· December, 2006

Stories about Women & Gender from December, 2006

Bahamas: Police brutality

Lynn Sweeting calls for an immediate investigation into police brutality in the Bahamas: “I call on the police force to recognize the enormity of this crisis in their ranks, and...

29 December 2006

China: 100 Outstanding Mothers

Granite Studio comments on the recent announcement by the government on the 100 outstanding Mothers in China. The blogger notices that such practice is not new.

25 December 2006

China: blogender

An online test (zh) about blogger's gender by analyising the language in the blogpost.

22 December 2006

Bahamas: Case Update

Nicolette Bethel refers to Lynn Sweeting's update about the case of the woman that the Bahamian police took into custody without allowing her to put on any clothes.

11 December 2006

Bangladesh: Starting Over

Morris the pen on starting over. “This is part of a series of articles in the press raising awareness about survivors of rape, trafficking and other trauma.”

8 December 2006

Indonesia: Religious Leaders and Polygamy

maverickysm blogs about two leading personalities in Indonesia, one the head of the ruling party's islamic affairs and other a popular islamic preacher. They are both getting a lot of...

8 December 2006

Africa: women are reshaping Africa

Women are reshaping the African political landscape, “But African women's rising power is measured not just in numbers. In Liberia, the same women who bore the brunt of the country's...

7 December 2006