals from across the Arab world and the [...]
Tags: Africa, Arab, Arab world, Cairo, egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Protest, Tahrir Square
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March 15, 2012
Women join a protest against Yemen’s then President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Taiz, April 2011, enraged by his remarks that it was against Islam for women to demonstrate. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah Ali al-Mahdi/Reuters Naomi Wolf guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 March 2012 19.21 GMT Article history The “so what?” feminism plateau is familiar to us in the west: 40 years [...]
Tags: Ali Abdullah Saleh, Feminism, Feministing, Marcus Buckingham, Naomi Wolf, People, Second-wave feminism, United States
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March 8, 2012
Slutwalk protests spread around the world last year in response to comments from a Canadian police chief. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Europe Perhaps as a somewhat humorous moment a woman was asked on a radio show if she knew what today was. She was told it was an international day related to gender. We [...]
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December 31, 2011
An Afghan girl who was tortured for months after refusing prostitution lies on a hospital bed in Kabul Dec. 31. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani) By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) — A 15-year-old Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband’s family for months after she refused to become a prostitute, officials [...]
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December 7, 2011
Following a rejection of his appeal, Katsav becomes the highest-ranking Israeli official to serve prison time [AFP] Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has reported to prison to begin a seven-year sentence for rape and other sexual offences. Before travelling to Maasiyahu prison on Wednesday, Katsav, who was president from 2000 to 2007, once again claimed innocence, [...]
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December 2, 2011
Nadya Khalife The Arab Spring and the revolutionary spirit that came with it were viewed by women’s rights activists as an opportunity to make progress on much-needed rights and freedoms for women in the Middle East and North Africa. Nadya Khalife, women’s rights Middle East and North Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch Back in [...]
Tags: egypt, Hosni Mubarak, International Women's Day, Maputo Protocol, middle east, Tunis, Tunisia, womens rights
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November 29, 2011
Dan Abrams‘ “Man Down” Women Are Better At Almost Everything by CHARLES R. LARSON You have to hand it to Dan Abrams. He’s in his mid-forties, never married, and either hoping that his book will get him hitched or frightened to death that, if it does, he’ll never live up to his wife’s expectations. The [...]
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November 27, 2011
Nawal El Saadawi (b. 1931) – name also written: Nawal al-Sa’dawi Egyptian novelist, essayist and physician, whose feminist works have widened the boundaries of the Arab novel. Nawal El Saadawi’s central theme is the oppression of women and womens’ desire for self-expression. She first gained fame with her nonfictional writing. Her books have been banned [...]
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November 25, 2011
Photo Credit: AFP/Khaled Desouki LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Egyptians Confront Police Violence, Forced Virginity Tests, and Torture to Save Their Revolution 33 Dead, many injured as Egypt‘s interim military rulers attack demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir square November 22, [...]
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November 23, 2011
Women walk on a muddy road after rain in Kabul Nov. 9, 2011. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail) By Christine Kearney KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — Afghan authorities are failing to enforce the law to protect women from murder, beating, rape and other violence and being sold into marriage and prostitution, the United Nations said on Wednesday. UN Assistance Mission [...]
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November 16, 2011
Ultra-orthodox groups have been blamed for a rising trend which has seen posters featuring women being defaced. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters Jerusalem mayor battles ultra-orthodox groups over women-free billboards Female models erased from advertisements across city after religious lobby brands the images as offensive reddit this Phoebe Greenwood in Jerusalem guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 November 2011 19.16 GMT [...]
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October 26, 2011
In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak to Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Yemeni activist, Tawakkul Karman. The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution calling on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to immediately step down after 33 years in power. All five permanent members of the Security Council back the [...]
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October 25, 2011
Photo Credit: Nebedaay/Flickr Did Egypt‘s Women Win the Revolution Only to Lose Out? In the eight months since the revolution, Egypt’s women have learned that the fight for their rights is only beginning. October 18, 2011 | Photo Credit: Nebedaay/Flickr In the immediate aftermath of this spring’s revolution, something new and unfamiliar happened in Egypt: [...]
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October 9, 2011
AMY GOODMAN: This is a clip of her speaking just after her release from prison in January. TAWAKKUL KARMAN: We will continue our struggle until this regime goes from our happy country. We will defend our country. The Jasmine Revolution continues until this regime goes. AMY GOODMAN: Tawakkul Karman is the first Arab woman to win the Nobel [...]
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October 9, 2011
Barakzai says she will continue her fast until justice is done[Reuters] Unseated Afghan MP continues hunger-strike Semin Barekzai in critical condition as she fasts in protest against her disqualification over vote rigging claims. An unseated Afghan MP is in critical condition after entering the eighth day of a hunger-strike to protest against her expulsion [...]
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August 14, 2011
Abused Lebanese women also victims of legal system Published yesterday (updated) 13/08/2011 23:47 A Lebanese woman carries a placard in Arabic reading “a man is successful in dialogue” during a KAFA rally in December [AFP/Joseph Eid, File] By Khaled Soubeih BEIRUT (AFP) — It was only a few months after their wedding in Lebanon [...]
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August 13, 2011
Tunisian women rally to preserve gender equality Published today 20:58 Reporters from the new daily “Le Maghreb” work on an article on August 12, in Tunis. Around 1,000 women’s rights supporters rallied in Tunis Saturday to the mark the anniversary of a key equal rights bill amid fears gender equality may suffer if political Islam [...]
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July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
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July 14, 2011
A survey of 20 female students and teachers in Afghanistan found that 18 faced daily harassments on the street [EPA] My mother entered the house and pushed the door closed with anger. After getting a cup of green tea, she sat in front of the television as her children watched her with concern and confusion. [...]
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July 11, 2011
Some 90 per cent of Afghan women face some form of domestic violence – many are forced into early marriage, kidnapped, or raped with no hope of justice [GALLO/GETTY] In December 2010, in a small house located in Sarbande Chakush village in the Juzjan province of Afghanistan, a 14-year-old girl named Aziza was abruptly awakened by [...]
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July 11, 2011
15-Year-Old Girl Faces Life in Prison for a Miscarriage? Why Conservatives Are Criminalizing Pregnant Women The creeping criminalization of pregnant women is a new front in the culture wars over abortion. July 4, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via [...]
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July 6, 2011
This article exposes the true US attitude to the use of drones and the nature of the lies needed to justify their use anywhere. These awful killing machines masquerade as surveillance vehicles, soldiers guardian angels, tactical defence weapons and a never ending stream of lies and deceit to cover up what is happening. What they [...]
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July 5, 2011
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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July 5, 2011
Editor’s Note: Australian participant on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Michael Coleman has been arrested by Greek Police for attempting to block their pursuit of the Canadian boat the “Tahrir” as it left port. Michael and Soha, another Canadian Flotilla team member, were in two kayaks beside the “Tahrir”. As soon as the boat’s [...]
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July 3, 2011
Asian markets search for a new model consumer after the American economy tanked, which has yet to recover [Getty] Asia needs a new model consumer. A post-crisis generation of “zombie consumers” in the United States is likely to hobble growth in global consumption for years to come. And that means that export-led developing Asia now [...]
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July 3, 2011
Graveyard of Empires by Eric Margolis Recently by Eric Margolis: Turkey: The Mother of Revolutions In his majestic poem “Recessional,” Rudyard Kipling was writing of the fading British Empire, but his words are as vivid and pertinent today as a century ago: Far-called our navies melt away – On dune and headland sinks the fire – Lo, [...]
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July 3, 2011
U.S. turns to other routes to supply Afghan war as relations with Pakistan fray By Craig Whitlock, Sunday, July 3, 9:54 AM The U.S. military is rapidly expanding its aerial and Central Asian supply routes to the war in Afghanistan, fearing that Pakistan could cut off the main means of providing American and NATO forces with fuel, food and equipment. Although Pakistan [...]
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July 3, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 — an indication that the war’s toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans. While [...]
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July 2, 2011
More U.S. troop deaths raise questions about strategy BY NANCY A. YOUSSEF MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON – June was the deadliest month in nearly a year for U.S. service members in Afghanistan and Iraq even as the United States said that improved security in both countries allows it to reduce troops in those war zones. Sixty U.S. [...]
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July 1, 2011
Preface: The following Guardian article reeks of the fascist drivel that has driven millions to despair. It also shows the totally dishonest levels to which those who consider themselves to be intellectuals will sink to support the totally bourgeois ideologies we are expected to live by. There are far more factors at play than some overtly [...]
Tags: Birth rate, European Union, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, Office for National Statistics, Population, Spain, Total fertility rate, United States
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June 29, 2011
An Egyptian protester injured during clashes with security forces evacuated from Tahrir square in the worst violence since Mubarak’s fall. Photograph: Amel Pain/EPA The fiercest street fighting seen in central Cairo since the fall of Hosni Mubarak has left more than 1,000 people injured, as popular dissatisfaction with the military-led transitional government boiled over into [...]
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June 29, 2011
Daughters of the brothel Naseema was born into and lives in one of India‘s most infamous brothels but is now working to free trafficked women. Witness Last Modified: 29 Jun 2011 10:40 Filmmaker Gautam Singh explains how he came to make Daughters of the brothel. India’s handwritten magazines have long fascinated me. But while researching the [...]
Tags: Bihar, Brothel, India, Jugnu, Nepal, Politics of Sexuality, Prostitution, Sexuality
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June 27, 2011
Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Google has received a record number of requests from 26 developed countries to reveal private information about internet users Share99 reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 19.16 BST Article history Google has released figures showing the number of requests for private [...]
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June 27, 2011
Google reveals US government leads way in private data requests Google has received a record number of requests from 26 developed countries to reveal private information about internet users Share99 reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 19.16 BST Article history Google has released figures showing the number of requests for private information [...]
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June 27, 2011
Ray McGovern is a very courageous former CIA person who has been campaigning for the truth to be told about the US system of imperial domination, delusion and militarism that has been happening for decades. He wrote the following article and it is here for you to read and evaluate. George Ikners ikners.com Spirits [...]
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June 24, 2011
Muslim Tory minister says Pakistan‘s treatment of women fails Islam Lady Warsi says women are being denied rights granted 1,400 years ago in Qur’an Sayeeda Warsi, co-chairman of the Conservative party, who says Pakistan fails Islam in denying women’s rights. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Pakistan is failing to live up to one of [...]
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June 22, 2011
Madeleine Kulab and her boat. (GuerrillaRadio Blog) By Vittorio Arrigoni (This article was originally published at Vittorio Arrigoni’s blog Guerrilla Radio. Translated by Daniela Loffreda.) Her eyes are as deep as unexplored oceans and her movements are done with the grace of waterfowl, as when a marine creature submerges itself below the surface of the [...]
Tags: Ashkelon, Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Guerrilla Radio, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian people
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June 7, 2011
Marching with the SlutWalkers The SlutWalk movement has divided feminists. Should women try to reclaim the word? And is undressing the best way to protest against rape? Share199 Comments (155) Tanya Gold The Guardian, Tuesday 7 June 2011 Article history Demonstrators march on the Glasgow Slutwalk. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images SlutWalking entered the UK [...]
Tags: Cardiff, Edinburgh, Feminism, Glasgow, Grey's Monument, Osgoode Hall Law School, Rape, Reform Act 1832, Samantha Cameron, Slut, Toronto
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June 7, 2011
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Thousands of events are being held worldwide to mark the hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day. A handful of European countries first marked the day in 1911 following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. The United Nations has recognized March 8th as International Women’s Day since 1975. International Women’s Day [...]
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June 3, 2011
Libyan who claims she was raped by Gaddafi troops deported from Qatar As Nato continues strikes on Tripoli, US expresses concerns for the safety of Iman al-Obeidi Share10 Associated Press in Tripoli guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 June 2011 18.35 BST Article history Iman al-Obeidi who claims she was raped by Gaddafi’s troopsis in Benghazi after [...]
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June 3, 2011
Crushed Ice in Nuseirat: My Gaza Refugee Camp Revisited Kids in Nuseirat. (Photo: John Harvey) By Ramzy Baroud – Gaza ‘Do you remember Mahmoud?’ asked Abu Nidal, my neighbor from nearly 20 years ago, when I lived in Gaza. “Yes, of course, I do,” I answered. I remembered him as yet another troublemaking child among [...]
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June 3, 2011
These are the latest videos available at the RealNews site. Honduras rejoins OAS, Ecuador votes no Following the return of former president Manuel Zelaya, OAS votes to reinstate Honduras Go to story | Go to homepage Call to Decriminalise Drugs The global war on drugs has failed, a group of past and [...]
Tags: al-Qaeda, Ali Abdullah Saleh, BBC, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, middle east, Organization of American States, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, United States, Yemen
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June 2, 2011
Women and the revolution. you can see the video at http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/2011217134411934738.html When 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz wrote on Facebook that she was going to Cairo’s Tahrir Square and urged all those who wanted to save the country to join her, the founding member of the April 6 Youth Movement was hoping to seize the moment as Tunisians showed that it [...]
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June 2, 2011
Egyptian army denies ‘virginity tests’ (go to http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2011/06/20116255012877754.html) Amnesty International says at least 17 women were forced to undergo “tests” after their arrest. Last Modified: 02 Jun 2011 06:38 Hundreds of Egyptians have held a demonstration in central Cairo against the army’s treatment of female protesters. According to Amnesty International at least 17 women arrested in [...]
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June 2, 2011
Sex and surveillance Recent high-profile sex scandals have caught the media by storm, but why – and more importantly how – were they exposed? Naomi Wolf Last Modified: 02 Jun 2011 08:14 Almost 10 years after September 11, the Patriot Act is still in action in the US - causing many Americans to simply accept the fact [...]
Tags: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, George W. Bush, Naomi Wolf, Patriot Act, Ron Wyden, September 11 attacks, United States, USA PATRIOT Act
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May 22, 2011
Let Obama Be Clear, But Can He? Obama is in the unenviable place between Israel and his re-election. By Lina Sawan When Hillary Clinton introduced Barack Obama’s long-awaited speech on Middle East policy to the State Department on Thursday May 19, her introduction pinpointed the purpose of the highly-anticipated speech, or what may come to [...]
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May 22, 2011
Saudis arrest YouTube activist challenging ban on women drivers More than 500,000 click on video of woman held by police who filmed herself behind the wheel Share247 Reuters in Jeddah guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 May 2011 13.58 BST Article history The YouTube video, posted on Thursday, has attracted more than 500,000 views and shows Manal Alsharif [...]
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May 21, 2011
An education: Inside Bangladesh‘s madrasas Bangladesh’s madrasas are viewed with suspicion for their links with militant Islam. So what kind of schooling do they offer girls? Tahmima Anam entered their secretive world to find out Share105 Comments (25) Tahmima Anam The Guardian, Saturday 21 May 2011 Article history The Rehmat Ali madrasa for girls [...]
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May 21, 2011
Syria‘s defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad Women on the frontline of demonstrations against Syria’s brutal regime are now being targeted by security forces Share147 Comments (35) Peter Beaumont guardian.co.uk, Saturday 21 May 2011 18.45 BST Article history ‘The regime has been rattled’. A human rights activist and lawyer describes the [...]
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Been waiting a long time for this. But not surprised. Are you? Think first a Monbiot point of view
The damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Photograph: AIR PHOTO SERVICE / HO/EPA How did the thinking go? Well he does seems to have been anti-nuclear, with good reason BUT why the change in opinion and then this? The answer is quite simple, at least for me, but trust me that [...]
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