IntLawGrrls: Ebadi on the death penalty

IntLawGrrls: Ebadi on the death penalty

We have been observing a constant deterioration of the human rights situation since 2005. In 2008, for example, we saw that there had been a 300% increase in executions in the prior 3 years! Speaking proportionally, Iran has surpassed even China: there were 355 executions in Iran, a country of [...]

Men’s Support Key to Creating Gender Diversity in the Workplace, According to Catalyst Report : Catalyst

Catalyst Inc. just produced a new research report, interviewing many men in business about the role of women and gender equality. Very interesting findings. There are men who do not believe that allowing women into the workplace is a zero-sum game. And there are cultures in the workplace that both encourage and discourage the growth [...]

Race and Recession Report from the Applied Research Center

A new report on the impact of economic recessions on people of color has just been released by the Applied Research Center. Find the Executive Summary and full report at http://www.arc.org/content/view/726/36/
They have gathered and compared data from the past 6 periods of recession (since 1972) and compared levels of wealth from 1992 to current depending [...]

Naomi Wolf on Third Wave Feminism

Souter’s Replacement: What’s in the balance?

National Women’s Law Center
More great information from the NWLC.  See the link above for more information. Below find the kind of quality information gathering they are doing for women. Thank you, NWLC!

The Supreme Court: Every Vote Counts (May 2009)
Fact Sheet: Justice Souter’s Important Role in Protecting Women’s Legal Rights (May 2009)
Fact Sheet: Women in the [...]

US: Act to Prevent Rape in War | Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/13/us-act-prevent-rape-war
Today there’s a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee co-sponored by Barbara Boxer and Russ Feingold to agree to put pressure on the United Nations to ACT not simply report on rape in war
Sexual violence against women and girls has been a horrifying characteristic of all recent armed conflicts and many post-conflict situations. Human [...]

Japan: Rape simulator games and the normalization of sexual violence

Equality Now: Women’s Action 33.1, May 2009
A schoolgirl around 12 years old travels on a commuter train. A man who has been following her gropes and sexually molests her. Eventually the train stops and she runs frightened into a public toilet, followed by her assailant who handcuffs and rapes her. The assailant takes her prisoner [...]

Pew Research Center: Public Takes Conservative Turn on Gun Control, Abortion

Pew Research Center: Public Takes Conservative Turn on Gun Control, Abortion.
The abortion statistics are interesting though they can be read in various ways — as can be seen on pro-life blogs and web sites.
What I find most interesting is the section on gun rights. The difference betweem white and black men on the topic of [...]

freedomhouse.org: Women’s Rights Survey

Freedom House has been in existence since 1941. They looks at many aspects of freedom around the globe. This study of Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA) is set to be completed by fall of 2009. Statistics so far are very telling.
“It is vital that MENA countries more urgently recognize [...]