Globalization & Homogenized Beauty

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Emily

In a recent New York Times blog article, photographer Zed Nelson describes what he sees as globalization’s increasing impact on standards of beauty. “Globalization hasn’t just given us Starbucks in Beijing and shopping malls in Africa,” he said. “It is also creating an eerily homogenized look.” The increasing reach of American or Western advertisements, tv [...]

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India Approves Female Quota for Legislative Seats

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Emily

In response to male-dominated politics throughout the country’s history, India has just approved a bill that would reserve 1/3 of all legislative seats for women candidates. The news comes just in time for International Women’s Day, on March 8th. The country faces specific problems relating to women that have not been appropriately addressed up to this [...]

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Rape and the Guinea Massacre

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Emily

More than 150 people were killed last week in Guinea, and many more injured, after military troops opened fire on pro-democratic protestors. But bullets weren’t the only tools of destruction used to quell the political uprising. News sources are reporting on the mass rapes and sexual assaults perpetrated by military forces. Rape is an incredibly [...]

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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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Bizarre Tourism Campaign Shows Danish Women as ‘Easy’

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Emily

Via Jezebel: A viral marketing ad from Denmark’s Tourism agency has been pulled amidst public criticism. The ad features a young, blonde Danish woman, seeking the father of her baby. She talks casually about how they met when he was a tourist, and goes on to explain that this baby was the product of their [...]

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UN Creates New “Super Agency” for “Women’s Issues”

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Mike

Over the weekend, I wrote that the United Nation General Assembly was poised to establish a new “super agency” for “women’s issues,” but was being thwarted by the opposition of four countries.  Yesterday, the UN overcame that opposition and voted yes to create the new agency.  The agency consolidates four existing offices and will report [...]

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“Diplomatic Ambush Threatens UN ‘super-agency’ for women”

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Mike

The United Nations was set this weekend to establish a new “super-agency” for “women’s issues.”  It would have a large budget and would consolidate four existing bodies (UN Development Fund for Women (Unifem), Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, the UN Division for the Advancement of Women and UN International Research and Training [...]

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Lashings and Canings – Verdict Reached in Trial of Lubna al-Hussein – Prisons Department Cleared to Cane Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Mike

Yesterday, a verdict was rendered in the trial of Lubna al-Hussein, who was on trial for wearing clothing deemed indecent (too-tight pants, too-sheer blouse, but also wearing a head scarf) by Sudanese authorities.  The court fined her the equivalent of $209 rather than ordering the 40 lashes she could have received.  Her lawyer said that [...]

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Iran Confirms First Woman Cabinet Minister Since 1979

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Mike

The Iranian government has confirmed Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi for the Cabinet position of Health Minister.  Dastjerdi is the first woman Cabinet minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic.  The other two women nominated for Cabinet positions by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were blocked.  However, as I wrote on August 23, although having a woman [...]

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