Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Women's Views on News

Women's Views on News

The real reasons for Israel’s ‘woman problem’

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Hannah Boast WVoN co-editor Progressive rabbis in Israel have founded a new Orthodox group that will focus on gender equality, in response to fears about the rise of religious extremism. Osha Koren, a leader in Matan, an institute for women’s Torah study, founded the group Beit Hillel with ten other rabbis and has since found [...]

Campaign groups take action on female genital mutilation

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Deborah Cowan WVoN co-editor Two international campaign groups have called on the European Union (EU) for more clarity on their commitment to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) and other manifestations of violence against women. The European Commission pledged to create plans to address violence against women, including FMG, in 2010, saying they would "adopt an [...]

Amnesty International calls for Bahrain to release female activist

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Ellie Watmuff WVoN co-editor Amnesty International called on the Bahraini authorities last week to release a female activist, Fadhila Mubarak, currently being held for her involvement in pro-reform demonstrations last year. This followed a decision by the Court of Cassation in the capital, Manama, rejecting Mubarak’s appeal against her conviction for protesting and listening to “revolutionary” music (see [...]

Battle of the sexes continues in Ireland

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Auveen Woods WVoN co-editor The Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) has issued a report showing that whilst Irish women are better educated than their male counterparts, men still overwhelmingly dominate senior and managerial positions. The report, entitled "Men and Women in Ireland 2011“, looked at the differences between men and women in the areas of [...]

Women’s voices ring louder in church

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Deborah Cowan WVoN co-editor A mere 20 years ago, the call of the clergy was still very much for the ears of men alone.  Now, it seems, the tide is turning. It's not quite 20 years since the Church of England first invited women to don the robes of priesthood, but figures released in the official [...]

Why are Syrian women protestors ‘invisible’ in mainstream news?

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Thelma Etim WVoN co-editor  Since the March 2011 uprising in Syria which saw its citizens openly revolting against their leader Bashar al-Assad, more than 5,000 have lost their lives. Among the dead are women who have been protesting against a regime which has been roundly denounced for its aggression and brutality on the international stage. Last week [...]

Story links, 6 February 2012

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Every day we'll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won't necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old. The following are the ones we’ve found today. Story links: Women’s role in ANC not recogised, Times Live, February 5, 2012 Saudi [...]