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Friday Links | July 25, 2014


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The attack on Gaza continues; among the hundreds of victims and wounded are many women and children. Asmaa el-Helou initially survived the attack on her home, but succumbed to her severe injuries later this week. Her father, mother, brothers and sisters had already died from the attack. One reporter shares her experience being around women […]

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Friday Links | July 18, 2014


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July 11 was World Population Day, and for this occasion IPS featured an article on early marriage and teen pregnancy in Pakistan. Meanwhile rights activists in Pakistan are fighting a losing battle to end child marriages, which affects both girls and boys. The BBC speaks to several female Kurdish fighters, who are taking on ISIS […]

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Friday Links | July 11, 2014


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As Israel continues its offensive on Gaza, the death toll is rising fast; many of them are women and children. Nigeria’s military has released the news that it has arrested several female Boko Haram recruiters. As well, about 60 women escaped their presumed Boko Haram captors earlier this week. The escaped women were captured mid-June of […]

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Friday Links | July 4, 2014


Posted by anneke on 04 Jul 2014 / 0 Comments
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Human Rights Watch has issued a report on how the war in Syria has affected women. Several human rights organisations accuse Egypt of allowing (sexual) abuse and torture to be used against its female prisoners, despite the promise to fight sexual harassment. Recently, Egypt adopted a new law that makes sexual harassment punishable by law, […]

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Friday Links | June 27, 2014


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The crisis in Iraq continues and worsens; last week a female (Sunni) politician was killed while fighting ISIS. It has been reported that ISIS fighters meanwhile are looking for wives among the women that have stayed behind. A women’s organization is trying to provide shelter to women who have been harmed and/or driven out of their homes. Last week a 20-year-old woman was […]

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Friday Links | June 20, 2014


Posted by anneke on 20 Jun 2014 / 0 Comments
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One Muslim women’s group in India has drafted a set recommendations to codify Muslim Personal Laws, calling for the abolishment of oral divorce and polygamy. In a Senegalese fishing town, mothers and wives of illegal migrants who died on their way to Europe have started an association, which creates financial opportunities for these “sea widows” […]

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Friday Links | June 13, 2014


Posted by anneke on 13 Jun 2014 / 0 Comments
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An ongoing summit on ending sexual violence in conflict has resulted in a spike of articles about the topic. The Guardian features an article on a project that addresses sexism and sexual violence in Kosovo among young men. One young Bosnian woman shares her life story as a child, that was conceived during the war through […]

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Friday Links | June 6, 2014


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The sister of the pregnant Pakistani woman Farzana Parveen, who was beaten to death in broad daylight outside a court house last week, says that the husband of her sister is guilty of the murder. The initial story was that the father of the victim had killed her for not marrying a man of his […]

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Friday Links | May 23, 2014


Posted by Krista Riley on 23 May 2014 / 0 Comments
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Al Jazeera profiles Tuareg singer Fatimata Oumarr. Christian and Muslim girls from northern Nigeria talk about the risks they face in attending school. A Uyghur woman living in the United States pays tribute to her father, who is currently imprisoned in China. Syria Deeply interviews a Damascus woman who runs an orphanage about the increasing number […]

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Friday Links | May 16, 2014


Posted by Krista Riley on 16 May 2014 / 0 Comments
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A new ad for a fashion label features a man in a burqa (oops, just spoiled the ending!) The photographer whose photos of girls from Guinea-Bissau were used as part of campaigns related to the girls kidnapped in Nigeriawrites about how African girls are not, in fact, interchangeable. A Feminist Wire piece by Rochelle Terman looks […]

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