Issues and Analysis
Denis Mukwege: The rape surgeon of DR Congo
Denis Mukwege is a gynaecologist working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He and his colleagues have treated about 30,000 rape victims, developing great expertise in the treatment of serious sexual injuries. His story includes disturbing accounts of rape as a weapon of war.
Read more...Canada: Abusive Policing, Neglect Along ‘Highway of Tears’
Set Up National Inquiry Into Murders, Disappearances of Indigenous Women, Girls
Read more...Why I Won't Support One Billion Rising
The premise of One Billion Rising is to 'rise' above forms of violence; to dance, to celebrate and in doing so to 'DEMAND an end to this violence'. It was created by Eve Ensler, the creator of The Vagina Monologues, whose exposure has risen along with the success of the play.
Read more...Sexularism and the female body
If the "western" woman is to be liberated, we should stand with women across the globe to end the war on women's bodies.
Read more...US aid ban on abortions for women raped in war leaves UK compromised
Prohibiting the use of foreign aid to provide access to safe abortions has repercussions far beyond US borders
Read more...Don't we have the right to get married too?
Bhagya (name changed) falters as she tells me what happened when she said she wanted to get married.
“Do you know what my parents asked me? They said, 'Yevan irrukkan unnai kattikrathuku?' (Who is there to marry you?) I was so upset. I went into a long depression,” she recalls, over tea.
Kenyan Men Turning the Tide Against FGM
For the Samburu community in northern Kenya it was bad enough that Julius Lekupe had not sired a son – it was even worse that his eldest daughter refused to be “cut”.
Read more...Menstruation taboo puts 300 mln women in India at risk - experts
More than 300 million women and girls in India do not have access to safe menstrual hygiene products, endangering their health, curtailing their education and putting their livelihoods at risk, say experts at the Geneva-based Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC).
Read more...The agony of South Africa’s daughter Anene Booysen. The agony of South Africa.
In life, the two young women were worlds apart from each other, but in death they were uncannily the same. Besides their brutal gang rapes and mutilation, both the 23-year-old woman known as “India’s daughter” and 17-year-old Anene Booysen wanted their rapists to face justice.
Read more...A feminist challenge to hypocritical government policies
We face at the global level converging crises on finance, climate, food and energy that have tremendous impacts on people’s life, especially on women. Old structural problems such as income distribution, poverty, lack of access to education and social services are now combined with emerging issues such as climate change, speculation on food and the financialization of the economy and nature.
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