Stories about Women & Gender from October, 2007
Sri Lanka: On Virginity
Cynically Yours on virginity, comments on a previous post and the notion of technical virginity.
Taiwan: 2007 Taiwan Pride Parade
On October 13th, the fifth Taiwan Pride Parade took place in the eastern district of Taipei. Close to fifteen thousand people joined in this activity. The theme this year is “Rainbow Power.” Participants are divided into seven groups, wearing and holding seven different colors to form a huge rainbow on...
Bangladesh: Art, Brick Lane, female writers and Bangla E-Books
Enough with politics that usually dominate the posts in the Bangladeshi blogosphere. Let's start this week's round-up with some arts, movies and literature related pieces. Sid of Serious Golmal writes a well informative article on the life of S M Sultan, the master painter of Bangladesh commemorating his 13th death...
India: Women in Films
Ultra Violet on a recent Bollywood film that relies on stereotypes of women and notions of sexual purity.
Saudi: Back Entrance for Women
Saudi blogger Rasha draws our attention to the huge gap between the treatment of men and women in her society – where women have separate entrances to their homes, crumbling segregated university campuses and even a smaller praying area in Mecca.
Egypt: MB Bars Women from Becoming President
“The MB (Muslim Brotherhood) has for the first time laid what they called their political platform. The platform would bar Christians and women from becoming president,” writes the Big Pharaoh from Egypt.
Jordan: Women's Quota
Jordanian blogger Khalaf discusses the women's quota in the upcoming Jordanian parliamentary elections.
Sudan: When Death Becomes Normal
For most of us, witnessing someone’s death can be a traumatizing experience. However, when you’ve been surrounded by it for a long period of time, it’s just “one of those days” and no big deal. This is what SudaneseReturnee discovered after spending years abroad in Europe and upon returning to Juba, Southern Sudan, a place that witnessed two decades of bloody war.
Bulgaria: Sex Trade
The Natashas, an anti-trafficking blog, comments on a BBC article about sex trade in Bulgaria and the readers’ comments it has received.
Arabeyes: Eid Al Fitr Celebrations (Part 2)
The Holy month of Ramadan culminated with Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations throughout the Muslim world. Here's what bloggers are saying about the occasion in the second of a three-part series. Today's tour takes us to Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel.
India: Street Sexual Harassment
Blank Noise comments on the anti-sexual harassment poster put by the Delhi Police, and how it reeks of the usual stereotypes.
India: Ladies’ Coupe
Metroblogging Mumbai on the need for “ladies’ coupe” in the suburban train system, and the winning of small battles.
Iran:Problems of Women Activists
Mohmmad Ali Abtahi,former vice president and blogger,writes“women [activists] should not be alone on the way of obtaining their rights.In our society which is dominated by men, women cannot gain this goal without support of men”.
Touring Libyan Blogs: Eid el Fitr 2008
Fozia Mohamed, our Libya volunteer, is back to blogging after a short break, with news and views from the Libyan blogosphere. Issues covered this week include readjusting to life in Libya after living in the UK, medical ethics and the Maqams - the resting places of 'Saints' and men of religion.
Anguilla: Equal rights for women?
Corruption-Free Anguilla wonders why Anguilla has yet to adopt the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Saudi Arabia: Better to be a Woman
Rasheed from Saudi Arabia explains why it is better to be a woman when you want to go to the mall in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia: Women Activists on the Move
“I don’t know why, but apparently we get a lot of our important decisions made during the last ten days of Ramadhan…I guess our government is always inspired by the spirituality of those holy days,” writes Saudi Jeans, who adds that women activists “are planning to take field trips in...
Iran:Desperate Housewives?
Iranian Truth writes a middle-class housewife,Hasti,30,who sold her car to raise $5,000 to have her nose altered, says that it gives me confidence to have a nice face because it is the only part that I can show off.
Moldova: Women's Representation
TOL's Moldova Matters reports: “At the present moment, women’ participation and representation in political and social spheres is far from satisfactory and equal. However, some inclinations to eradicate gender-biased approaches are also observed, predominantly among the erudite society.”
Bangladesh: Denying Genocide
Mash has a post on genocide denial. “Following up on her 2005 paper denying the extent of the 1971 genocide published in the Economic and Political Weekly, Sarmila Bose has now published a paper denying the extent of the rapes of Bangladeshi women “
India: Contraceptives and Culture
Youth Curry on an emergency contraceptive being marketed in India, and the “safe” advertising.
