This post is cross-posted at feministing community. Bishops are threatening to excommunicate MPs, 500 thousand people and counting have stormed the streets and an apparent 71% of the population are in disagreement with new legislation. Spain is in turmoil, and it’s the new equality minister who sparked this ruckus. She, Bibiano Aido, has done [...]
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The Politics of Legalizing Abortion in Spain
Posted in activism, human rights, tagged activism on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Human Rights Dissertations This Past Year
Posted in human rights on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had to write two 10,000 word essays this past year. They are long, and to most will be considered boring, however my ego and my need to talk about these subjects with others have forced me to post them in PDF form below. One paper is titled “The Gift of Colonialism: Colonialism Wielding Power [...]
Kuwaiti Women No Longer Under Country Arrest
Posted in human rights on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the Constitutional Court of Kuwait gave women the right to cross international borders without the consent of a male guardian. This is a double hitter, one for equality, the other for democracy! The Constitutional Court said that not allowing a woman to obtain a passport without male consent was a violation of her right [...]
Maternity Care Around the World and Your Uncovered Ovaries
Posted in human rights on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Women and the amount of time they take to reproduce and settle in with the new baby is a pretty controversial topic. You can’t put a specific amount of time on such an affair, for some women 2 months is enough, for others, it’s a 20 year journey. What most irks feminists though is the [...]
The New Yorker’s Take on Sexism
Posted in human rights, media, women's rights on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Apparently the only women’s rights dilemma we have in the U.S is the disproportionate amount of time women have to wait for the loo compared to men’s turbo restroom queues. At least this is what Amy Davidson would lead us to believe in the recent notes on the day from the New Yorker. Seriously? So [...]
The Stateless
Posted in human rights on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Its that time of year. The birds are chirping, flowers blooming and procrastination is pouncing on those of us with forthcoming exams. In an effort to remain minimally productive whilst busy procrastinating I started looking at all the stateless states one could travel to. Places where you wouldn’t be entitled to any of the rights [...]
