Articles on Status of Women

Articles on Status of Women

General

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/12/clinton.empower.girls/index.html  (Hillary Clinton stresses women’s rights are also a security issue)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/world/21nations.html?_r=1&ref=world  (reports reveal women are making progress, but inequalities remain on some variables)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hnL-uAoHOHqDmfv44lWonsuapCsw?docId=CNG.565ee48525115af679ae1f1a39cb58f1.6c1 (one third of women globally are abused)

Female Circumcision (FGM)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jupx1i2Yd8CDbYayoQCmgBEgJeJg  (27 African countries push for abolition of FGM)

* http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/feb/06/female-circumcision-sister-fa  (some success in reducing FGM in Africa)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/05/female-genital-mutilation-kurdish-iraq  (Kurdish Iraq has a high frequency of FGM)

Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha1  (Afghan wives burn themselves to commit suicide)

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/871756--alarm-bells-sound-for-women-s-rights-in-Afghanistan  (concern over women’s human rights in Afghanistan)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/world/asia/21gender.html?th&emc=th  (In  Afghanistan, some parents disguise daughters as boys)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/24/record-women-candidates-afghan-election  (record number of women run in Afghanistan’s election)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/asia/17stoning.html  (Taliban order a couple to be stoned in Afghanistan)

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/07/the_us_is_abandoning_afghanistan_s_women(erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan and dim prospects if US leaves)

New UN Agency called UN Women

http://theinterdependent.com/blogs/bc-on-the-un/110127/bachelet-speaks-frankly-about-the-challenges-ahead-for-un-women  (major challenges ahead for new UN agency on women)

http://www.unausa.org/worldbulletin/100707/unwomen  (new agency – UN women)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idKR57KcK6nHy0aWAfr3v2gz8TtAD9I5BNRG0  (UN establishes a position to promote women’s rights)

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/890485--saudi-arabia-s-spot-on-the-board-of-un-women-a-sad-joke  (controversy over Saudi Arabia assuming a seat on the new UN Women’s body)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/world/11nations.html?ref=world  (US keeps Iran off a new UN board on women’s rights)

Miscellaneous

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/24/egypt.women.optimism.harassment/index.html  (women hope for less harrassment in the new Egypt)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-16/egypt-women-clash-over-sharia-law-after-tahrir-shows-equality-in-uprising.html  (Egyptian women clash over Sharia law in aftermath of government overthrow)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/irish-abortion-ban-violates-womens-rights-eu-court/article1840105/ (EU court criticizes Irish abortion law for violating women’s rights)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/world/africa/06congo.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha21  (hundreds of women raped in Congo near Angola border)

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20101027/1e6e65f8-4eb0-4499-92cf-a06d92e25560  (Germany adopting a law against forced marriages)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11517459  (Iceland has best record on gender equality)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/12/iran-women-fight-for-rights  (women lead push for human rights in Iran)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25stansell.html?th&emc=th  (South resisted amendment giving women the right to vote)

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,707251,00.html  (European countries grapple with issue of whether to ban burkas)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/world/asia/10honor.html?th&emc=th  (honor killing in India related to opposition to inter-caste marriage)