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...
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan142008/national2008011346459.asp The Deccan Herald ~~ Monday January 14 2008 Every hour, 18 women face brutalities in...
Breathe easy, only a short list of posts this week due to assorted tech glitiches and other living things. Please be sure to also check out the updated list...
Actually It's Not 'People' Who Have A Porn Problem http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/01/25/actually-its-not-people-who-have-a-porn-problem/ U.N.: Rapes...
Dear All, After posting a quick response to a piece in the Los Angeles Times about the U.S. military's policies towards sexual abuse on the FPN blog last week,...
I want to thank everyone who has written in response to my piece about sexual violence in the military that ran on the Los Angeles Times Blowback site earlier...
New Website for New Jersey 4 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/02/08/new-website-for-new-jersey-4/ Riane Eisler: The Real Questions That We Need To Ask...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-marine-held-in-japan-over-rape-of- girl-14/2008/02/11/1202578693986.html The Sydney Morning Herald ~~ Tuesday February 12,...
Some weeks when I look at this list of posts, words truly fail me. Women having to pay for their own rape kits, the suggestion that what women wear can lead...
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608602548/fulltext The Lancet 2008; 371:547-548 World Report Nepalese women under the shadow of...
I am pleased to report that we have finallly moved everything over to our new webhost and while there were a few glitches, all in all, it went pretty smoothly....
In honor of Women's History Month, we start our posts this week with a nod to an unsung shero--enjoy! I've once again divided the posts into IWD and other...
(Note: This weeks posts follow below, be sure to check the FPN website over the weekend for more IWD news) With Strength, With Wisdom, With Solidarity:...
http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/review5.htm DAWN REVIEW~~ Pakistan ~~March 06, 2008 Thursday Safar 27, 1429 COVER STORY: Where have all the girls gone? By...
http://www.deccan.com/City/CityNews.asp#Class%20II%20girl%20found%20raped The Deccan Chronicle ~~ Wednesday March 12 2008 Class II girl found raped Hyderabad,...
We are continuing to post reports of IWD observances along with some fabulous pictures (see below). If you want to quickly reference all of our IWD coverage,...
As we observe the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq, the posts below make it all too clear that the war against women continues unabated and much more ...
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2008/pr20080327.html Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy ~~ Dharamsala ~~ March 27 2008 Press Release Elderly woman...
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=94848 DAWN ~~ Pakistan ~~ Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Missing professor's body found By Muhammad Azeem Samar ...
Here are this week's links. IWD reports are still rolling in--see below. I will be posting more sporadically than normal over the next few weeks due to ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/mar/30/prisonsandprobation.mentalhealth The Observer ~~ London ~~ Sunday March 30 2008, page 22 Sick and suicidal:...
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Apr102008/national2008040961819.asp The Deccan Herald ~~ Thursday April 10 2008 Girls throat slashed for rejecting proposal...
After a very restorative 2 week hiatus, the FPN Blog Update is back. While I may have taken a break, clearly misogyny in all it's hideous forms did not....
From Mommy Gets a Tummy Tuck to Time erroneously pinning the cause of too many C-sections on moms to my essay on reproductive justice which has gotten wide...