Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Susan Enuogbope Majekodunmi - The WIP – Friday, 30 September 2011(originally published 06 Aug) My maternal grandfather’s mantra was, “Educate a woman, and you feed and educate her family.” He educated his daughters when Nigerian fathers rarely did. My grandfather was also very interested in my education and often questioned me about it. It is [...]
Jessica Buchleitner – WNN Features (WNN) Kasungu, Malawi: In the small landlocked southeastern African nation of Malawi only 8% of its growing 15.263 million people are connected to the national power grid, a source of power that has become increasingly unreliable. For many women and their families this often means only one thing – complete [...]
Ursula Lindsey – Newsweek Magazine via Daily Beast – Thursday, 29 September 2011 (originally published 25 Sept) Protests in Tahrir Square were meant to bring freedom. Eight months later, women fear their rights are about to be taken away. Dina Wahba approached Tahrir Square on the evening of Jan. 25 with her heart in her [...]
Maha Akeel – WNN Opinion (WNN) Jeddah – Social media was abuzz with excitement at Saudi King Abdullah’s recent decision to appoint women to the Shura (consultative) Council and to allow them to vote and run in the 2015 municipal elections. The right to vote and hold public office has been at the top of [...]
Anastasia Moloney – WNN MDG Stories (WNN) BOGOTA – Thousands of women and girls have suffered sexual abuse, including rape, at the hands of Colombia’s illegal armed groups. Army soldiers have also carried out sexual violence against women, according to a report released on Wednesday by Amnesty International. Here are some facts about sexual abuse [...]
Shalveen Chand – Fiji Times Online – Wednesday, 28 September 2011(originally published 23 Sept) ARITAL rape or spousal rape is rife in Fiji as tradition and religion do not recognise the crime for what it is, says the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre. FWCC co-ordinator Shamima Ali said most domestic violence cases included forced sex. “In [...]
Melanie Haider – IPS – Tuesday, 27 September 2011 (originally published 25 Sept) UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25, 2011 (IPS) – If women farmers were given more tools and resources, the number of hungry people in the world could be slashed by 100 to 150 million. This was the message conveyed by Josette Sheeran, executive director [...]
Ruth Bergan – WNN Opinion Perhaps it is naive to hope that a self-selected, unaccountable body should do anything more than serve the interests of those with the most resources to lobby its members, even if the G20 does choose to establish a so-called development working group (DWG). Leaked papers from the DWG’s most recent [...]
Salma Maoulidi – All Africa – Monday, 26 September 2011(originally published 21 Sept) LAST week I made reference to WambuiOtieno-Mbugua and I argued that Tanzanian women and women across Africa could learn a thing or two from key chapters of her life. Whatdoes her life teach us about the importance of devoting one’s life in [...]
Sabine Clappaert – WNN Features (WNN) EUROPE: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a topic that has been rarely associated with Western Europe, yet due to the arrival of immigrants and refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Asia, female circumcision has become a specific Western concern. It is estimated that in the European Union alone, [...]
