Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Women & Gender from February 2008

Much has been said about "the veil," or hijab. Perhaps too much - mention it, and suddenly everyone - Muslim or not - is an expert. In Morocco, hijab is...

Middle East: Wishing Kosovo all the Best!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Bloggers and some politicians in the Middle East were quick to draw parallels between Kosovo's independence from Serbia and the Palestine Question. Following the news from the Balkans, here's a...

Barbados: Hair Them Out

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

21 February 2008

Iran:14-Year-Old Girl Stoned to Death by Father

Written by Fred Petrossian · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Turkey: Hijab Ban Lifted

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

19 February 2008

Ethiopia: On Afar women

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda: Bloggers tangle with mainstream media

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

The blogren had their collective eye on Uganda's mainstream media this week. One blogger "treads where the brave dare not go" by posting photos from a tragedy near the capital,...

Somalia: Can a hijab-wearing blogger get a respectable job in the US?

Written by Abdurahman Warsame · Sub-Saharan Africa

This is our second roundup of Somali blogs discussing various topics including Somali politics, the challenges of wearing a hijab in the United States and the first Somali female pilot.