The Landscape Changes, But Do We?

Kabul in 1970 and now, in 2010

The photos above are taken from the same spot in Kabul, Afghanistan. The photo on the left was taken in 1970. The photo on the right was taken in 2010. Continue reading The Landscape Changes, But Do We?

Women Resisting Militarization

On June 29, The Global Fund for Women hosted an evening discussion featuring three of their grantee partners working to stop the spread of militarization and the related threats to human — women’s — values and safety.

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House Arrest in Saudi Arabia Ends for Canadian Woman, But is She Free?

Nazia Quazi, the 24-year old Canadian-Indian citizen imprisoned in her father’s home in Saudi Arabia for three years, has been freed.

Quazi went to Saudi Arabia to visit her father (and some reports say for a religious . . . Continue reading House Arrest in Saudi Arabia Ends for Canadian Woman, But is She Free?

How Much of the Media Do You Believe?

I learned at a very early age that far too many (dare I say “most”?) individuals took anything and everything written on newsprint as The Truth. That “truth” extended to anything said on the radio or TV (or a pulpit) by a man in a serious voice.

My grandmother scoured tabloid newsrags, believing and repeating what she read. Even at a tender age, I would look through the same publications, studying how words and images were used to manipulate perception and “the truth”, and wonder how people could believe what was written. Continue reading How Much of the Media Do You Believe?

The Blind Project: Poster Highlights Key Blind Side of Prostitution Stats

The following chart, posted on The Blind Project’s blog, powerfully presents the scale of sex trafficking and prostitution.

Aside from the other mind-boggling figures, this chart reveals the violence facing prostitutes, and the cloak of invisibility the media places over prostitutes and prostitute-related violence. Continue reading The Blind Project: Poster Highlights Key Blind Side of Prostitution Stats