International Women’s Day 3/08/09 |
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| By: Laura Doty Sunday March 8, 2009 7:20 pm | |
Here are some links to a few of the pressing stories on International Women’s Day:
Oxfam’s report on Iraqi Women in PDF form: In Her Own Words. And here is a of the narratives from Oxfam’s bog: Shafeeka’s Story.
On the West Bank, a women’s rights organization labors to get to the core of violence against women.
US: Time to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Crossposted at JustPeaceNow and Relaxed Politics
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Diggable, thank you.
Rec’d and dugg, thanks for the post, Laura.
Happy International Women’s Day to you!–and to all women.
I think we need more than a day. Women all over the world need a way to balance the neglect in the media, such as US media. Women’s issues are not “covered” by women (FAIR has studied the problem) in the media, when presented at all. Women’s issues are family issues, too. Men who are married live longer than single men, also. Women have a lot in common, worldwide.
Laura George Galloway made it into Gaza
anyone want to post this at Oxdown
I hit my limit in 24 hours
Hamas official hails British MP George Galloway as ‘hero’ in Gaza
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069774.html