Recently added articles from Women's Feature Service:
India: From Mumbai's Margins To Copenhagen
Nov 02, 2009; ... "Do we have cars? Do we clog up the drains with our garbage? Do we build multi-storeyed apartments and throw the debris of our construction material into storm water drains? Tell me, do we cause pollution?" asked an impassioned Jamila Mote, angry that slum-dwellers are often unfairly accused of ...
Philippines: Submerged Lives In Downtown Manila
Nov 02, 2009; ... As soon as a truck of the armed forces arrives at the gates of the Silangan Elementary School in Manila all hell breaks loose. It's carrying a batch of relief materials - food, water, medicines and clothes - and the women at this evacuation centre rush to grab their share, even as they try to ...
India: Look Who's Guarding The Border? It's Basanti!
Nov 02, 2009; ... Basanti Mondal is a celebrity in her village of Kirnahar in West Bengal's Birbhum district. She is the chief guest at all local functions and families take her advice on all the important decisions. After all, Basanti carries a gun, wears a uniform and is in the 'force'. Basanti is one of the ...
USA: Ruchira: Making the Road by Walking
Nov 02, 2009; ... Ruchira Gupta was at the peak of her journalism career when she walked away from it to fight sex trafficking. Since then, in the face of what she calls "ever-present danger" from the vested interests she fights, she and her organisation, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, have helped thousands of women ...
India: Right To Information Empowers Muslim Women
Nov 02, 2009; ... Shabina is from Uttar Pradesh, Khatoon Sheikh comes from Maharashtara, Naghma Nadaf has roots in Karnataka, Safia Akhtar hails from Madhya Pradesh and Rashida belongs to Gujarat. Coming from different parts of India, these women are members of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a ...