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• Lessons from the Shah

  Published: July 31, 2007, 11:41 am

  Tags: Iran, Women, Human Rights

  Morey Amsterdinejad seems to have taken a few pages from Savak, the Shah’s brutal secret police: The student bulletin of Amir Kabir University in Tehran is quoted by the reformist daily Rooz as stating that the student movement leaders who were arrested in early July for activity against the regime (see “Iranian Authorities Arrest

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• Taslima Nasreen, Poet, Attacked in India: Men Attack Her; Other Men Try to Sheild Her

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:06 pm

  Tags: Endangered Species, Religion, Freedom Of Speech, India, Sexism, Crime, Social Commentary, Muslims, Women S Issues, Mass Murder, Moral Decline, Radical Islam, Women, Bangladesh, Death, Human Rights, Moral Values, Domestic Surveillance, Pornography

  against the treatment of women under religion, particularly Islam, showed up for her book release party yesterday in Andhra Pradesh, India. A mob of Muslim extremists also showed up to combat her depiction of Islam as oppressive to women … by throwing things at her and shouting for her death. A crowd of 100 protesters, including a

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• Remember all the new women's rights in Iraq? Yeah, not so much.

  Published: August 21, 2007, 5:05 pm

  Tags: Women, Iraq, Human Rights

  the importance of freeing women through the war.It won't surprise anyone, of course, to hear that women in today's Iraq are overwhelmingly worse off than before. As the conservative Shia majority gains control of the nation, rights are slipping away, and women are vulnerable to a host of problems and challenges due to the continuing

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• Broadsides: CNN Schools Us On The Concept Of Female Frenemies

  Published: August 27, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Breast Cancer, Broadsides, Cosmo, Domestic Violence, Nudity, Obesity, Perverts, Pro Choice, Rape, Sex Trade, Women Leaders, Women S Rights

  CNN the news network, known for its in-depth coverage of the Paris Hilton Goes To Prison Scandal, gets all deep in their exploration of "frenemies". Listen, sometimes really shallow girls turn on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Come Vote For The Party of Forced Pregnancy, Ladies!

  Published: August 31, 2007, 11:16 am

  Tags: What Would We Be Without Wishful Thinking, Wingnuttery, Women S Rights

  argues that the majority of women who vote Democratic are out there for the Republican plucking. What, might you ask, is the strategy? Well, apparently women no longer care about such trivial "70s" issues as whether they will be discriminated against in the workplace or whether the state will force them to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term

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• Saudi Arabia: Conservatives Continue to Resist Identification Cards for Women

  Published: September 1, 2007, 11:05 pm

  Tags: Women S Rights, Saudi Arabia, Women

  Regulatory Barriers Hamper Women's Progress Najah Alosaimi, Arab News Since 2001, thousands of women around the Kingdom have obtained ID cards. In Dammam, for instance, officials have reported that approximately 12,000 women have gotten ID cards. Jeddawi women lead the country in obtaining ID cards; according to Al-Watan newspaper one in four

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• Other Holocausts You May Have Missed

  Published: September 9, 2007, 6:58 am

  Tags: Human Rights, Women, Africa

  of sexual violence against women in eastern Congo are “almost unimaginable,” the top U.N. humanitarian official said Saturday after visiting the country’s most fragile region, where militia groups have preyed on the civilian population for years. John Holmes, who coordinates U.N. emergency relief operations, said 4,500 cases

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• Global Day for Darfur: September 16, 2007

  Published: September 9, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Women S Rights, Darfur, Human Rights

  hell of Darfur, say refugees Women who have fled the violence of Sudan are facing discrimination in a culture which fails to distinguish between adultery and rape Mariella Frostrup in Djabal refugee camp, Chad (The Observer)

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• Baby, You Can’t Drive My Car

  Published: September 10, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: Human Rights, Women, Saudi Arabia

  the League of Demanders of Women’s Right to Drive Cars in Saudi Arabia, announce that we will be delivering a message to King ‘Abdallah, may Allah preserve him, demanding that he return that which has been stolen from women: the right to [free] movement through the use of cars, [which are] the means of transportation today.

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• New Petition Seeks to Ban US Women From Driving

  Published: September 17, 2007, 11:24 am

  Tags: Cars, Saudi Women, Saudi Women Driving, Women Drive Cars, Women S Rights

  Interesting fact: Saudi Women Can Sell - Not Drive - Cars "Saudi Arabia Saudi women still can't drive cars, but they can sell them. Potential buyers can go to an all-women showroom where, for the first time, other women will help them choose a car and answer questions about horsepower, carburetors and other automotive features. Neither the

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• Traffic Violations: Let Saudi Women Drive And Soon They'll Be Humping Oil-Slicked Mechanics

  Published: September 18, 2007, 5:30 pm

  Tags: Jalopnik, Saudi Arabia, Traffic Violations, Women S Rights

  It sounds like the beginning of a sexist or racist joke: Saudi Arabian women can't drive. But the truth is they're banned from doing so. The Committee of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Tuesday Night Tidbits

  Published: September 18, 2007, 8:59 pm

  Tags: Class, Trade Unions, Russia, Putin, Chechnya, Fundamentalism, Iran, Human Rights, Tnt, Women S Rights, Bush

  by Louise Arbour, UN Human Rights Council Council's High Commissioner for Human Rights, courtesy the Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran (WFAFI) : One can only wonder how Louise Arbour, neglected to acknowledge the atrocities taken place in Iran. While families of victims and political prisoners desperately tried to meet with

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• Saudia Arabia: Women and Sports Do Not Mix

  Published: September 20, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Saudi Arabia, Women, Women S Rights

  a very sore point for many women who would enjoy participating in sports but are prevented from doing so unless they go to private clubs and even there the range is limited.” (Hat tip to in2thefray for this article.) The Right of Women to Watch Sports Events Abeer Mishkhas (Arab News) IN A situation truly the first of its kind, a

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• Turkey: Proposal to Lift Restrictions on Hijab in Universities and Government Functions

  Published: September 23, 2007, 11:34 pm

  Tags: Hijab, Turkey, Women, Women S Rights

  Women who wear hijab in Turkey are prohibited from working in government offices, cannot appear in court, teach, attend university or practice medicine. This effectively cuts many women off from careers, education and government services. The proposal to lift these restrictions will not usher in a Taliban-state. Rather, it will allow women who

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• Saudi Arabia: Campaign to Permit Women to Drive Gears Up Again

  Published: September 23, 2007, 11:13 pm

  Tags: Saudi Arabia, Women, Women S Rights

  Women Petition for Right to Drive Challenge Poses Risks in Sole Country Where Only Men May Take the Wheel Faiza Saleh Ambah (Washington Post) For the first time since a demonstration in 1990, a group of Saudi women is campaigning for the right to drive in this conservative kingdom, the only country in the world that prohibits female drivers.

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