Domestic Violence
Not So Far Away: Why U.S. Domestic Violence Is Akin to Honor Crimes
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Certainly there are differences among societies and regions of the world when it comes to domestic violence. But if we exoticize it we miss what is going on.
Abortion
Seattle Ups Min Wage; Barbarous Attacks in India
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Seattle’s City Council has approved an increase in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also this week, more horrific assaults against women and girls in India.
Crime
Jordan Activists Profile ‘Honor’ Killing Victims
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In Jordan, critics are finding shortfalls in the local press coverage of a March “honor” killing. To fill the void in reporting, one advocacy group, No Honor in Crime, publishes profiles of the victims to humanize them in ways local press reports do not.
Abortion
Olympians Surprise U.S.; Namibia Sterilized HIV Moms
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Women’s eight race in 2012 Olympic Games.
Credit: LondonAnnie/AnnieC on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
Art
Onal Found Remorse Among Turkish ‘Honor’ Killers
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Journalist Ayse Onal’s coverage of the Turkish men who murdered their sisters and mothers in “honor” killings finds they often feel betrayed by their families. Many killers also want to guide other men away from such crimes. The second of two parts.
Art
Ayse Onal Shines Light on Turkish ‘Honor’ Killings
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Journalist Ayse Onal’s work, which got her blacklisted, has ranged from Kurdish separatism to Turkish Hizballah. Her recent book and documentary about “honor” killings taps into regrets of men who carry out these killings. Part one of two.
Honor Killings
Hirsi Ali Leaves Hiding to Spotlight Honor Killings
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Many Muslim women in the Netherlands–long a haven of tolerance–have been the victims of honor killings. Others live in fear they will be next. After months in hiding, Parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali is risking her own life to try to stop the murders.