News Source: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_the_last_straw_w/?scrlReb Women in Syria are being forced to stand in front of tanks and act as human shields before they’re stripped and raped by soldiers, but for the first time in months, we have a chance to turn things around. World leaders are planning peace talks that could end this madness, in which […]
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Sierra Leonean diplomat leads UN Classroom Conversations on Sexual Violence conflict
The main focus of a recent Classroom Conversations on Sexual violence in conflict and beyond: a conspiracy of silence was what we can do individually and collectively to stop violence against women? The highlights of the two hour conversation held at the UN Headquarters in New York was the devastating forms of sexual violence which […]
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women of punk X Chrissie Hynde(Pretenders), Deborah Harry(Blondie), Viv Albertine(The Slits), Siouxsie Sioux(Siouxsie and The Banshees), Poly Styrene(X-Ray-Spex), Pauline Black (The Selector). (rollingstone)
Malian women make their voices heard: emergency aid, participation in the peace process, and justice for all
A young forcibly displaced woman rests in a room in Bamako. She suffered mental and physical trauma after being kidnapped by armed men and raped near her home in the Timbuktu region in April. Photo credit: UNHCR / H. Caux Our women have been beaten, raped, whipped, forced into polygamous marriages, and who knows what […]
Punk girls documentary (part 1)
Documentary covering the Women in Punk rock such as Siouxsie Sioux, Gaye Advert, Poly Styrene, The Slits etc. Checkout this website for more info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdSLpMdD4QY
Disability- Sierra Leone ends workshop on access to justice for PWDs
Disability-Sierra Leone (DiSiL) has ended a two days workshop on the theme Access to Justice for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) at DiSiL head office, Soldier Street in Freetown. In an interview with DiSiL) Country Director, Teddy Foday-Musa, he maintained that this is not the first time to hold such workshops to discuss similar issues. He […]
THAT WILD HORSE CALLED LIFE! GREEKS NOW
News Source : http://mixgrill.gr By Dimitris Antonopoulos Check out this article written by Angela Bowie : THAT WILD HORSE CALLED LIFE GREEKS NOW! By Mary-Angela Bowie Barnett 2010 Greece is a patriarchal social system no matter how you toss the salad. Women and children are the first to suffer due to war, the economy or […]