Saturday, January 7, 2012

Women's Views on News

Women's Views on News

Documentary explores darker side of Cambodia’s first fashion week

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Ilona Lo Iacono WVoN Co-editor  The latest episode of VICE's Fashion Week Internationale film series features a visit to Fashion Week in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, followed by an exploration of the darker side of fashion in Cambodia: the garment manufacturing industry. Presenter Charlet Duboc says one of the reasons she was keen to visit Phnom Penh [...]

Egyptian women frustrated by slow progress in post-revolution Egypt

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Summary of story from BBC News, January 6, 2011 Women participants in the Egyptian Revolution of January 2011 say they are frustrated that the progress promised by the Arab Spring appears to have stalled. In the 18 days that brought down former President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian women were out in Tahrir Square day after day, [...]

Festival of Iranian Films in Prague to focus on depictions of women

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Summary of story from Czech Position, January 6, 2012 The Festival of Iranian Films in Prague (11-15 January) promises to showcase "some of the best of Persian cinema from the past few years". The feature film section has a particular focus on women, with nine films depicting the experiences of women in contemporary Iranian society. [...]

In USA, women are losing out to men in economic recovery

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Summary of story from Sentinel and Enterprise, January 6, 2011 The US economy may be recovering, but the positive effects are being felt by men more than women, as they find work in industries previously dominated by women. Men are increasingly looking outside their fields for new employment opportunities, and according to the US Bureau [...]

Indian women farmers who commit suicide not recognised as “genuine farmers”

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Summary of story from NDTV, January 6, 2012 Women farmers who commit suicide in Andhra Pradesh state, India, are not counted among official statistics of farmer suicides in the region. Women like Singamshetty Yadamma, who tended the family farm for 15 years to support her three children and disabled husband, are often not officially considered "farmers", [...]

Israeli women dance against gender segregation

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Summary of story from Jerusalem Post, January 6, 2011 Around 250 women took part in a flashmob in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh on Friday to protest against gender segregation in the country’s public spaces. The women danced to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” in the city’s main square, surprising passers-by – some of [...]

Survey says UK women emulate Thatcher to boost careers

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Summary of story from the Daily Mail, January 6, 2012 A new poll suggests that British women are likely to dress more conservatively and adopt a throatier, more masculine voice in order to get ahead at work. The survey, conducted by One Poll for Business Environment, found that almost half of women develop a more [...]

Alabama man arrested for starting fire at Florida women’s clinic

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Summary of story from CNN.com, January 5, 2012 Authorities have said that an Alabama man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a family planning clinic in Pensacola, Florida last Sunday. Investigators from the Florida Fire Marshal and Joint Terrorism Task Force accused Bobby Joe Rogers, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, of setting the fire, [...]

Britain’s new “Iron Lady” wants UK to reclaim powers from EU

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Summary of story from Express.co.uk, January 6, 2012 Andrea Leadsom, a Member of the UK Parliament (MP), has demanded that British prime minister David Cameron start clawing back powers from Brussels. Described as "The Iron Lady of Banking", she is one of 120 Tory MPs in the Fresh Start group, which has drawn up a [...]

British actress urges reduction in travel time for live animals

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Summary of story from The Guardian, January 5, 2012 British actress Joanna Lumley is calling for an end to the “cruel and unnecessary” long-distance journeys to which live cattle are subjected in Europe. Launching an advertising campaign against live animal exports for the welfare organization Compassion in World Farming, the actress called for a maximum [...]

British IndyCar racer never wanted to do anything else

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Summary of story from The Independent, January 5, 2012 Pippa Mann, the first female Briton to take part in the Indy 500 car race says she is healing well from the 15-car-pile-up that left one racer dead and three hospitalized several months ago. Mann explains how staying calm and keeping her body relaxed during the [...]

Number of twins born to US women is soaring

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Summary of story from ABC news online, January 5, 2012 According to a government report published this week, the number of twins born in the US has soared over the last three decades. In 2009, one in every 30 babies was a twin, an astounding increase over the one in 53 rate in 1980. Although [...]

Female rapists strike again in Zimbabwe?

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Summary of story from The Herald Online, January 5, 2012 Three alleged Zimbabwean female rapists, charged and released on bail last year, are under suspicion again after reports that two men were sexually abused in late December (see WVoN story). The suspects, Rosemary Chakwizira and sisters Sophie and Netsai Nhokwara who were arrested last year [...]

Woman arrested in UK phone hacking scandal

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Summary of story from BBC News, January 6, 2012 A former executive assistant to ex-News of the Word editor Rebekah Brooks has been arrested by police investigating phone hacking (see WVoN coverage).  Scotland Yard said a 47-year-old woman was arrested in Essex on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The BBC understands she [...]

Women in India offered new options for infertility

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Summary of story from Al Jazeera, January 4, 2012 Although married women in India have traditionally been seen as impure if childless, the country’s fertility business is booming. Fertility expert Dr Rama is hoping to change the way infertility is viewed with a number of clinics offering reproductive services through southern India. She is also [...]

UK study claims men worry more about looks than women

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Summary of story from The Guardian , January 6, 2012 More men worry about their body shape and appearance – beer bellies, “man boobs” or going bald – than women do about how they look, claims research. Around four in five men (80.7 percent) talk in ways that promote anxiety about their body image by referring to [...]

Jamaica’s first female PM vows to ditch monarchy

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Summary of story from The Guardian, January 6, 2012 Portia Simpson Miller has been sworn in for the second time as Jamaica’s prime minister (see WVoN story). She has pledged to ease poverty, boost the economy, heal political divisions and drop the Queen as head of state. Simpson Miller, who was prime minister for a year [...]

Kenya set for massive increase in women’s political participation

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Summary of story from IPS Africa, January 4, 2012 Kenya’s elections this August will open doors to massive political participation by women. The new constitution, introduced in August 2010, contains a provision that “not more than two-thirds of the members of elective public bodies shall be of the same gender." Kenya is a patriarchal society. Women [...]

Frozen embryos healthier, study finds

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Summary of story from BBC, January 6, 2012 A study by the British Fertility Society in London has found that babies born from frozen embryos are likely to be healthier than those born from fresh embryos. IVF babies born from frozen embryos are heavier at birth and gestate for longer than those born from fresh. [...]

Israeli women can eulogise at funerals

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Summary of story from Haaretz.com, January 6, 2012 The Religious Services Ministry in Israel has instructed hundreds of burial societies to stop preventing women from eulogising at funerals. The decision was made after numerous women complained that burial staff had stopped them eulogising at funerals of loved ones. Religious Services Minister Yaakov Margi (Shas) decided to adopt [...]

Photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99

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Summary from The Guardian, January 5, 2012 Photographer Eve Arnold died on Wednesday at the age of 99 – just three months before reaching her centenary. She was known for her work in photojournalism, portraiture and fashion, as well as for her long working relationship with Marilyn Monroe, who she worked with up until her [...]

Women excluded from Jerusalem conference on fertility

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Summary of story from Haaretz.com,  January 5, 2011 Two prominent Israeli doctors have withdrawn from a Jerusalem  conference after it notified them that women would not be able to speak or participate at the event. The event, on fertility and Jewish law, was organised by Pua, an organisation offering gynaecological and fertility counselling in adherence with Jewish [...]