Stories about Women & Gender from May, 2008
Bahrain: Gender Challenged!!
“You would think that it would be relatively easy for the CIO, who is entrusted to keep more than we like of our private and very personal information, that they...
Saudi Arabia: Flogging for Professor
“A Saudi University professor is facing flogging and imprisonment for breaking the law. He was caught having a cup of coffee with a lady who was not related to him...
Serbia: International Day Against Homophobia
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Serbian political activist and writer Jasmina Tesanovic re-posted a statement from Labris, a Serbian lesbian human rights organization, on her blog. Sinisa Boljanovic has translated the statement.
Iran:A Park just for women
Osyan,an Iran based blogger, informs [Fa] us a new park was inaugurated by Tehran's mayor office for women. The blogger says our city needs more recycling places/parks for garbages rather...
Iran: “The Internet is a gift to us”
Arsham Parsi is the founder and director of the Iranian Queer Organization based in Toronto, Canada. He talked to us about the presence of Iranian homosexuals in cyberspace, their challenges and projects. Homosexuality is banned in Iran, and punishable by prison or death.
Saudi Arabia: Just Hit, Don't Bite!
From Saudi Arabia, Nzingha comments on a news report which says that a Saudi woman attacked and bit a man who was sexually harassing her on a street and says:...
Jamaica, Barbados: Human Rights
Jamaican Geoffrey Philp is joining in Bloggers Unite‘s awareness campaign for human rights, “especially in Jamaica where the rights of our gay men and women are denied almost daily”…while Barbados...
Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Appeals
Two human rights bodies are appealing to Saudi Arabia to drop charges against two Saudis – one for setting up a website and another for sitting with a woman in...
Kazakhstan: Monuments, Economics, Gender and Media
The blogosphere of Kazakhstan was not too keen to discuss perturbations in the official government. The traditional May holidays have become a naturally most popular theme, however many other issues...
Kuwait: Mixed Signals Over Name
Ansam, a male blogger from Kuwait, is receiving mixed signals over his name.
Pakistan: Gender segregation and health
Five Rupees on how unhealthy extreme gender-segregation can be.
Afghanistan: Women in Afghanistan
Sanjar offers a video documentary, in which both intimate and broadly political view of the past thirty years of Afghanistan's history through the lives of three women is presented.
Hong Kong: Woman's Webmagazine
A new woman webmagzine called Softcopy has been launched in Hong Kong.
Kuwait: Elections Getting Closer
Kuwait is gearing up for another round of Parliamentary elections on Saturday (May 17), allowing women to cast votes and nominate themselves for the second time in the country's history. Abdullatif AlOmar brings us the latest reactions from Kuwaiti blogs in this post, including a call for women to use their votes wisely to safeguard the future of their children.
Trinidad & Tobago: The Burden of Choice
“In asserting women's right to choose, I wonder if we have not also lost the idea of child-bearing as a sacred responsibility, and have learned to see it as a...
Saudi Arabia: Why Are There No Cinemas?
"Why are there no cinemas in Saudi Arabia?" asks Saudi blogger Hayfa [Ar], who offers us her ideas of a workable plan to make cineplexes and movie screenings compliant with her country's traditional and religious outlook.
Iran: Gay Life
Thanks to Pars Arts we can watch Arsham Parsi, founder of Iranian Queer Organization, talking about gay life in Iran.
Bahrain: Sin City
Bahrain ranked eighth in the Top 10 Sin Cities worldwide, according to blogger Mahmood Al Yousif.
D.R. of Congo: Campaign against sexual violence
“Two important events from the DRC – The one month campaign against sexual violence in the DRC took place between March 17-April 17th and coincided with a new law to...
Armenia: Charity Football Match
Dominic in Armenia, a Peace Corps Blog, posts photographs of a charitable football match recently held in Yerevan with the involvement of international aid workers and under-privileged local children. The...
Armenia: Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
“Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,” The Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin sang together, and in Blogian's case this certainly seems to be the case. After overhearing one of her husband's...
