Breaking the silence in India Recently several NGOs from across fourteen districts in the Bundelkhand region region in India have come together under a network called Samaan (meaning “equal”) to raise public awareness of violcence against women. One of the most effective advocates for change in the in India is politician Gayatri Devi, now 75… Read more »
The Murder of Margaret Hassan Margaret Hassan, a British aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad a month ago, has probably been killed, according to her Iraqi husband and British diplomats. “I have been told that there is a video of Margaret which appears to show her murder,” Tahsin Hassan told Reuters in Baghdad, adding he was… Read more »
Kudos to Spain! A new law in Spain requires men sentenced for abusing their wives to wear an electronic bracelet which alerts both the man’s wife and the police as soon as he comes within five hundred meters. http://www.rponline.de/public/article/nachrichten/journal/gesellschaft/ausland/66602 New Feminist Mag for Teens The first publication of Howling Harpies is scheduled for March 8,… Read more »
Finally! The United Nations has just published its Gender Resource Package for Peacekeeping Operations–a comprehensive guide for those serving in the field and at Headquarters aimed at integrating concerns about equality and the particular concerns of women into the workings of missions across the globe. http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=news http://www.unifem.org/index.php?f_page_pid=6 The Coalition for Women’s Human Rights in Conflict… Read more »
Margaret Hassan Margaret Hassan, kidnapped on her way to work where she runs Care International’s Iraq operation, was a strong opponent of UN sanctions on Iraq. Tony Blair, who supported the sanctions which Margaret Hassan condemned, remarked that Britain will do all that it can to secure her release. Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer… Read more »
Sisters Bringing Home The Prize Wangari Maathai , Kenyan environmental activist and human rights campaigner, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. She is the first African woman to have won a Nobel. Physician, writer and journalist Taslima Nasrin has won the 2004 Unesco-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. Controversial Indian author… Read more »
When Perceval had again mounted his fiery steed he rode through the forest until he reached a clearing and a high hill. He urged his horse up the slope, and near its summit found a square log hut all green with moss. An old woman, having heard him approach, emerged and stood before her door…. Read more »
Village Hello, there. You don’t know me. That is, you know my name, I think, And can, at times, Connect it to a face. I have made efforts to extend to you Regard you have not thought to grant to me, But I have failed. I’ve tried to think of all of you as real… Read more »