Soviet domination meant Islamic religious zeal was suppressed in Central Asia, even as women advanced educationally and professionally under socialism. Religious revival has not been kind to women and military action is likely to hurt women most.
After an international outcry and intense legal maneuvering, a 12-year-old Mexican received a legal abortion. Her father remains in jail on charges of incest.
Commander Esther, wearing an embroidered blouse and a black ski-mask, declared the Zapatista rebels would lay down their arms if the government gave more autonomy to her region and advanced the rights of indigenous women.
Just four days before her death this summer, Dona Agueda Martinez, 102, was just beginning her latest weaving when she told the writer, Adelita Medina, how her literal and metaphoric “dance on the loom” kept her mind “strong and focused.”
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