Quick Hit: Hearing this Thursday on I-VAWA

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Emily

One out of every three women worldwide will be physically, sexually or otherwise abused during her lifetime with rates reaching 70 percent in some countries. -Amnesty International   This Thursday, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing on VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: GLOBAL COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES Sen. Kerry will be presiding, and the [...]

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Indonesia’s Feminist Islamic Schools

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Emily

Indonesia is experiencing a growing trend of feminist Islamic schools– that’s right, it’s not an oxymoron. Though madrasas are typically thought of as being training grounds for fundamentalists, there are many that are actually encouraging education of girls, and a feminist interpretation of Shari’a. This article that I found on Feministe, highlights one woman who took over [...]

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Women May be Allowed to Serve on Submarines

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Emily

In the past, women’s connection to Naval submarines existed only through ads like this: But this may soon change. Apparently, the Navy is reconsidering its ban on female officers serving on submarines. Admiral Mullen, the highest ranking military official, made his recommendation for lifting the ban to Congress last week. Women haven’t been allowed to [...]

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Dalai Lama: “I Call Myself A Feminist”

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Emily

Sure, Lady GaGa, Elle MacPherson, and even Margaret Atwood all shy away from the label “Feminist,” but the Dalai Lama sure doesn’t! At the International Freedom Award ceremony, he ended his remarks with: “I call myself a feminist…Isn’t that what you call someone who fights for women’s rights?” He did go on to say that women [...]

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Update on South African “Corrective Rape” Murder

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Emily

As I wrote about a couple months ago, Eudy Simelane, South Africa’s openly gay female football star, was brutally raped and murdered in April 2008, by a gang of men seeking to “correct” her homosexuality. Tuesday, three men faced trial for her murder. “Ach, I’m not sorry at all.” Those were the words uttered by Themba [...]

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Female Bodies as Urinals?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Emily

Via Sociological Images: Check out these two examples of urinals in men’s bathrooms. Want to pee in a woman’s mouth, or in her genitals? Take your pick!

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Women’s Work & the Recession

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Emily

On Friday the New York Times ran an article about the recession and women in the workplace. The general thesis was that with the loss of jobs for men in the recession, more and more women are returning to the workforce. In the article, the NYT does a good job of keeping a fair analysis [...]

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XY: New Feminist Site for Men

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Emily

A new website that focuses specifically on men’s involvement in feminism has been launched. XY Online is maintained by Dr. Michael Flood, who has  a research background in gender, violence against women, and men’s health and sexuality. XY’s goal is cited as: XY is a pro-feminist website. It is guided above all by a commitment to [...]

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First Female Head of Drill Sergeants

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Emily

Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King is now the first female head of the Army’s school for drill sergeants. On Tuesday, she officially starts at Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, the Army’s largest training center. Her achievement represents another barrier broken for women in the military. The accompanying article from the Associated Press highlights King’s [...]

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Fewer Kids = Less Global Warming

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Mike

It should be obvious that having fewer babies will result in less global warming, shouldn’t it?  After all, according to an article in the Washington Post, “every new life . . . is a guarantee of new greenhouse gases, spewed out over decades of driving and electricity use.”   (See my 2003 article about population [...]

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