1200 Years of Women Composers: A Free 78-Hour Music Playlist That Takes You From Medieval Times to Now

In modern times, we don’t regard female musicians as in and of themselves unusual. Our rosters of favorite rockers, pop-stars, solo singer-songwriters, and what have you might well feature as many women as men — or, depending on the subgenre, many more women than men. But those of us who listen to a great deal of classical …

HDP co-leaders: victory belongs to the women of this country

ISTANBUL – The general co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in their victory speech last night in Istanbul, said the HDP victory belongs to all those who want to live freely in Turkey and the Middle East—but especially to women. The room was packed at Istanbul’s Cezayir Restaurant to hear party general co-chairs Selahattin …

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 …

Not a single female minister in SYRIZA’s leftwing government

This government, that was built on a hopeful vision about a deep change to be made in economic and social models that had been leading in Greek society for a long time, has disappointed us, feminists, not only because there are only 6 women in a 40-person government (a percentage of 15%, among the lowest …

A new page after yesterday’s elections- A trickle of increase in women

The page has turned in Greece, through the result of yesterday’s elections. The people who gave this resultn have hope for a new political road, for the promotion of social justice in all its forms, including what we are more specifically concerned about: gender equality and women’s rights. Before the elections, we wondered, in the article of our editorial committee, about …