Stories about Women & Gender from May, 2008
Jamaica, Guyana: The Life of Das
Jamaican Geoffrey Philp blogs about the life and work of Guyanese poet Mahadai Das, and features one of her poems.
Japan: Fujyoshi Sub-culture
Ben Ng notices that the Fujyoshi (female ontaku) sub-culture is on the rise in Japan.
Saudi Women Against Late Night Weddings
“Apparently many Saudi women believe that late night weddings are highly inconvenient, so they’re campaigning and holding workshops to try and change this tradition,” writes Bahraini blogger Esra'a, who argues that Saudi women should be rallying for other, more pressing issues.
Iran:Halt threats to “cyber-feminists”
RSF,Reporters without Borders, urged Iranian government to halt threats to “cyber-feminists”.RSF adds “The Internet is the only way for these feminists to demand their rights. They have become an easy target and are suffering real harassment.”
Pakistan: Domestic violence
All Things Pakistan explores the issue of domestic violence in the country.
Pakistan: Domestic violence
All Things Pakistan explores the issue of domestic violence in the country.
Brazil: Lady bloggers meeting
Lucia Freitas [pt] is organizing a BlogCamp for Brazilian women bloggers. “Our idea is to bring together what I feel to be a ‘silent majority’ on the blogosphere, a while before BlogCamp Brazil”, she explains in another blog. Right now there is a poll to choose a name for the...
India: What women wear
Maami's Weblog comments on the sudden spurt of Indian female actors being criticized for what they wear in Chennai.
Saudi Arabia: The Second Wife's Pain
From Saudi Arabia, American Bedu shares the pain shared by the second wife.
Kyrgyzstan: Women and Men in state bodies
GenderStan posts some interesting statistics about the percentage of men and women working at administrative positions in the government of Kyrgyzstan.
Iran: Nuclear Fashion
Thanks to Hamed Noori, we can watch a young Iranian woman models an Islamic covering with atoms in the shape of a nuclear logo used as part of the design in Tehran.
Kuwait: Activity Filled Week
It was an activity-filled week for Kuwaiti bloggers, who spent time in a shooting range, doing charity work and weighing their options for the parliamentary elections later this month.
Saudi Arabia: Learning and Technology Symposium
Saudi girls share their ideas on a Learning and Technology Symposium, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on this blog.
China: Chastity Declaration at Nanking University
Li Yinhe criticizes the chastity declaration at Nanking University and suggests to spend resource for proper sex education [zh].
Armenia: Kim Kardashian Plans Visit
Blogian finds a post by socialite Kim Kardashian in which she says she plans to make her first ever trip to Armenia. Kardashian, who is half-Armenian, says she has decided to visit the country after comments on her blog criticizing her for not posting about last week's 93rd Anniversary of...
Russia: Moscow Conversations
“Moscow conversations” on Putin, women, Poland and Russia – at Polandian.
Trinidad & Tobago: Life Lessons
“In our family, her ability to hang on to a penny is legend…we still tease her about that stuff but ironically, it is those very traits that with the spiraling inflation rate, we are now all falling back on”: Trinidadian blogger Coffeewallah writes a tribute to her grandmother.
Iran:”Victory of students”
Aflatoon-Irani writes [Fa] that director of Sahand University in northern city of Tabriz in Iran, finally accepted the most of students’ requests. The students had gone on hunger strike for several days. One of the requests was the end of “gender apartheid”.
Arabeyes: A Closer Look at Readers
Over the past month, several Arab bloggers have been taking a closer look at who follows their blogs and what keywords bring readers. Here's a review of what bloggers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt had to say.
