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Άστεγη από το Οχάιο περπατά χιλιόμετρα για τη δίκη του βιαστή της

A homeless woman in Ohio said that she sometimes had to walk three hours to court or the man who raped her would have been free to victimize another woman. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the homeless woman had been raped on March 12 last year while she was sleeping under an E. Broad Street bridge. She …

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the Reluctant Feminists

By Susan Reimer-Torn At the trial of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Lille, the brilliant, left-leaning economist, referred to as DSK and once considered a “world savior,” stood before the world accused of aggravated pimping. Although the charges are likely to be dismissed, the DSK scandal triggered the most significant shift of French consciousness around gender issues …

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After years of silence, Turkey’s women are going into battle against oppression

Elif Shafak As a high-school student in Turkey, whenever I took the bus I would make sure to keep an open safety pin in my hand – to poke molesters with. By the time I started university, I was carrying pepper spray in my bag, as did many of my female friends. We spoke about …

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Rachel Corrie’s family loses wrongful death appeal in Israel’s supreme court

Israel’s supreme court has rejected the appeal by the family of Rachel Corrie – the US activist who was crushed to death by a military bulldozer in Gaza 12 years ago – which had sought to hold Israel liable for her death. The ruling, which followed a high-profile hearing before Israel’s top court last year, …

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Afghan women protest at absence of female ministers in new cabinet

Women take to the streets of Kabul after pre-election promises of fair gender representation fail to materialise in ministerial appointments Dozens of women marched in the streets of Kabul on Tuesday, protesting against what they see as exclusion from political decision-making by the country’s new leaders. The protesters, who gathered in front of the ministry …

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