Women & Gender · October, 2015
- Arts & Culture
- Breaking News
- Censorship
- Citizen Media
- Development
- Digital Activism
- Disaster
- Economics & Business
- Education
- Elections
- Environment
- Ethnicity & Race
- Film
- Food
- Freedom of Speech
- Good News
- Governance
- Health
- History
- Human Rights
- Humanitarian Response
- Humor
- Ideas
- Indigenous
- International Relations
- Labor
- Language
- Law
- LGBTQ+
- Literature
- Media & Journalism
- Migration & Immigration
- Music
- Photography
- Politics
- Protest
- Refugees
- Religion
- Science
- Sport
- Technology
- Travel
- War & Conflict
- Women & Gender
- Youth
- March 2021 5 posts
- February 2021 14 posts
- January 2021 6 posts
- December 2020 13 posts
- November 2020 7 posts
- October 2020 9 posts
- September 2020 14 posts
- August 2020 7 posts
- July 2020 16 posts
- June 2020 12 posts
- May 2020 16 posts
- April 2020 18 posts
- March 2020 23 posts
- February 2020 11 posts
- January 2020 10 posts
- December 2019 15 posts
- November 2019 12 posts
- October 2019 16 posts
- September 2019 9 posts
- August 2019 14 posts
- July 2019 12 posts
- June 2019 13 posts
- May 2019 11 posts
- April 2019 11 posts
- March 2019 25 posts
- February 2019 13 posts
- January 2019 3 posts
- December 2018 13 posts
- November 2018 11 posts
- October 2018 8 posts
- September 2018 6 posts
- August 2018 8 posts
- July 2018 11 posts
- June 2018 13 posts
- May 2018 8 posts
- April 2018 11 posts
- March 2018 24 posts
- February 2018 13 posts
- January 2018 11 posts
- December 2017 12 posts
- November 2017 17 posts
- October 2017 11 posts
- September 2017 12 posts
- August 2017 11 posts
- July 2017 16 posts
- June 2017 15 posts
- May 2017 20 posts
- April 2017 14 posts
- March 2017 27 posts
- February 2017 18 posts
- January 2017 20 posts
- December 2016 23 posts
- November 2016 14 posts
- October 2016 16 posts
- September 2016 17 posts
- August 2016 17 posts
- July 2016 21 posts
- June 2016 20 posts
- May 2016 22 posts
- April 2016 21 posts
- March 2016 20 posts
- February 2016 38 posts
- January 2016 18 posts
- December 2015 18 posts
- November 2015 23 posts
- October 2015 20 posts
- September 2015 13 posts
- August 2015 16 posts
- July 2015 12 posts
- June 2015 26 posts
- May 2015 36 posts
- April 2015 29 posts
- March 2015 29 posts
- February 2015 19 posts
- January 2015 13 posts
- December 2014 22 posts
- November 2014 19 posts
- October 2014 24 posts
- September 2014 15 posts
- August 2014 16 posts
- July 2014 16 posts
- June 2014 28 posts
- May 2014 29 posts
- April 2014 19 posts
- March 2014 43 posts
- February 2014 35 posts
- January 2014 27 posts
- December 2013 25 posts
- November 2013 42 posts
- October 2013 35 posts
- September 2013 27 posts
- August 2013 15 posts
- July 2013 26 posts
- June 2013 12 posts
- May 2013 38 posts
- April 2013 27 posts
- March 2013 35 posts
- February 2013 28 posts
- January 2013 39 posts
- December 2012 30 posts
- November 2012 29 posts
- October 2012 25 posts
- September 2012 40 posts
- August 2012 49 posts
- July 2012 36 posts
- June 2012 51 posts
- May 2012 44 posts
- April 2012 39 posts
- March 2012 60 posts
- February 2012 40 posts
- January 2012 46 posts
- December 2011 34 posts
- November 2011 47 posts
- October 2011 46 posts
- September 2011 37 posts
- August 2011 44 posts
- July 2011 37 posts
- June 2011 38 posts
- May 2011 43 posts
- April 2011 38 posts
- March 2011 56 posts
- February 2011 30 posts
- January 2011 32 posts
- December 2010 30 posts
- November 2010 38 posts
- October 2010 49 posts
- September 2010 31 posts
- August 2010 39 posts
- July 2010 46 posts
- June 2010 22 posts
- May 2010 36 posts
- April 2010 26 posts
- March 2010 42 posts
- February 2010 29 posts
- January 2010 30 posts
- December 2009 23 posts
- November 2009 44 posts
- October 2009 44 posts
- September 2009 33 posts
- August 2009 36 posts
- July 2009 23 posts
- June 2009 35 posts
- May 2009 48 posts
- April 2009 51 posts
- March 2009 70 posts
- February 2009 55 posts
- January 2009 31 posts
- December 2008 51 posts
- November 2008 57 posts
- October 2008 53 posts
- September 2008 57 posts
- August 2008 59 posts
- July 2008 73 posts
- June 2008 42 posts
- May 2008 61 posts
- April 2008 56 posts
- March 2008 80 posts
- February 2008 69 posts
- January 2008 61 posts
- December 2007 49 posts
- November 2007 61 posts
- October 2007 64 posts
- September 2007 46 posts
- August 2007 64 posts
- July 2007 60 posts
- June 2007 62 posts
- May 2007 71 posts
- April 2007 70 posts
- March 2007 91 posts
- February 2007 55 posts
- January 2007 39 posts
- December 2006 35 posts
- November 2006 48 posts
- October 2006 44 posts
- September 2006 27 posts
- August 2006 39 posts
- July 2006 47 posts
- June 2006 58 posts
- May 2006 72 posts
- April 2006 37 posts
- March 2006 53 posts
- February 2006 22 posts
Stories about Women & Gender from October, 2015
A Tale of Two Presidents, an Audacious Kidnap Attempt and Misogyny in Turkish Football
"If we will die, we will die like a man, we will not live like a woman. Nobody has the power to make us live like a woman."
How Poor Service Turned Into Slut Shaming in Trinidad & Tobago
"The victim (and yes, she is a victim) is a grown woman who has every right to use her personal property in any legal way she saw fit."
Red Dresses Keep the Memory of Canada’s Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Alive
Installation art project the REDress Project seeks to draw attention to the injustice faced by Canada's Aboriginal women: about 1,200 Aboriginal women have been murdered or gone missing since 1980.
Transgender Activist's Death Shows That Argentina’s Fight Against Gender Violence Is Far From Over
Hate crimes and gender violence are once again in the spotlight after the death of a prominent fighter for transgender rights in Argentina.
The Story of an Ethiopian Girl Who Fought Abduction, and the Lawyers Who Saved Her Life
"Difret" means "courage" in the Amharic language. A new film by that name tells the story of an Ethiopian girl who was kidnapped by men to enforce a "traditional" marriage.
How Yarn Is Making a Difference in the Lives of Women in Nepal and India
"I think that Darn Good Yarn’s major value is the fact it managed to change the living for hundreds of women in Nepal and India."
Overturning Lower Court, Maldives Supreme Court Saves Convicted Adulteress From Being Stoned to Death
The Maldives' Supreme Court has acted swiftly to overturn an island court's decision to execute a woman for adultery. The woman had been sentenced to be stoned to death.
How Social Media Fuels China's Growing Love of Cosmetic Surgery
China's cosmetic surgery industry is using powerful social media marketing strategies to convince more and more young women that they need to go under the knife to be beautiful.
Sex Never Stops Selling. Even in Conservative Tajikistan
"To avoid arrest sex workers and their clients will look for remote places, which will in turn endanger these women."
No Arrests One Year After Acid Attacks Against Iranian Women
"“Whenever we try to follow up on our daughter’s case, they say they are working on it but so far they have not given any information."
Female Entrepreneurs Give a Major Boost to the Development of Francophone Africa
Increasingly, civil society—and especially women—are keen to partake in the boom by starting businesses and joining Africa's new entrepreneurial mobilisation.
Netizen Report: #TakeBacktheTech Campaign Stands Up to Online Misogyny (and Misinformation)
Trolls attack open Internet advocates, Egypt books a Facebook user for putting Mickey Mouse ears on President Sisi, and a Myanmar activist goes to trial for mocking the military wardrobe.
Outrage After Ugandan Police Strip a Female Opposition Official Naked in Public
"A regime that loses respect for women deserves no respect either"
Democratic Republic of Congo Bans Film on Renowned Doctor Who Treats Rape Survivors
The film "The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates” documents the work of Dr. Denis Mukwege, who specializes in the treatment of women who have been gang-raped.
In Brazil, Where Abortion Is Illegal, a Domestic Worker Faces Public Scrutiny After Abandoning Her Child
A woman working as a maid in São Paulo, who abandoned her infant child "out of desperation," has received public condemnation, media criticism, and sparked a discussion of women's rights.
A New Collection of Children's Books Intends to Subvert Your Ideas of Princesses
The heroines of these stories neither live in castles nor wait for their charming prince to come and rescue them.
Belarusian Author and Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Alexievich is the 14th woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first Russian-language author to be granted the honor since 1987, when Joseph Brodsky received the prize.
Murder and Abortion Cases Highlight Continuing Injustices Against Women in Colombia
A female journalist's brazen murder and the news of an actress facing criminal charges for an abortion reminds Colombians that justice is not carried out equally when it involves women.
Portrait of Nobel Literary Prize Winner Pablo Neruda Sparks Debate About Rape Culture in Chile
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda included an account of a rape in his memoir. Now, an artist reimagines the author's memoir with a new title, "I Confess That I Have Raped."
Why Young North Koreans Are Daring to Wear Skinny Jeans
Danbi is part of a generation of North Korean millennials who don't look to the country's leadership to provide for them in the same way their parents did.
