Stories about Women & Gender from April, 2008
Iran:Prostitues’ Photos
Sibiltala remembers Kaveh Golestan, a leading Iranian photographer, who was killed at the age of 51 as a result of stepping on a landmine in Iraq in 2003. The blogger likes[Fa] Kaveh's photos from Iranian prostitues before Islamic Revolution.
Kuwait: Do Opposites Really Attract?
Big Pearls from Kuwait asks: “Do opposites really attract?”
Iraq: Women's Rights Slipping
Hayder Kamal, at Alive in Baghdad, interviews an activist for women’s rights who discusses her work improving women’s knowledge of their rights.
Jordan: Married Men
“Somehow, the fact that a guy got married, and got a kid makes him suddenly a guru, and on anything and everything, including things that are in your area of expertise,” writes Jordanian Qwaider about married men.
Cambodia: Ban on foreign marriages
Cambodia has stopped processing documents for the marriage of its citizens to foreigners in a move to minimize the possibility of human trafficking.
Afghanistan: Two Young Men Stoned to Death
Mohammad Fahim reports that two young lovers were stoned to death in the southern province of Afghanistan after they decided to leave their village and start new life, but were caught by the Taliban fighters, who found them guilty of adultery and sentenced them to death.
Moldova: Mrs. Zinaida Greceanii, the New PM
Public Policy Watch – Politici Publice in Moldova writes about the new Prime Minister, Mrs. Zinaida Greceanii, and makes “a (wish)list against which I will evaluate her performance until the end of her mandate.”
India: Missing daughters
HelloJi writes on the concept of son preference, still prevalent in India and how it contributes to the phenomenon of “missing women”.
Turkey: Assimilation
Blogian posts some fascinating photographs of Armenian women who were kidnapped from their families during the 1915 Genocide and assimilated into Turkish and Kurdish families. Eventually married off, the women in the photographs bear various tattoos as custom dictated. However, the blog says, despite outrage at what it considers to...
Sri Lanka: On Discrimination
Generation Y Consultant takes a somewhat controversial stand on discrimination.
Bermuda, Jamaica: Garveyism
“Instead of people coming together to create a better society regardless of race, class, gender, sexual orientation etc, they would have us descend further back into tribalism and sectarianism”: A Radical in Bermuda discusses what he sees as “the problem with Garveyism.”
Kyrgyzstan: Pharmaceutical companies and women’s health
GenderStan reports on the situation in health sector – particularly in the gynecology services – in Kyrgyzstan, telling about low qualification of doctors and widespread corruption as well.
Kuwait: Bloggers to Play Leading Role in Elections
It's already Summer in Kuwait, where temperatures peaked 42 degrees Celsius. But what's also heating up in the race to the Parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 17, writes Abdullatif AlOmar, who reviews Kuwaiti blogs.
Qatar: More Men than Women
“Ever Wondered what is Qatar best know for, other then the Olympic ambition, the booming economy, the 2nd worlds largest Natural Gas reserve… Well well, Qatar is also know to have the world’s highest male to female ratio. to be more specific, for every 2 male you have one female...
