January 2012
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Honduras is test of new American policy on gay...
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
Protester holds up image of murdered gay leader Walter Trochez
Source: Tri-City Herald By Tim Johnson From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect the rights of homosexuals and transgender people is rising. For Josue Hernandez, the new emphasis can’t come fast enough. The 33-year-old gay activist bears...
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The New Face of Farming {about young Canadian... →
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For Kuwaiti Transgender Women, Damned If You Do,... →
It is interesting that unlike in some countries where police abuse persists against trans people, in Kuwait there is a strong prohibition of sexual harassment against women. What this means in practice is that trans men are rarely targeted due to officers’ fear of falling under this stricture, while trans women are.
-Avory Faucette
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What's Going on in the World: Saudi Arabia
fashionfoodie:
Saudi Women Are Finally Allowed to Sell Bras to One Another by Charlotte Cowles
Source: nymag.com daily fashion blog The Cut
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The State of My Union is the State of My Uterus →
In Kansas, my uterus signed up for a sex education class but the only subject taught was abstinence. In West Virginia, my uterus got tired of abstinence and got a prescription for birth control, but my health insurance company wouldn’t pay for it. As a result, by Texas my uterus was pregnant and sought pre-natal care, but there wasn’t any because state legislators decimated Planned Parenthood’s...
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“At least 252 Turkish women died at the hands of their husbands, lovers or male...”
– Turkish charity advises abused women to get guns | Women’s Views on News (via discosherpa)
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Global Feminist Link Love: January 16-22 →
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GAB Book Club: Voting for a February Book →
samsanator:
Come read with us!
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Domestic Violence Hotline Creates Possibilities in... →
This is the horrific truth: intimate partner violence is a global dilemma.
-Tahira Khalid
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Social Media Internship at a Global Feminist... →
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Who Needs Feminism? Everyone →
The only way to ensure that women enjoy the freedoms and privileges they want for themselves is to have them be the ones that propel it, and that is precisely what feminism is, label or not.
-Nadia Smiecinska
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Forced Sterilization of Swedish Transgender People... →
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Black women in European politics →
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Join a global feminist book club! Vote for the... →
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How hip-hop is finally losing its homophobic image →
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Two Upcoming Events to Benefit the Afghan Women’s... →
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Watchgrowingfacades:
Here’s a short video I made about women in Afghanistan as part of a class presentation. The video’s purpose was to show the beginnings of Taliban brutality. It was used as an introduction to the steep decline in women’s rights within the country.
I know it isn’t anything fancy, and with finals/other exams it was all put together very quickly. But the point of the video, I think,...
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Morocco may allow abortion →
In an interview last week, a top aide to Mr. Benkirane, Mustapha Khalifi, speaking in a personal capacity, confirmed media reports that the prime minister would support an initiative to allow abortions in cases of rape and incest.
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Cultural excuses: What lies behind cultural... →
Culture becomes a convenient excuse for many advocates of harmful practises against women because it is an extremely sensitive topic. In this precarious situation, the debate over cultural relativism and right to self-determination overshadows the most important issue - women’s suffering and abuse - that is simply unacceptable. Culture is created and lived by people and therefore can be...
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Culturally Relative Rights? Female Foeticide as a... →
As cultures confront and co-mingle with each other across political and social boundaries, the context of universal human rights assumes a new challenge: how to adapt a culturally sensitive approach to the discourse on women’s human rights.
-Amrita Kumar-Ratta, for the series on Culture and Human Rights
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“Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.”
– Dorothy Parker (via feminishblog)
YES.
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Shakeable Barriers →
Before moving to the United States my views and understanding on the rights of women in other countries, as well as mine, were very limited. Growing up in Guyana, we only focused on the now, the things we could see or feel. The trouble women faced around the world was omitted from our news coverage. Our minds were possessed by the image portrayed to us by America’s entertainment. Everyone...
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GAB Book Club: Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan... →
The book is a new way to teach the lessons of genocide. Through the use of graphic art, the book is a good method for reaching youth, who otherwise may not read about genocide or current state of the Sudan.
-Maria MacMullin
(if you liked the interview with the authors of Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan, check out the discussion questions for the book club here)
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Dignity and determination of women to overcome... →
Women around the world are acting with dignity and determination to overcome the abuses that they frequently face. That’s according to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, who has been discussing the challenges the world body faces in 2012. He said the establishment last year of the new agency UN Women showed the United Nations is committed to helping women overcome the problems they...
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Redefining the Burqa: A Reflection from... →
Perhaps one of the most disputed symbols of culture, repression and women’s rights can be found in the much-publicized debate over the burqa. Arguably the most infamous burqa is the Afghan chadri, a sheet-like garment used to fully conceal a woman from head to toe beneath a loose fabric, with a lattice patch across the eyes to permit vision. Whether this garment stands as an icon of...
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Unite: A Resolution for Queers in 2012 « In Our... →
lookoutsideyourself:
This was written by a queer person of color who’s a friend of mine, and it’s brilliant. I’d urge you all to read it.
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The Horror Show: Crimes Against Women Around the... →
A young girl in Sudan is held down on top of dirty old mattress, her legs pinned open, while a woman sits between them with a razor blade in hand ready to cut her clitoris. This young girl is experience a form of Female Genital Mutilation.
-Madeline Mendoza, in her article for the second part of the Gender Across Borders series, Culture and Human Rights
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Happy 2012!
We’ve had a great year at Gender Across Borders, and can’t wait to see what 2012 brings us. What are you looking forward to in 2012?
December 2011
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“Borders suggest both containment and safety, and women often pay a price for...”
– Mohanty, C. (2003). Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity (via queerhappy)
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Abortion in France is about health, not politics →
This is in a context where in France health issues are everyone’s right. There is what many Americans would call socialized medicine, it’s not quite socialized medicine, but there is French government compensation or reimbursement for health care expenses. And it is understood that French citizens all have the right to health care. And by moving the abortion debate into a discussion about...
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harm reduction coalition: FRIDA Launches First... →
harmreduction:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2011-2012
FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund mobilizes resources, funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. The goal of The Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA) is to provide accessible, strategic and responsive funding for young…
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Why Rappers Are Suddenly Speaking Out in Support... →
by Chris Lee
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Lebanese TV Shows Address Homosexuality (or: Is... →
It’s the age-old question of depictions of minorities in the media — is any representation good representation? The issue is divisive, particularly when it comes to queer representation.
-Carrie Nelson [from the GAB archives]
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“When feminism itself becomes its own form of oppression, what do we have to say...”
– Feminism For REAL (via seaofbadstories)
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It's Global Feminist Friday! What are you... →
Click here to share what feminist news/books you’re reading/writing on Twitter or on Facebook.
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“When We Leave”: Translating a Silent Oppression... →
Besides offering a startling window into the life of a Turkish woman who, after leaving her abusive husband with child in tow, finds no support from her family, the film [When We Leave] takes a direct look at the act of honor killings (and the invisible hardships that minorities often face and yet are underrepresented in mainstream cinema).
-Kyle Bachan [from the GAB archives]