Pakistan: Girls victimized by Taliban find safe haven to learn
Pakistan: Girls victimized by Taliban find safe haven to learn — “girls hide textbooks in their shawls to escape harassment”
Women’s Rights Matter
Canada: ‘Honor killing’ of women “is terrorism”
(Canada) ‘Honour killing’ is terrorism — “In just the same way the Ku Klux Klan used violence to enforce white supremacy in the southern United…
Women’s Equality – The Global Challenge for Our Generation
There is no challenge or priority greater for our generation larger than the continuing global oppression of women, who represent half of humanity. This challenge…
Pakistan: Suspected “Honor Killing” of Pregnant Wife, Two Teenage Daughters
— Pakistan Daily Times: “Man kills pregnant wife, 2 daughters” — “KARACHI: An unemployed man escaped after killing his pregnant wife and two daughters including…
Russian Prime Minster Putin Supports Chechen Extremist Kadyrov Who Defends “Honor Killings”
— Reuters: “Putin dashes to Chechnya, shows support for Kadyrov” — “Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s restive Chechnya region on Monday, showing support for a local…
The Women’s Crusade
The Women’s Crusade — “IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it…
Support Afghan Women Empowerment Act, S. 229
Let your Senator know that you support Afghan Women Empowerment Act, S. 229 — Full Text of Bill “Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2009 –…
Pakistan Christian Post: “Honor killing of 40 women in month of May, 2009, in Sindh”
Pakistan Christian Post: “Honor killing of 40 women in month of May, 2009, in Sindh” — Pakistan Christian Post reports: — “Hyderabad: August 20, 2009….
Sudan’s Rosa Parks
Sudan’s Rosa Parks
Bishop pleads for captive female converts to Christianity in Iran
Bishop pleads for captive female converts in Iran — The London Times reports: “The case of two of them, Maryam Rustampoor, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh,…