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By Marjane Satrapi
See the Ney York Times article below about unprecedented sexual violence in the Cogo
Hands of Fatima by Laila Shawa (Palestine)
A blog for the advancement of women's rights and freedoms.
Persopolis
By Marjane Satrapi
Book Review - Persopolis
This comic book, written by a female Iranian immigrant to Europe about growing up in revolutionary and post revolutionary Iran, tells the story of three generations of women and their struggle for freedom - ultimately only acheivable through seperating from their home country and each other.
Film Recommendation
'Kinsey' - The Sexologist
A bio-graphical film that traces the career of Kinsey, the first person to research and publish scientifically on sexual behavior in the US, reveals the controversy surrounding the opening of a public discourse on sex and sexuality in the United Sates that is just as relevant today as it was in the 50's.
A bio-graphical film that traces the career of Kinsey, the first person to research and publish scientifically on sexual behavior in the US, reveals the controversy surrounding the opening of a public discourse on sex and sexuality in the United Sates that is just as relevant today as it was in the 50's.
'Beyond Rape'
See the Ney York Times article below about unprecedented sexual violence in the Cogo
Interesting Articles
Hands of Fatima by Laila Shawa (Palestine)
Book Review - The Rape of Sita
In this short fiction by Maureen Collen, Sita, the strong feminist leader of the Mauritian Woman’s Rights movement who was raped 8 years ago is now facing her memory of the event. Woven with myth, folk tales and religious prophecies, Sita's struggle becomes intertwined with the independence of her nation and comes to symbolize all rapes and all violations. The novel is a journey into the history of rape and feminism, a study of how women and men cope with violation, and an inspiration.
Woman of the Week - Roquia Sakhawat Hussain
Born in 1880, Begum Roquia was a prolific writer, feminist, promoter of women’s education and one of the earliest critics of the veil. Her utopian work 'Sultana’s Dream' published in 1905 presents an alter-reality where men are confined to the home and women are free. As a result, women run everything, aided by science fiction-esque "electrical" technology which enables labourless farming and flying cars. Crime is eliminated, since men were responsible for it all. The workday is only two hours long, since men used to waste six hours of each day in smoking, and the religion is one of love and truth rather than any traditional faith with a history of denying the rights of women.
Begum Roquia
Book Review
Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen's book Development as Freedom reveals the interdependence and complimentarity of basic human rights (freedoms) and improved quality of life (development). He shows how expanding women's rights - to vote, own property, etc - not only increases their personal income and well-being, but results in more national and household spending on healthcare and education and less on defense and leisure.
Woman of the Week - Nettie Honeyball, founder of British Ladies Football Club
Nettie Honeyball founded the first semi-professional women's soccer team, the British Ladies Football Club in 1894. She is quoted as saying ""I founded the association...with the fixed resolve of proving to the world that women are not the ‘ornamental and useless’ creatures men have pictured...and I look forward to the time when ladies may sit in Parliament and have a voice in the direction of affairs, especially those which concern them most." It was not until after the first World War when women's participation in the work force spurred increased sport and leisure competition that the English Football Association banned women from its facilities. There was much speculation that the ban was driven by envy of the large audiences women's matches were drawing. This ban was soon emulated around the world and was not lifted until 1971.
The fifth Women's World Cup is currently being played in China. See http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/womensworldcup for scores and commentary.
The fifth Women's World Cup is currently being played in China. See http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/womensworldcup for scores and commentary.
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