A Russian Front in the Abortion Wars
July 13, 2011 by Merle Hoffman · Leave a Comment
In June, The New York Times’ Sophia Kishkovsky published a piece about alarming news that’s been buzzing in reproductive rights circles for the last couple of weeks–Russia has embraced its very ...Read More
Exclusive Interview: Moscow Activist Takes a Beating for Gay Pride
May 31, 2011 by Melanie Nathan · 6 Comments
One of the most courageous voices of GayRussia, a group that organizes direct LGBTQI action, is Anna Komarova. A genderqueer activist, Komarova was one of 18 protesters (15 of them Russian) arrested ...Read More
Does the Reaction to IMF Rape Charges Show Progress?
May 17, 2011 by Stephanie Hallett · 4 Comments
International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being held without bail in Manhattan today on charges of attempted rape, sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment. The powerful French ...Read More
France’s Sham Veil Ban
April 14, 2011 by Sara Yasin · 6 Comments
On Monday, France’s controversial veil ban went into effect. Backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, the law does not explicitly mention Islam, but it prohibits the act of covering one’s face ...Read More
Good Journalism Is Worth Dying For
April 5, 2011 by Amy Williams · Leave a Comment
During her career as an investigative reporter in Russia, Anna Politkovskaya was poisoned, tortured, kidnapped and threatened with rape. “What am I guilty of?” Politkovskaya wrote in an article ...Read More
Kate Middleton: To Obey or Succeed?
April 4, 2011 by Anushay Hossain · 5 Comments
Amidst the frenzy surrounding the upcoming Royal Wedding and what Kate will wear, Salon.com addresses a more important point: What will Middleton say? When Kate Middleton walks down the aisle to ...Read More
On March 8 in Italy, A Man Gave Me Flowers
March 7, 2011 by Stephanie Hallett · 2 Comments
Seven years ago, on March 8, I was standing on a cobbled street in Milan when a man ran up from behind me shouting, “Bella donna! Bella donna! Momento!” My Italian was negligible, but ...Read More
Ukrainian Women Protest “Win a Wife” Contest
March 2, 2011 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze · 6 Comments
In the face of international uproar, New Zealand radio station The Rock FM has plowed ahead and picked a winner in its “Win a Wife” contest. The winner gets to pick a woman from a Ukrainian ...Read More
Italian Women To Berlusconi: Basta!
February 15, 2011 by Anushay Hossain · 2 Comments
Recently I have been writing on how Arab and Muslim women have taken to the streets in political protest, shattering stereotypes in the process. Over the weekend we saw another group of women do the ...Read More
Will Gay Ugandan’s Death Save Lesbian Ugandan’s Life?
February 7, 2011 by Jennifer Williams · Leave a Comment
On January 28, just two days after the brutal murder of Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato, the United Kingdom’s high court granted another Ugandan, lesbian asylum seeker Brenda Namigadde, a ...Read More
