Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Women's Views on News

Women's Views on News

Dig unearths 3000-year-old tomb of a female singer

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Summary of story from BBCNews, January 16, 2012 A team of archaeologists has discovered the tomb of a female singer in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. The all-female team from the University in Basel in Switzerland unearthed the tomb and found a coffin containing a perfectly preserved mummy almost 3000 years old. The upper [...]

Indian mothers still struggle to feed their families

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Summary of story from AlJazeera, January 13, 2012 A report by the Citizens’ Alliance against Malnutrition has found that 42 per cent of Indian children aged two years are underweight and 58 per cent display stunted growth. The report is based on a survey conducted by the Naandi Foundation, which collected data on the nutrition status of [...]

Armenian filmmaker looks into story of her grandma’s tattoos

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Summary of story from AlJazeera, January 12, 2012 Filmmaker Suzanne Khardalian makes a journey into her own family with a film that investigates the terrible truth behind her late grandma’s odd tattoos. During the First World War, millions of Armenians were forced out of their homes in the then Ottoman empire, into the deserts of [...]

Sign petition against short skirts for female boxers

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Sue Tapply WVoN co-editor Female boxing will make its Olympic debut in this year's Games in London. But the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) is on the verge of ruining a Big Day or two. It recently suggested that female boxers wear short skirts in the ring – because it looks more elegant and helps [...]

Liberian president faces difficult second term

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Summary of story from globalpost.com, January 15, 2012 Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in for her second term yesterday, but the 73-year-old Nobel laureate begins her six-year term under a heavy cloud following an acrimonious election. Johnson Sirleaf’s election campaign against the main opposition party, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), was capped off [...]

Apps that promote breast implants and sexual harassment

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Summary of story from GlobalPost.com, January 14, 2012 Apps on the Apple online store that encourage breast implants and give instructions on how to ogle the opposite sex are among programs apparently being recommended for 12-year-olds. Among the applications with a maturity rating of 12+ or less, are weight-loss apps, a breast-implant stimulator app and [...]

Women protest against PIP breast implant clinics

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Summary of story from London24.com, January 15, 2011 A group of 60 women marched in London yesterday calling for private clinics to replace faulty Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) breast implants for free. Around 40,000 women in the UK received PIP implants manufactured by the now-closed French company (see WVoN coverage). The implants were filled with non-medical [...]

Tech professionals criticise use of “booth babes”

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Summary of story from Daily Mail, January 13, 2012 Several technology writers have criticised the continued practice at tech shows of hiring “booth babes” – models who promote products, often while wearing revealing outfits. The issue was brought to the fore during last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where BBC reporter Matt Danzico [...]

India’s first woman photo-journalist dies

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Summary of story from First Post, January 16, 2012 One the world's pre-eminent woman photo-journalists, Homai Vyarawala, has died aged 98. Vyarawala's illustrious 40-year career saw her capture moments of historical significance in political and social life, as India transitioned to independence. Alongside major events such as the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai [...]

UK women protest against dieting industry

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Summary of story from The Guardian, January 15, 2012 UK women who say they have been failed by weight loss programmes sold to them by the multi-million-pound dieting industry are to demonstrate outside parliament. The protest, which will take place today, is part of the Ditching Dieting campaign led by Endangered Bodies, an organisation which [...]

Protesters call for change to rape laws in Lebanon

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Summary of story from Daily Star, January 16, 2012 Over the weekend hundreds of people in Lebanon marched to call for a change in the law concerning rape and victim support. Beginning at noon in the Beirut district of Sanayeh and ending in Parliament Square, the event was organised by feminist collective Nasawiya, and attracted around [...]

Protest against mainland Chinese citizens giving birth in Hong Kong

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Summary of story from Macau Daily Times, January 16, 2012 In Hong Kong yesterday more than 1,500 people, including women pushing prams, took to the streets to protest at the growing number of mainland Chinese citizens giving birth on the island. Children born in Hong Kong gain right of abode and access to education in Hong Kong. [...]

First graduates from Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa

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Summary of story from Voice of America, January 14, 2012 The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, celebrated the graduation of its first class on Saturday. The Class of 2011 achieved a 100 per cent pass rate, with all students gaining entry to universities in South Africa or the USA. Winfrey, who founded [...]

Too few women leaders in German orchestras

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Summary of story from DW-World, January 16, 2011 When the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising appointed Lucia Hinz as its musical director, the church was lauded by feminists in Germany, as there are so few women in leading positions in the music world. A recent search for a new conductor by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra included [...]

California Girl Scout protests against transgender scouts

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Summary of story from The Independent, January 15, 2012 A teenage girl scout from southern California has attracted national attention by starring in a video protesting against the American Scout movement’s progressive policy of allowing transgender children to join scouting groups. The 14-year-old from Ventura County, near Los Angeles, who is identified only as Taylor, [...]