Breastfeeding rates went up in the United States between 2000 and 2010. Twitter failed to deal with threats of sexual abuse made on its site against a feminist campaigner.
A bill has been introduced that will limit chain-of-command oversight of military sexual assault cases. But a study found that front-page New York Times stories cited far more male than female sources.
Irish lawmakers voted to allow abortion in limited circumstances for the first time in the Ireland’s history. Chile’s president Sebastian Pinera said he admired a young girl for continuing her pregnancy, which was a result of rape.
An anti-harassment group is crowd funding for a nationwide media campaign asking everyday Egyptians to stop ignoring the problem and start intervening in mob attacks. Systemic, cultural change is tied to a political leadership structure totally in flux.
Texans are protesting Gov. Rick Perry’s efforts to pass an abortion bill. But sex assaults have returned to Cairo’s Tahrir Square amid the renewed protests.
In the new center of Mideast turmoil, the number of sexual assaults of female protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has continued to grow. Women’s groups say they will not be deterred by the violence.
Abortion-rights this week were bolstered by court rulings in Arizona and Arkansas. As for the military’s treatment of women, the negative news went on, as a U.S. West Point military sergeant was accused of photographing and filming female cadets taking showers.
Ireland’s cabinet has approved a change that would permit abortions to save the woman’s life. In Egypt, the majority of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment.
From artificial hymens to restoration surgeries, various methods have popped up to underscore the significance placed on female virginity in the country–and Arab world– says Shereen El Feki in this excerpt from “Sex and the Citadel.”
As the Middle East reconfigures politically, post Arab Spring, women are fighting for their rights, but not at the expense of their faith, says Isobel Coleman in the new preface of her book “Paradise Beneath Her Feet.”
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