2 days ago by brian

Some levity about a murderous terrorist……….. While trying to escape through Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden found a bottle on the sand and picked it up. Suddenly, a female genie rose from the bottle and with a smile said, “Master, may I grant you one wish?” Osama responded,” You ignorant, unworthy daughte ...

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2 days ago by AF

Perhaps I should point out at the start that, although this is a bedtime story of a sort, this is very definitely not something for the kids! On a serious note, I think I should repeat that I simply adore women (at least most of them, as I’ve said before) and I just love to see [...]

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2 days ago by David Fono

From the BBC: Ugandan MPs have voted to outlaw female genital mutilation – also known as female circumcision. Anyone convicted of the practice, which involves cutting off a girl’s clitoris, will face 10 years in jail, or a life sentence if a victim dies. The BBC’s Joshua Mmali in Uganda says it is n ...

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3 days ago by Emily Heroy

Hey all, Below is what we’ve been reading this week. What have you been reading/writing this week? We want to hear from you; leave your links in the comments! -the editors at GAB From the blogs The 9th Feminist Blog Carnival is out at the Undomestic Goddess. Check it out here! Urgent Community Suppo ...

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5 days ago by Melisende

From BBC News : Thirty elderly women have been arrested in Eritrea while praying together, one of their relatives living in the United States has told the BBC. Requesting anonymity, she said she only found out about her mother when she phoned to speak to her this week. Most of the women belonged to ...

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6 days ago by Jessica Mack

Well, I never had a very favorable opinion of embattled Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, to say the least. But a new report from Aids-Free World documents nearly 400 cases of politically motivated rapes committed by Mugabe’s supporters against women supporting Mugabe’s opponent in Zimbabwe’s flawed ...

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6 days ago by Alex Jarvis

Listen to Alex Jarvis and Rachel Mercer rant and rave about how women get treated in the comic book industry. Why does Marvel hate women? Are “Obnoxiously large and combat-adverse” breasts another power in the Kryptonian canon? All of this, plus… Actually, that’s a lot of it. Enjoy.

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7 days ago by sabraleaf

Individual freedom is the ability to make reproductive choices while not experiencing gender inequality, violence, coercion or discrimination regardless of socio-economics. Several laws and amendments affect the way a woman receives and utilizes her personal health care. Civil rights advocates see f ...

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8 days ago by NCADC-North

“Whether perpetrated in conflict or in peace, the root causes of violence against women [are] deep-seated inequalities and discrimination” Women survivors of torture are being denied justice due to failures in countries around the world to uphold their human rights and to respond to their rehabilita ...

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8 days ago by Jessica Mack

The BBC reported this week that a New Zealand man has admitted to intentionally pricking his sleeping wife with an HIV-infected needle. The man, who was found to be HIV positive in 2004, infected his wife so that she would agree to have sex with him again. The wife only learned she was HIV positive ...

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