Stories about Women & Gender from February, 2007
India: Feminism, marrying trees and rituals
A famous actress indulges in a little harmless piece of superstition that has some people in arms. Amardeep Singh explains. “Aishwarya Rai, who has been in the news lately because of her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan, has apparently been ritually married to not one but two trees before her real...
Hong Kong: Vagina Monologue
The local version of “Vagina Monologue” was on show in Hong Kong. The title has been translated into “VV silent talk”. Lian at inmediahk.net criticized that the local version still refused to spell out the word “Vagina” loud, and it missed the whole point of the drama and against Eve...
Bahrain: First Woman Commercial Pilot
Bahraini Maysaa Hazeem has been appointed as Bahrain's first female commercial pilot, reports Mahmood Al Yousif. He hopes this will be an inspiration for women who think sky is the limit.
Japan: birth-giving machines
Japan’s Health Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa recently called women “birth-giving machines” and got himself caught in trouble. More from Japan Probe
Iran:Iranian Female MP Supports the Bill to Reduce Female Student Numbers
Azarmehr writes that some Iranian MPs want to reduce female student numbers in universities.The blogger writes The percentage of female to male students for the university entrance exam is now 60/40 in favour of girls. He adds “Fatemeh Ajorloo, one of the few female MPs, is one of the supporters...
India: Retired Husband
Heartcrossings on the retired husband syndrome. “The women had always been aware of the mental distance and the loss of emotional closeness with their husbands but it turns out the men were too busy being workaholic to notice anything was missing. Like the article says, they can't imagine their 24/7...
Sudan:The Chinese Are Coming And Losing AU Chair
This roundup's highlights are Sudan losing African Union Chair to Ghana and some thoughts on China's interests in Africa. Black Kush is relieved that Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir has lost the bid to become the head of the African Union: So the African heads have spoken. In the traditional...
Egypt: Police Attempt to Rape Woman
Arabist writer Issandr El Amrani links a story about the trial of two policemen charged with attempting to rape a woman.
Poland: More on Sex Scandal
Traveling Life writes of the sex scandal in Poland: “Four. That's how many women have now come forward accusing the leader of the neo-communist Self-Defense party, Andrzej Lepper, of pressuring them to have sex with him. […] how many women have to come forward before the Kaczynski twins and PiS,...
China: statistics on love and sexual relation
Li yin he blogs the statistics on an online opinion poll on the difference between woman and man's attitudes towards love and sexual relation (zh). The data shows 37% of male has tried commercial sexual service before.
Arabisc: Action from Dubai and Kuwait's Shopping Malls
The whole world is a stage and it is more so at Dubai‘s City Centre, which is considered one of the largest malls in the Gulf. Bahraini blogger Mohammed Al Mubarak sums up his recent visit to the mall, where he literally sees the world pass by. ناس كثيرة تأتي...
India: Abused and Abuser
The wannabe Indian punkster has strong words for people who blamed the abused. “Because I don’t know if your thoughts stem from incomprehension or resolute denial, but it’s about time that you wrapped your mind around the idea that maybe, just maybe in an abusive relationship the abusers are the...
Barbados: Cell phone videos
Barbados Free Press raises the issue of the proliferation of pornographic cell phone videos featuring underage students and sparks of a lively comment thread.
