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Patriarchy is killing our planet – women alone can save her

The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man’s violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The fight to save the Earth must begin with the empowerment of women – and that means ending our complicity in their oppression, …

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The Women’s Court in the former Yugoslavia – 1990s war crimes

Yesterday May 7 the Women’s Court on war crimes against women during the war in the 1990ies formally started in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Women have come together from all the corners of the former-Yugoslavia to participate in the Women’s Court in Sarajevo, to demand justice for the crimes committed against them during the wars and the …

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Nigeria: Abducted women and girls forced to join Boko Haram attacks

At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight, said Amnesty International on the first anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls. Based on nearly 200 witness accounts, including 28 with abducted women …

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Afghan women carry body of lynched woman to burial

An Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Quran has been buried in Kabul, her coffin carried aloft by women’s rights activists in a rare protest in a male-dominated society. Hundreds of people, shouting “Allah o Akbar” (God is greatest), demanded the government bring the …

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Boycott 50 Shades of Grey for ‘glamorizing’ domestic violence, say activists

Online activists have launched a campaign against the controversial release of Fifty Shades of Grey. The movement claims the film glamorizes domestic violence, and urges fans to boycott the cinema release. The campaign, called “50 dollars not 50 shades” encourages people to donate the cost of an evening at the cinema to a charity which …

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