Stories about Women & Gender from May, 2006
South Asia: Men and Women Online
Do men and women argue in different ways in online forums? Pickled Politics on gender, the way we argue and the differences. The comment space is especially interesting.
South Korea: Don't call me that!
Hunjangûi Karûch'im‘s Antti Leppänen looks at updates to and blurring of Korea's complex set of terms of interpersonal address.
Iran: Women Pilots
Noushin Najafi, photoblogger, has published a couple of Iranian woman pilot photos. Noushin says most of the women pilots after graduation will be attracted by foreigner airlines. Iran airline has employed only two women pilots after 1979 revolution.
Iran: Fashion Talk in TV!
Cafe Naseri says that there was a talk about dress fashion in Iranian TV. Blogger has taken a photo from her own TV to show who discussed dress fashion. She adds you can realise people who were involved in this discussion were a cleric and two veiled women.
Zimbabwe: WOZA trial
This is Zimbabwe reports on the trial of 63 members of WOZA (Women of Zimbabwe Arise) which started on Monday.….”Their crime was to protest deteriorating human rights conditions in Zimbabwe, and to publically march for food and love”
Iran: Women & Make UP
Salakhi Migerist writes some people say Iranian women use a lot of make up products! She adds but same people forget to say the only visible part of Iranian women are their faces and Iranian men just care about their beauty and nothing else (Persian).
Japan: Signs of nationalism?
Of prefect officials in Japan's Fukui city ordering one library to cease stocking a list of 150 books, Tokyo Times‘ Lee sees the move as “all in all a rather unsavoury affair, although as an isolated incident it’s hardly indicative of a return to ‘the bad old days.’ No, surely...
Haiti: Towards an Anti-Feminist Backlash?
At AlterPresse, Myriam Merlet predicts (Fr) an upcoming backlash to the thriving Haitian feminist movement. Certain anti-feminists, she says, “know how to take advantage of media (…) to spread arguments about ‘women who beat women’ and/or men.”
Armenia: Women & Peace
ArmYouth Blog reports on two forum discussions on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and women's role in conflict resolution.
Slovenia: Staying Single Pays
Michael of The Glory of Carniola explains why it pays to stay single in Slovenia.
This week in the African women’s blogsphere
As diverse as ever, African women have been writing about a range of issues. 14 May was Mother’s Day in some parts of the world and African women honoured the important women in their lives. Adaure congratulates all mothers and grandmothers and says her mother is the best anyone can...
Sri Lanka: Women and the LTTE
Days Go By… wonders where the women's activists are when it come to the issue of the LTTE using female suicide bombers.
South Africa: Interview with Khwezi
Kenyan Pundit points to an interview with Khwezi by the One in Nine campaign.
Russia: Eggs Ads
Russian Marketing Blog and Snowsquare.com both write about eggs: the former posts a picture of a box of quail eggs, a “masterpiece of DIY advertising and design;” the latter writes about the secret of “mysterious” ads featuring eggs recently revealed.
Iran: Feminist or Crazy?
Kalashnikov Digital has taken & published in his blog incredible photos of a woman without hijab or Islamic veil in Tehran. According to law it is forbidden to walk with out veil and you can be arrested and punished. Blogger asks he does not understand if she was feminist or...
Iraq: Shot for being Gay!
14-year-old Ahmed Khalil has been shot, according to witnesses, by Iraqi police officers for being gay. According to his neighbours in the al-Dura area of Baghdad, Khalil was shot at point-blank range, after a scuffle with the police. QArab has the details.
Martinique: Reflections on One Night Stand
Le Blog de [Moi] praises (Fr) another blogger's effort to create One Night Stand, an erotic film made from a non-heterosexual, non-male perspective. Says [Moi]: “I am awaiting its release impatiently …on DVD because it certainly won't be programmed at Madiana (multiplex right next door).”
Kenya: Law Gender & Land
kati ya wanawake writes about Patricia Kameri-Mbote who recently spoke on law gender and land in Kenya…She sees Ms Kameri-Mbote as someone who could bring Kenya to a greater prosperity.
Sri Lanka: Peace, Women and ICT
ICT for Peacebuilding has a feature on women and ICT. “ICT4Peace needs to embrace this rich texture of gender dynamics in the development of cutting-edge ICT solutions for strengthening peace processes.”
Puerto Rico: Young novelist and domestic violence
Tinta Digital attends a conference (ES) entitled “Domestic violence in modern communications media” at the University of Puerto Rico where one of the speakers is 19 year-old Ada Alvarez, Puerto Rico's youngest ever novelist, author of Lo que no dije (What isn't said). Alvarez also maintains a blog (ES) by...
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Tribute to Bosnian War Victim and Hero
Finding Karadzic pays a heartbreaking tribute to “a dedicated reader and contributor to this blog” who died on March 3 “as a direct result of the illness she was given by her inhumane captors in Bosnia a decade ago.”
