Recently added articles from off our backs:
Tanzania Eastern African conference on reproductive and sexual health.(AFRICA)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ARUSHA--During the week of June 23, representatives from the five countries of the Eastern African Community (EAC) met in Arusha, Tanzania, to address the issues of reproductive and sexual health. The meeting was organized by the EAC Secretariat and sponsored by the UN ...
Kuwait no women win seats in parliament.(ASIA)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... KUWAIT CITY--This May, 27 women ran for seats in Kuwait's parliament, but none won. Fundamentalists, both Sunni and Shiite, increased their numbers in the 50 elected seats from 20 to ...
India nearly 1,000 lesbians and gays march for rights.(ASIA)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NEW DELHI--On June 29 nearly 1,000 lesbians, gays and their families marched in India's largest lesbian and gay rights march. Supporters in three other cities held demonstrations. Lesbianism and homosexuality are illegal in India, with a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. ...
Sudan men rape almost all women in refugee camps.(AFRICA)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ZAM ZAM DISPLACEMENT CAMP-Aid workers with the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations say that almost all of the women and girls as young as four-years old are raped by men in refugee camps. However, these relief workers don't want to speak out too much about the rapes, ...
From the collective.
Jul 01, 2008 ... What could be more important than peace? Peace with justice; peace with an end to all violence against women; peace that ends racism, classism, and imperialism; peace that is not just the absence of war. Peace activist Lucinda Marshall, our guest editor, has compiled a ...