Condoleezza, Please Baby Please…
Posted by Nyna
What beauty! What brains and intelligence! But Condi, you’re playing on the wrong team. You so eloquently stated that this was not 1968 when Russian tanks could invade a capital and get away with it. But how many people world-wide are believing that American forces can’t bomb and invade a country falsely […]
Policewomen Get “Bulletproof Bras”
Thousands of German policewomen will receive what media have labeled “bullet-proof bras.”Made of white cotton and featuring the word “Polizei” (Police) along the seam, the bras are meant to better protect police women who wear bullet-proof vests.
“There was a slight safety risk for women wearing normal bras with metal parts underneath a bullet-proof vest,” a […]
Bomb Blast Kills at Least 15 Women in Somalia
More than 15 women cleaning the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, were killed Sunday by a large bomb buried in a pile of garbage, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Mogadishu, the country’s bullet-pocked capital, has seen more than its share of carnage lately as Islamist insurgents wage an intense urban battle against government and Ethiopian forces. […]
How Long, O Lord?
Posted by Nyna
Now that the International Criminal Court has finally issued an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, president of the Sudan, how much time must elapse before the women of Darfur actually feel the effects? After years of hemming and hawing and hand-wringing at the United Nations, (which has officially acknowledged over 400,000 deaths […]
Women Face Stoning Death In Iran
At least eight women and one man are reported to have been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran.
The group, convicted of adultery and sex offences, could be executed at any time, lawyers defending them say.
The lawyers have called on the head of Iran’s judiciary to prevent the sentences from being carried out.
The last officially […]
American Gored In Pamplona Bull Run
Every July, there’s a story in the media describing how some drunken fool got trampled or gored while running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This week, an American male tourist got gored in the buttocks and had to run to surgery. Yes, it’s no fun to get stomped or skewered on vacation, but […]
Female Heads of State: Who Are They, Where Are They?
We almost did it! France tried and failed. India did it years ago, as did Israel, Great Britain and the Philippines. So did Germany, Chile and Liberia. Even Pakistan. There are 42 countries that have had at least one woman as president or prime minister over the last half century. Here […]
Welcome Home Ingrid!
Posted by Nyna
We are so happy here in Paris to witness the return of Ingrid Betancourt, the Franco-Colombian politician, wife, and mother who had been held hostage by the FARC rebels for nearly seven years. I had just been standing in front of her photo hanging in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris […]
India Celebrates Ground breaking Pride Event
For a city of 14 million people, a gathering of a couple of hundred may seem minuscule. But for Delhi’s gay community, the turnout at their first-ever Queer Pride this past weekend was beyond belief. Over 500 marchers carrying rainbow-colored flags and “Queer Dilliwalla” banners marched to bhangra beats, breaking into Bollywood-style pelvic thrusts and […]
Sculptor Helps Identify Juarez Murders
For more than a decade, the cities of Chihuahua and Juarez, near the US-Mexico border, have been killing fields for young women, the site of over 400 unsolved femicides. Despite the horrific nature of these crimes, authorities at all levels exhibit indifference, and there is strong evidence that some officials may be involved. Impunity and […]
