Women?S Rights

What Is Women's Role in Advancing Peace?

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Women?S Empowerment, Leadership, UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN Resolution 1325, International Conflicts, Women?S Rights, Conflict Resolution, Israel, Social Justice, Peace-Making, Women News
Nancy K. Kaufman

Could women actually make a difference and change the equation when it comes to peacemaking in the broadest sense?

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It's the Economy, Girlfriend!

Amy Siskind | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: The Mentor Exchange, The New Agenda, Wage Gap, Women?S Rights, Mentoring, National Mentoring Month, Gender, Economic Empowerment, Women News
Amy Siskind

The central issue for today's women is economic empowerment. With money comes control -- not dependency, the root cause for so many of the evils impacting today's women.

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Misogyny In The Muslim World: Bound By Culture Or Religion?

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Misogyny, Muslim Women, Fgm, Zainah Anwar, Sisters in Islam, Female Circumcision, One Million Signatures Campaign, Women?S Rights, Ijtihad, Guardian Law, Honor Killing, Fitna, Sharia Law, Islamic Women, Women's Empowerment, Women in Iran, Female Genital Mutilation, Islam and Women, Women in Sudan, Religion News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

In many Muslim societies, Islamic law deems women inferior to men. A woman's testimony is worth half that of a man, and her independence is restricted by seclusion in the home, laws of guardianship by male kin, polygamy and unilateral divorce.

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France's Illegal Ban of the Burqa

Rabah Ghezali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Islam, Islamophobia, Freedom of Religion, World News, Women?S Rights, Sarkozy, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights, Burqa Ban, World News
Rabah Ghezali

It is nonsensical to suppose that an individual's free and deliberate choice to veil their person violates their own human dignity.

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God vs. Women

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fundamentalism, Islam, The Bible, Menstruation, Christianity, God, Women?S Rights, Judaism, Quiverfull Movement, Religion News
Frank Schaeffer

Some women and of course plenty of men subscribe to the nutty anti-woman religious view held by fundamentalists. You'd think women wouldn't go for this stuff or this "God." But that's not the case.

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First 'Davos' for Women's International Development Held in NYC

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

The Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women (CAFW) hosted its first "Dialogue for Action" last week in New York City. In short, the event dedicated to he...

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Mr. and Ms. Gates Go To Washington, Host Roundtable On Global Health Funding

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.

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Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.

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Fared Shafinury: Austin Singer-Songwriter Learns The Hard Way Not To Jam In Tehran Park (VIDEO)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Tucker

Classically trained musician Fared Shafinury grew up in Corpus Christi, went to college at the University of Texas, and yet somehow always felt too Iranian for South Texas. So the American singer-songwriter moved to Iran.

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