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Via Kathimerini
A study of female immigrants in Greece was published today by the Research Center for Gender Equality (KETHI) and its findings are depressing but not surprising.
Of some 500,000 female immigrants in Greece, most work as babysitters, cleaners or housekeepers, even though 25 percent are educated to degree level, the KETHI study found. Many of […]
Following my post about the demonstration at Mount Athos, I did a bit of research into the subject and came across this YouTube video. The comments that follow are typical of discussions of this type.
Can I also remind people that the demonstration by the local residents was focused on the illegal land seizure. but it […]
This is all over the international press today. I have just picked a couple of places that have re-printed the Reuters and Associated Press articles. The links to them are at the end of the post.
Please note that this is NOT about women wanting to join the monastery, it is about a ban on women […]
Go over to Black Looks and read this article about a Norwegian project to promote a beauty contest for landmine survivors in Angola and to create a fashion magazine for specially designed clothes for survivors. My reaction when I read it was similar to Sokari’s.
my gut reaction to this is that it is highly offensive, […]
Today is International Women's Day. It is also Blog against Sexism Day. Sadly, I will not be taking part in either because I still feel terrible. I will try and catch up in a day or two. Check out the official Blog against Sexism page too.
What are you doing for Women's Day ? Let me […]
If you haven't already (or if you did a long time ago), make sure you read the following books in the very near future: The Bluest Eye Beloved Song of Solomon. Happy Birthday Toni Morrison. You are an inspiration.
We live on earth after all, which is every foreigner’s home
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Day 11 of 16 in the campaign to stop violence against women
[Artwork by Amnesty Venezuela]
Venezuela: Three shelters are not enough.
In 2005, there were approximately 2600 calls to an emergency helpline from women suffering violence in the family. As many thousands of women need urgent protection, it is clear that the three existing shelters cannot cope […]
Day 10 of 16 in the campaign to stop violence against women
I really don’t know what it was that evening that made me decide to call the police, but I always say it was the sight of cleaning up my own blood
Lorraine, a British woman, was regularly beaten by her partner for eight years before […]
Last year Sokari at Black Looks interviewed Rose about her experience of living with HIV. A year later on World Aids Day
Rose has chosen to leave a comment revealing her true self and revealing the name of the person from who she contracted HIV, something she has only ever done to one person. She […]
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Domestic violence happens everywhere. It affects someone near you. At least 1 in 3 women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Usually, the abuser is a member of her own family or someone known to her
From today until Human […]
I want to change the world.
Not because I want to be hero or to go down in history or to be the next [insert your favorite activist here] I want to change the world because the one I live in doesn’t work. It doesn’t work because it’s a man’s world and I cannot live the […]
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