By Emily Wilson
Arts commentator Emily Wilson talked to singer and composer Jewlia Eisenberg about her latest installation in San Francisco, a project that brings to life the ancient, secret writings of women in what is now Iraq.
At the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco, some people are gathered in a double [...]
By Cynthia Benjamin
The promise of a homecoming next week for all combat troops stationed in Iraq is not the end of the struggle for commentator Cynthia Benjamin and other such mothers, whose sons and daughters still suffer the trauma of engagement.
August 31 is the deadline promised by Barack Obama for the complete withdrawal of combat troops [...]
The cover of the August 9th edition of Time magazine is stark—a young woman looks at the camera, and there is a hole where her nose once was. The headline accompanying the portrait states simply,“What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan.” Direct, to the point, hard to stomach and, no question mark – And as the [...]
By Kali Villarosa
Already an award winning writer, our 14-year-old correspondent at the international HIV/AIDS conference, July 18 to 23, tells and shows us why it was important for her to be among the youth delegates struggling to have their voices heard.
Every two years people come from all over the world to the international HIV/AIDS [...]
This week marks six months since an earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing an estimated 300,000 people and displacing 1.9 million from their homes. As the hurricane season begins, the slow progress of rebuilding and recovery are rendering Haitians, who are still living in temporary camps under exposed tarps and tents, at risk of further devastation. [...]
The Vatican has just released an updated version of its “delicta graviora,” or what it considers to be the most serious crimes one can commit against the Church. Though it largely expounds upon the 2001 edits that addressed rampant child abuse in the Church, the delicta graviora lists the “attempted sacred ordination of women” alongside pedophilia [...]
The “War on Terror,” immigration, and female circumcision — three issues that provoke intense debate but are seldom considered together. The story of Adama Bah not only shows how the three issues can be inter-related but illustrates how national security policies that supposedly protect the nation render raced and sexed bodies especially vulnerable.
Last Monday, Democracy [...]
Most Americans have heard of the terrible injustice and horror facing Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani of Iran. She awaits her death penalty by stoning due to her alleged sexual relations with another man after her husband’s death. On July 8, the Iranian Embassy stated that Ms. Ashtiani would not be stoned, due to the worldwide outcry [...]
By Maxine Lowy
Journalist and human rights specialist Maxine Lowy reports that women’s advocates have expanded their focus to help women rebuild their communities in southern Chile after the devastating earthquake of 2010.
Four months since one of the most potent earthquakes in history shattered communities and lives in southern Chile, women have proven to be key [...]
By Susan Hawthorne
Australia’s first woman PM is unusual in more ways than one, and feminists such as political scientist/author/poet Susan Hawthorne are cautiously optimistic.
Australia has joined that group of nations with a woman leader. As we feminists know, simply having a woman in charge is not enough. Women come in all political shades, and there [...]
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