Stories about Women & Gender from June, 2006
China: Internet access in Tibet
Virtual China has a guest blogger today, Kathrine Hoersted, who brings us a post looking at the young Tibetan woman with whom she lived during her graduate research in a...
Nepal: Women and the Revolution
Paramendra on women and the revolution. “This is so very wrong. This is offensive. The April Revolution might not have earned the women total equality yet, but it sure earned...
Hong Kong: woman's sense of security
Florence in Over the Rainbow asks in her post what were you (woman) doing when you were 25/26? and what would you be doing when you were 46? how can...
Estonia: “A Simple Estonian Woman”
J. Otto Pohl writes about historians and the human suffering, quotes from a collection on Estonian women, and accuses certain U.S. university professors of lying: “Here we have ‘a simple...
Nigeria: High price of fashion
Pilgrimage to Self criticises the high price of fashion in Nigeria
New Caledonia, Francophones and Cricket
Over at 5 Minutes en Nouvelle Caledonie, Sebastien who lives in New Caledonia but is originally from continental France writes (Fr) a post that shows how little cricket resonates with...
China: Blogs for the ladies and the superstars
If a Chinese-language version of something called Blogerati existed, portal website Sina.com would most likely be it. Is it a surprise that two of Sina's three top bloggers are women?...
Iran: Paradoxes of Life
Marge Ghesti talks about different paradoxes in Iranian society. The blogger writes many girls like to have intellectual boy friends but they get married rich guys such as business men...
Russia: “Whatever you do – don't smile!
Jane of From Russia With Blog posts on how to stay safe in Russia: “Whatever you do – don't smile!”
Sudan: Prosecution for murder and rape
Passion of the Present has a report on the possible prosecution over thousands of killings of civilians, massacres and hundred of rapes.
Hong Kong: debate over questionable poll
The Commerical Radio in Hong Kong launched a questionable poll on “the female artists they would most like to indecently assault” and resulted in a joint protest by woman organizations....
Russia, Ukraine: Bringing a Spouse to the U.S.
Stephan Clark of Everybody I Love You sets out to explore what it takes to bring one's foreign spouse to the United States – partly because this is what the...
Iran: New Blog to Back Women
A new blog, Zanirani, is launched to back the women activists who tried to demonstrate two days ago but was repressed by the policewomen. The blog says what these women...
China: Why Chinese people are not good at football
Li Yin-he, a Mainland Chinese professor on woman studies tried to explain why Chinese people are not good at football by confucian culture and the national character of a peasant...
Violence, Policewomen & Football
According to the media and several blogs police in Iran have beaten and arrested tens of people after a group of women activists tried to hold a demonstration asking for...
Japan: Internet beauty queens
An internet beauty queen has been chosen, writes Tokyo Times‘ Lee, from 5,500 entries: “[I]n a bid to make sure that the victor didn’t turn out to be a balding...
Malaysia: Family Pride
Meifon talks about the importance of eating together with family and is proud of her parents who encourage her to be independent.
Iran: Peaceful Protest
According to Persian Architect, this afternoon, there will be a peaceful protest against anti-women's law in Tehran. The blogger gives a link to the declaration of women's rights activists concerning...
Rwanda: Mother and Child
Guillaume, an NGO worker in Rwanda, posts (Fr) pictures of Grace, a Rwandan co-worker and newborn Lancelot so that his father who is studying in Belgium can follow his evolution.
Ethiopia: Escaping abuse in Bahrain
Nazret.com points to a report on an Ethiopian woman who jumped from a second floor flat in Bahrain in order to avoid continued physical abuse from her “employers”
South Africa: Zuma most account for comments
Politics ZA reports that ANC Chairman and Minister of Defence, Mosiuoa Lekota continues to call for Zuma to account for his various comments during the rape trial..
