· June, 2006

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...

21 June 2006

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...

20 June 2006

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...

17 June 2006

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...

16 June 2006

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....

15 June 2006

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...

14 June 2006

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...

14 June 2006

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...

13 June 2006

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.

12 June 2006

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...

12 June 2006

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.

12 June 2006

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”

12 June 2006