The Women on Both Sides of the Bishop Debate
The Church of England is making significant progress toward appointing women as bishops. Last month, the church's national assembly rejected a compromise that would limit the role and authority of...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council Debates LGBT Rights
“To those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, let me say: You are not alone. Your struggle for an end to violence and discrimination is a shared struggle. Any attack on you is an attack on...
View ArticleMass Wedding in India: Helping Women or Perpetuating the Problem?
Last weekend, an Indian NGO, Vicharata Samuday Samarthan Manch (VSSM), hosted a mass wedding for eight young women in Vadia, a village in Gujarat known as the "village of prostitutes." 3,000 people...
View ArticleFilm Review: To Educate a Girl
When UNGEI was founded, 110 million children around the world did not attend school, and two thirds of chose children were girls. Today, 67 million children are out of school, and approximately half of...
View ArticleOutgames Philippines Hosts “Deaf Talks”
Last weekend, as part of Outgames Philippines 2012, the Rainbow Rights Project and the Commission on Human Rights hosted Deaf Talks: A Forum for Deaf LGBTs on Human Rights and HIV. The event was geared...
View ArticlePussy Riot Update: Alleged Members Imprisoned
After the group's demonstration at Christ the Savior Cathedral, alleged Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were arrested and detained. The arrests occurred the day before the...
View ArticleThe Media’s Preoccupation with Bacha Posh
Earlier this week, BBC News published an article about bacha posh, a phenomenon which GAB has covered in the past. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, bacha posh literally means “dressed...
View ArticleIn Time For Passover, A New Feminist Haggadah
It's the time of year again -- the week when Jews around the world adjust their diets to replace bread and grains with matzah products. I've written before about feminist contributions to Passover...
View ArticleMalawi: New President and New Media
As mentioned in last week's Global Feminist Link Love, Malawi recently elected Joyce Banda as its first female President. Given that Banda has "a distinguished history of civil society activism," her...
View ArticleReport Addresses Gender Gap in London
A few years ago, GAB covered the growing gender wage gap in the UK. Though that gap has since decreased, equal pay is still a significant issue in the UK. But the wage gap isn't the only gender...
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