When pregnant women in Poland decide to have an abortion, they take a common but highly secretive step.
Female Genital Mutilation Fears Return to New Egypt
September 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sa’dawi was describing her own very real, very horrific experience of female genital mutilation (FGM) or circumcision. The ancient practice is forced on over 140 million women around the world, most notably in Africa, the Middle East, and South East Asia, according to UNICEF. FGM aims to keep girls ‘pure’ and to take away their ability to enjoy their own body, all in the name of virtue.
Sexual Exploitation: Every time I Have Sex A Piece of Me is Lost
September 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
ECPAT is a network of organizations and individuals working together to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children around the world. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
Jezebel Calls Out CNN Reporter Calling DNC ‘ The Vagina Monologues’
September 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Leslie Carol Botha: Disgusting… Erickson’s comment on Democratic women cuts down all women – Republican and Democrat. We should all unite on this issue. Off with his head (the lower one.) Dicks CNN’s Resident Conservative Jackass Calls the DNC ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Erin Gloria Ryan September 5, 2012 Last night, several women spoke at the Continue Reading …
Hormone Imbalance – The Silent Epidemic – Women Speak Out
September 6, 2012 by 6 Comments
This is an insidious ‘War on Women’. On the one hand we have had to fight for our reproductive rights and the availability of birth control – on the other hand it is the same birth control that is slowly killing us.
Sexual Exploitation of Children: What I’ve Been Through Is Not Who I Am
September 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
ECPAT is a network of organizations and individuals working together to eliminate the commercial sexual exploitation of children around the world. It seeks to encourage the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their fundamental rights free from all forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
India Grassroots Women’s Groups Prevent Witch Hunts
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
Witch hunts are common and sometimes deadly in the tea plantations of Jalpaiguri, India. But a surprising source — small groups of women who meet through a
government loan program — has achieved some success in preventing the longstanding practice, a Michigan State University sociologist found.
Judge Leanne Clare Rules on Historic Legal Decision Redefining Conception
September 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Queensland District Court Judge Leanne Clare, SC, has made world legal history by ruling in a world first that conception is the act of becoming pregnant, not the act of fertilisation.
Eve Ensler Calls Todd Akin Out on ‘Legitimate Rape’
August 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I am writing to you tonight about rape. It is 2 AM and I am unable to sleep here in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am in Bukavu at the City of Joy to serve and support and work with hundreds, thousands of women who have been raped and violated and tortured from this ceaseless war for minerals fought on their bodies.
The New Eugenics: Genetically Engineering Designer Babies a Moral Obligation
August 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Leslie Carol Botha: Is this a new name for Eugenics? On the other hand….genetically screening our offspring so that they can lead healthy and productive lives really is crucial. Otherwise with the amount of environmental toxins that surround us (300 toxins found in the umbilical cord) is going to greatly increase the health risks of newborns. This is a serious conundrum of ethics, morality and preservation of the human race.
