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Dec 22, 2005
Marry christmas to everybody!
Posted at 10:40 am by catherineNEWS
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Aug 30, 2005
Iraq Constitution 'Big Disappointment' for Women
Iraq's draft constitution was finalized on Sunday and will be sent to voters for a nationwide referendum to be held in six weeks. The finalized draft includes language of grave concern to woman in iraq– namely, that Islam is to be considered “a basic source of law” and that no law may contradict the “undisputed rules” of Islam. According to the Associated Press, the final document also calls for the Supreme Federal Court to include judges and experts in both law and sharia (Islamic) law, which suggests that clerics may serve on the Supreme Court, further endangering women’s rights.
The document also allows Iraqis to choose whether they follow secular law or sharia law in family matters, such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance. What is not clear, however, is how the law will address differences in opinion between a husband and a wife or a father and a daughter over which law to follow. On “Meet the Press” yesterday, Tim Russert asked Zalmay Khalilzad, US Ambassador to Iraq, what would happen if, for example, a Shiite man took his wife to a Shiite religious court – would “that woman … have equal protection?” Khalilzad said that would be regulated by the legislature.
Safia Taleb al-Souhail, the Iraqi woman given a prominent spot in President Bush’s 2005 State of the Union address, had previously publicly denounced the prominence given to Islamic law in settling family matters in the constitution, which remained intact in the final version. “When we came back from exile, we thought we were going to improve the rights and position of women,” said Souhail, now Iraq’s Ambassador to Egypt, according to Reuters. But look what happened – we have lost all the gains we made over the last 30 years. It’s a big disappointment.”
Posted at 09:24 am by catherineNEWS
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Jul 26, 2005
WOMANKIND Worldwide launches TV and cinema advertisement
On International Women's Day, WOMANKIND Worldwide launched a new TV and cinema advertisement called ‘Be There’ which calls for support to prevent violence against women from the British public. The film reminds people that as well as an act of ‘domestic’ atrocity, violence against women comes in the form of rape in war zones and genital mutilation of young girls all over the world. Created by international advertising agency Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe Y & R, and directed by the award-winning Nicolai Fuglsig, ‘Be There’ shows three short scenes of violent behaviour against women.
Posted at 07:29 am by catherineNEWS
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May 13, 2005
Women's struggles to gain equal rights
Women's struggles to gain equal rights with men began in the late 1700's and early 1800's as women in the United States and England began to speak up for equal rights. Women's movements began due to several factors. Influential thinkers of the time questioned established political and religious authority and stressed the importance of reason, equality, and liberty. The new intellectual atmosphere helped justify women's rights to full citizenship
Women also became involved with the abolition movement, and many of them determined to extend their struggle for freedom to women's lives as well. Two women prominent in the abolition movement--Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott--held the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Other women's groups become involved in temperance activities--crusades to abolish alcoholic beverages. Many temperance organizations, such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union, supported Mott and Stanton in their efforts to win the right to vote.
Posted at 07:26 am by catherineNEWS
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Mar 5, 2005
This entry aims at reminding you that I'm alive! Thank you.
Posted at 04:16 am by catherineNEWS
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Feb 25, 2005
An exhaustive study of New Yorker Fiction conducted last year by a Princeton undergrad proved the obvious: that male editors just might be inclined to favor the work of ……other males. Several more conclusions: 1) some editors are worse than others and 2) things aren’t always getting better for women writers at the nation’s literary magazine of record. The percentage of stories by men published in the New Yorker rose to 70% between 1995 and 2001 under new editor Bill Buford. The previous stat from 1992-95 under former editor Charles McGrath was a more balanced 59%.
What a shame!!!!
Posted at 05:30 am by catherineNEWS
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Feb 19, 2005
Hopefully, this Blog will result in new connections, new ideas, and new information about feminist theory and women's movements.
Posted at 05:16 am by catherineNEWS
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Feb 17, 2005
The battle for equality never takes a day off
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Feb 16, 2005
A Guide For Fun Feminists
I had a great idea!!
We could add feminist theories in this blog. Then, here there would be some ideas that would help us to guide our feminism belifes. For that reason, you could leave a short primer on some of the Feminist resources and other useful things that one could find on the Net. By no means exhaustive, this is just a start.
Posted at 07:30 pm by catherineNEWS
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Feb 15, 2005
Does someone want to discuss about breast cancer? I know it's not a funny subject, but it's extremely relevant for us!!!
Leave here your message!!! You can add comments about anygirls stuff you are interested in, it's up to you!
Posted at 08:50 pm by catherineNEWS
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