I married the first man I met who was willing to carry on intelligent conversation with a woman. I divorced him five years later when he became as silent as...
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2008 NEWS Bulletin from Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture And Rural Development ***************************** 1. Make trade policy in...
Bhutto's husband and co-successor, Zardari, is far from trustworthy, but if this is true then it opens up prospects about who might have had her killed. WINGS...
Read on for, in Taslima's own brave words, the torture she is enduring at the hands of the forces of religious fundamentalism. So unfair, and ever so sad -...
By the second day of 2008 I've already lost count of the number of reported rapes, assaults, and murders of women and girls in the world media, but Australia...
A new coalition has just formed in the UK in order to challenge the increasing normalisation and acceptance of Prostitution and Female Sexual Slavery. This...
From: wfs delhi <wfsdelhi@...> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:20:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: Wfs - Log ================================================== THE WFS...
Anne S. Walker
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Jan 3, 2008 12:01 pm
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I had this fantasy about a misogyny-free beginning to the New Year, but alas it appears that is not to be... Jean Shinoda Bolen: The Importance of the 5th...
Outsourced Wombs By Judith Warner The New York Times Found on http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010408WA.shtml Thursday 03 January 2008 The voice was...
With Cristian Mungiu's award-winning film due to be released for worldwide viewing in the coming days, the below review in today's issue of The Lancet makes...
From: worldoffice <worldoffice@...> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:51:33 +0100 Subject: [connectnet] World YWCA calls for justice in Kenya {01} 3 January...
Anne S. Walker
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Jan 5, 2008 5:33 am
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I received this little gem from the Women for Peace network. This story is yet another example of the increasing acceptance, normalisation and exoneration of...
Read on for Wangari Maathai's wisdom: First the background to Kenya's current killing fields, followed by a call for political maturity, respect for law, and...
From: <resource@...> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 0:11:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: AWID Jobs: Week of 07 January 2008 AWID Jobs Monday, January 07, 2008 ...
Anne S. Walker
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Jan 7, 2008 7:50 am
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Read on for the misogyny in India's southern state of Karnataka, the country's hub of information technology and computer software, where the 941,000 females...
Increasingly bloggers in Saudi Arabia have used their medium to give "voice" to social issues and concerns in Saudi Arabia. Often the only way the world is...
OPINION | January 8, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor: Women Are Never Front-Runners By GLORIA STEINEM Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life,...
From: "FIMI [Monica Aleman]" <beijing10@...> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:46:30 +0000 Subject: 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women ...
Anne S. Walker
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Jan 9, 2008 3:32 am
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... From: Beverley Nambozo Sengiyunva <Nambozo@...> Organization: EASSI Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:43:57 +0300 Subject: [wougnet]KENYA WOMEN SEEK HELP...
Anne S. Walker
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Jan 9, 2008 3:39 am
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Read on for Cath Elliot's excellent op-ed re the latest in cosmetic mutilations which come in the name of female empowerment - Lynette ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Formatted...
I don't know who wrote this one - it was in an email and did not include an author's name. If I find out, I'll let you know. -F ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Another...
The organisers of the UK's million women march against men's violence have now created a new website. This gives more information on why the aim of the march...
NEWS Bulletin from Indian Society For Sustainable Agriculture And Rural Development ***************************** 95th INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS, Visakhaptnam,...
"An international or European treaty is needed for the protection of women against violence" [07/01/08 15:00] In his latest Viewpoint, the Commissioner focuses...