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The most recent articles
IRAN / SCANDAL
Parvin Ardalan, Banned from Travel While on Way to Receive Olaf Palme Award
Wednesday 5 March 2008
by One Million Signature Campaign
Change for Equality: Parvin Ardalan was banned from travel early this morning, March 3, 2008, while on her way to Stockholm, Sweden, to take part in a ceremony in her honor as the recipient of the 2007 Olaf Palme Award. Ardalan, went through the passport check point and boarded the plane (...) > continue
IRAQ / ANALYSIS
Iraq’s women under pressure
Monday 18 February 2008
by Nadje Sadig Al-Ali
As the author’s organisation for Iraqi women "Act Together" prepares an event for 10th of March in London, we publish here a well known text by her as published in English by Le Monde Diplomatique 2007. Nadje Al-Ali challenges here the misconceptions which have dominated debates about Iraqi women, bringing a much needed historical gender perspective to bear on the central political issue of our time. > continue
ZIMBABWE / VALENTINE’S DAY
The Annual Democratic Campaign of "Women of Zimbabwe Arise"
Friday 15 February 2008
by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
On 12th and 13th of February, WOZA (Women of Zimbabwe Arise) have protested peacefully in the streets as every year for democracy and rights. The aim of this peaceful protest was this year to encourage Zimbabweans to stand up for their children in these times of extreme hardship and as an election looms. WOZA was formed in 2003 amidst severe political violence to demonstrate love and courage to all Zimbabweans. Recently, WOZA has alerted on new arrests of members... Once more, ResistingWomen.Net is proud to relate the event. > continue
CANADA / NATIVE WOMEN
Press release : Native Women’s Association of Canada disappointed with Pickton verdict
Tuesday 22 January 2008
by AFAC
In this 9th December 2007 press release, the Native Women’s Association of Canada comments the verdict issued after an important trial concerning a serial killer of native women. NWAC contributes to open the difficult debate about specific discriminations towards native Canadians, and more specifically native women, who are targetted and harrassed in sexist and racist ways. > continue
BURMA / REPORT ON 2007 PROTESTS
An analytic, gendered report on recent crackdowns
Tuesday 15 January 2008
by Women’s League of Burma
An analytic, gendered report by the Women’s League of Burma on Women Human Rights Defenders that have been repressed during and after the August-September 2007 crackdowns in Aung San Suu Kyi’s country, as students, monks, nuns and population protested on the streets. Also an appeal to activists. > continue
ISRAEL / PEACE PROTEST
Coalition of Women for a Just Peace Demonstrates against Bush Visit in West Jerusalem
Friday 11 January 2008
by Alternative Information Center, Coalition of Women for Peace
Women from the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace dressed as angels of death demonstrated 9th of January 2008 in West Jerusalem together with other activists in a colorful demonstration that featured red flags and protest signs, whistles and drums, an event initiated by the Hadash political party (Communist). > continue
IRAN / URGENT PRESS RELEASE
The Iranian One Million Signature Campaign : Urgent Press Release by The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT)
IRAN: Release on bail of two women’s rights defenders in spite of ongoing repression against the members of the “One Million Signatures” campaign.
Paris-Geneva, January 8, 2008. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for (...) > continue
AZERBAIDJAN / PERSONALITY
A strong protest for a peaceful conflict resolution in Nagorno-Karabakh by Arzu Abdullayeva (Azerbaidjan)
Wednesday 9 January 2008
by Helsinki Citizens’Assembly
Azerbaidjan faces an increasing situation again of State repression against its civil society. In this context, Resisting Women publishes here some material related to a major personality among those threatened and about her initiatives courageously led in this country. Arzu Abdullayeva is co-chairwoman of the international NGO Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly (HCA), president of the HCA-Azerbaidjan Committee, and has been honored with the Olof Palme price for peace. She has given September 2006 a significant interview to daily Azadlig about the current repression against peace activists in her country and about the stake of a pacific conflict resolution activity supported by Azerbaidjani and Armenian civil societies in Nagorno-Karabakh... > continue
ISRAEL / WOMEN IN BLACK’S BIRTHDAY
Nurit Peled : “In the State of Israel, the Jewish Mother is Disappearing”
Tuesday 8 January 2008
by Nurit Peled-Elhanan (Dr.)
The following speech (translated from the original Hebrew) was presented by Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, at a demonstration commemorating the 20th anniversary of Women In Black in December 28th, 2007, in Paris Square in Jerusalem. Nurit is an Israeli peace activist and professor at Hebrew University. She was a founder of the Bereaved Families for Peace. Following the death of her 13-year-old daughter, Smadar, in a suicide bomb attack in Jerusalem in September 1997, she became an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. > continue
TURKEY / DOCUMENT
Women Call for Peace
Tuesday 8 January 2008
122 women, many of them well-known singers, actresses, writers, academics and journalists have gathered under the slogan "We have promised peace" and published their call for peace on the internet and in newspapers. Býa news centre - Ýstanbul (23 /12/ 2007) > continue
