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Cell phone statistics reported by Jason Griffey, July 12, 2009, and posted on The Shifted Librarian
numbers (because this arena is very important for us)
4,100,000,000 number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world
over 60% of the people on earth have a mobile phone subscription service
in 50 different countries around the world, the number of cellphones per [...]
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Vital Voices Blog » Study Reveals 10,000 Women Sex-Trafficked Every Year in Mexico.
In a study presented on July 20 in Monterrey, Mexico, data revealed that approximately 10,000 women are trafficked for sexual exploitation annually from southern and central Mexico into northern Mexico. The Latin American Herald Tribune reports that the study found that women were [...]
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Judith Warner wonders about the patriarchal control of women’s sexuality in the excellent opinion piece from the NYT on June 12, 2008.
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Another great video for discussions in class. Created by Eco-activist Annie Leonard. 20 minutes, online.
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
Thanks to Mary Rogers Beckert, retired ECSU professor and woman extraordinaire, for alerting me to this.
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