While women under Sadaam Hussein were nowhere near free, the U.S. invasion of Iraq has led to a situation where women are much less visible in the public arena than they were in the past.
Politics
Nuns Speak Out for Health Care Reform!
I was elated reading, “Listen to the Nuns,” E.J. Dionne’s column in the Washington Post. He was reporting on the courageous stand that the leadership of thousands of nuns took in support of passing health care reform with the Senate language on abortion, not the highly restrictive (and much misinterpreted) Stupak language in the House bill.
Was Desirée Rogers Too Powerful or Too Black?
It is a shame that Rogers only lasted a year into the Obama presidency, and an even bigger shame that we lose out on having such a smart, powerful and public woman of color to look up to. Washington clearly may be ready for a Black man to have power, but the same is not true for a powerful Black woman.
Can Women Officeholders Really Change India?
The Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of the Indian Parliament passed a bill on Wednesday approving a constitutional amendment to reserve 30 percent of seats for women in national and state legislatures. This would not only improve India’s rate of women in parliament from the current 10 percent, but also put India in healthy comparison with the highest rates of women in parliament globally: 42.1 percent for the Nordic countries, 19.9 percent for the rest of Europe, 22.2 percent for the Americas (18 percent for the U.S.) and 18.7 percent for Asia, according to the Inter Parliamentary Union.