Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Women's Rights'
The Rice Barn is Empty: Practices of Stealing and Divorcing Women in Lombok
by Kavita Bedford -Australia- The taxi driver laughed, showing all his teeth. “Yes. Just one month ago I helped my friend Janedi* kidnap his wife,” he said. “Sorry, what do you mean kidnap?” I stammered, not sure whether this word...
In New Egypt, Women Fear the Return of Legal Female Genital Mutilation
by Manar Ammar -Egypt- “I was weeping and called on my mother for help, but the worst shock of all was when I looked around and found her standing by my side. It was her, yes. I could not be...
Empowering Pakistani Women through Education and Family Planning
by Zubeida Mustafa -Pakistan- Empowerment is opening up new spaces for personal development for women in Pakistan. As opportunities for education come within their reach women are learning how to upgrade their lives. This has brought the realization that a...
Lilian Mogiti Nyandoro, Anti-FGM Crusader, Liberates Maasai Women and Girls
by Joyce J. Wangui -Kenya- Though the name Lilian Mogiti Nyandoro may not mean much to those in Nairobi where she is based, in a small village in Kimana, Oloitoktok District her name speaks volumes. She has demystified the female...
Balancing the Gender Skew in India: A New Name, A New Beginning?
by Neeta Lal -India- In an innovative bid to fight gender discrimination, Satara district in India’s western state of Maharashtra recently witnessed a minor revolution. Over 285 Indian girls named Nakhushi, ‘unwanted’ in Hindi, by their disenchanted parents were rechristened...
Green Scarves for Solidarity with Afghan Women
by Kate Hughes -UK- Ten years ago, Afghan women were promised a bright future. After decades of civil war, and repressive Taliban rule, they entered a new era in which they were once again able to work, send their daughters...
Women Leaders: Africa’s Available Yet Underutilized Resource
by Susan Enuogbope Majekodunmi -USA- My maternal grandfather’s mantra was, “Educate a woman, and you feed and educate her family.” He educated his daughters when Nigerian fathers rarely did. My grandfather was also very interested in my education and often...
Young Women Launch Afghanistan’s First Anti-Street Harassment Campaign
by Holly Kearl -USA- Carrying banners and signs with messages like, “We will not tolerate harassment,” “Islam forbids men from insulting women,” and “I have the right to walk freely in my city,” on July 14, 50 brave women and...
Girls for Gender Equity: Title IX Does Not Only Apply to Sports!
by Mandy Van Deven -USA- An unfortunate oversight of the recent media attention on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) bullying is the advocacy potential that decades-old legislation has to prevent gender-based harassment in schools. Title IX of the...
Pink Smoke Over the Vatican: Recognizing Catholic Women Priests
by Alexandra Marie Daniels -USA- In a coffee house on Alvarado Street in Monterey, California I sat down with documentary filmmaker Jules Hart to talk about her film Pink Smoke Over the Vatican. Pink Smoke, a story about the controversial...
Women in Kyrgyzstan Challenging Stereotypes and Virginity Tradition
by Gulayim Myrzaeva -Russia- A wedding in Kyrgyzstan is a huge celebration. For most girls it is an event they await from their birth. Parents spend a great amount of money preparing the dowry and the feast. However, there is...
Domestic Violence, Social Stigma, and a Lone Police Station for Women in Kashmir
by Afsaana Rashid -Indian-administered Kashmir- Multiple forms of domestic violence compel Sayeeda Chisti, mother of four and a resident of the village of Kona Gabra, to abandon her native place and seek ‘refuge’ in the city. Tossed between post and...
Sally Hawkins Leads an International Revolution for Equal Pay in Made in Dagenham
by Jessica Mosby -USA- Made in Dagenham is a feminist manifesto arriving in theaters just in time for the holidays. The historical fiction film dramatically captures the struggles of female machinists working at an out-dated Ford factory in 1960s England...
Combating Berlusconi’s Vision of Women: Italian Feminism 2.0
by Eloisa Morra Pucacco -Italy- After the great battles of the Italian feminist movement in the 1970s – when fascist codes on “family law” were modified and women obtained the rights of divorce and abortion - it seems that today...
Legal and Social Acceptance of Polygamy Destabilizing Families
by Suad Hamada -Bahrain- Polygamy is both legal and socially accepted in Bahrain and the rest of the Islamic world. Religious leaders defend the right of men to have up to four wives if they ensure equality among them. Yet,...
On the 90th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Women Call for Obama to Act
By Linda Tarr-Whelan and Jacki Zehner -USA- In 1971 the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women's Equality Day” to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment and to call attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality. The following...
A Matter of Honor: Murder as a “Way of Life”
by Maureen Nandini Mitra India/USA In March this year, a court in the northern Indian state of Haryana sentenced five family members to death for killing a young couple who married within the same sub-caste. It is the first time...
Tapestries of Hope: Director Michealene Cristini Risley on the Tenacity and Optimism of Zimbabwe’s Rape Survivors
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The most striking element of the new documentary Tapestries of Hope is not the hell that the young rape survivors profiled have lived through, but their unbreakable spirit. The film is a vibrant international...
Parvati’s Burden: Scratching the Surface of Motherhood in India
by Mandy Van Deven - India - Unlike the abundance of exploration into the many dilemmas of motherhood by feminists in the West, in India the subject is so under-examined that it might as well not even exist. In fact,...
Deepa’s Inferno: Domestic Violence and the Indian Diaspora in Heaven on Earth
by Mandy Van Deven - India - Couched in a story from Indian mythology, Deepa Mehta’s newest feature film, Heaven on Earth, blurs the line between reality and fantasy to provide a nuanced and authentic look at the struggles of...
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
by Jessica Mosby - USA - When thinking of Afghanistan, it is difficult not to be overwhelmed by despair. Violence claimed over 6,000 lives in 2007 alone. The quality of life for women continues to decline as a result of...
Textile Workers in Macedonia Exploited
by Natasha Dokovska Macedonia “Sometimes we’re locked up in the tailor’s shop. Sometimes we’re not given free time to go to toilet…The owner, who is Greek, wants everyone to work overtime, even though we’re already at the sewing machine for...
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