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Who is really exploiting South Asian Women ? Who is really exploiting South Asian Women ? Sikh Womens Alliance, University of East London, and RAMFEL Saturday, 28 September 2013 from 11:00 to 16:00 (BST) Ilford, United Kingdom For Free Tickets Register at...

Brave Heart Women Fight to Ban Man-Camps, Which Bring Rape and Abuse Mary Annette Pember Traditionally, membership in the Dakota women’s Brave Heart Society required a formidable spirit. These women carried the dead warriors from the battlefield and tended to the funerary treatment of the...

There seems to have been so much bad news lately. I came across this and thought it would be nice to share something positive. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-22/entrepreneurship-program-gives-former-prostitutes-a-fresh-start As part of a recent class, a group of students at...

Jewish women worshipping like men TIA GOLDENBERG 5 hours ago JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaya Baker was ordained as a rabbi. Tamar Saar has read from the Torah, the Jewish holy scroll. Anat Hoffman demands that women be allowed to pray as men do at a key Jerusalem holy site. Depending on whom you...

Jimmy Carter: Women's Plight Perpetuated By World Religions By BILL BARROW 06/28/13 01:44 PM ET EDT - AP ATLANTA — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says religious leaders, including those in Christianity and Islam, share the blame for mistreatment of women across the world. The...

Pakistan's Quetta city reels from attack on women By Shahzeb Jillani http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22999663 Sajila Gujjar, 18, was a first year university student studying computer science in the Pakistani city of Quetta. Family and friends described her as talented, intelligent...

Women Liberation ~ Through The Prism Of Sikh Faith http://gurmatgiangroup.com/women-liberation-through-the-prism-of-sikh-faith/ http://gurmatgiangroup.com/women-liberation-through-the-prism-of-sikh-faith/

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/3/islamic-cleric-decrees-it-ok-syrian-rebels-rape-wo/#ixzz2Q9UzKhi6 I am absolutely appalled by this! I just cannot bring myself to comprehend that in the midst of a brutal civil war, a religious cleric - who is supposed, surely, on...

10-year-old rape victim put behind bars PTI Apr 8, 2013, 09.31PM IST BULANDSHAHR (UP): The callous response of police came to fore when a 10-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped, was put behind bars by women cops after she approached them to file a complaint along with her mother. Two...

Most women at Kabul prison accused of 'moral' crimes http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/most-women-at-kabul-prison-accused-of-moral-crimes-351883?fb Kabul: The 21-year-old Afghan woman said she fled her abusive husband only to be raped at gunpoint by a stranger who was supposed to help her...

Pope Francis: Women are 'fundamental' to church Pope Francis emphasized the importance of women in Catholic homes and churches in a speech Wednesday, but did not suggest they should be ordained. Pope Francis kisses a little girl after his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the...

Recently there are books out promoting women to become world leaders. The most recent one is LEAN IN by a FB executive. A review states: Sandberg cites a tremendous wealth of research around gender bias: the most memorable example is involved a real-life business case study about a...

Promoting Women's Economic Participation in India Cherie Blair and Siddharth Chatterjee - The Huffington Post - 03/21/2013 Since the horrific rape and murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, debates have raged about the social and economic status of women in India. The brutal...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: Women's Rights Could Destroy Society, Countries Should 'Reject And Condemn' UN Declaration Reuters | Posted: 03/14/2013 5:40 pm EDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, March 14 (Reuters) - Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood warns that a U.N. declaration...

On International Women’s Day, we have a number of groundbreaking accomplishments to celebrate. This year alone, women in the U.S. won the right to serve on the front lines in combat and President Obama inched closer to pushing for equal pay for men and women. Global health for women has also...

What is the role and status of women in Sikh society? A: In Sikhism men and women are equal. Sikh women have equal status In fourteenth century, before the time Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Indian women were severely degraded and oppressed by their society. Given no education or freedom to make...

B.C. Sikhs to raise awareness of violence against women Feb. 14 as part of One Billion Rising by Hans Ongsansoy http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/one-billion-rising-sikhs-to-raise-awareness-of-violence-against-women-feb-14/503372/ Sikhs across the Lower Mainland will be joining One...

Fauja Singh, World's Oldest Runner At 101, Races For Women's Rights by Eleanor Goldberg http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/fauja-singh-worlds-oldest_n_2647436.html Before retiring from racing, the world’s oldest runner has made sure to take a big stride for women’s issues...

Ladies who launch: the Sikh sisters behind the Punjabi women’s kitchen http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/magazine/211479-ladies-who-launch-the-sikh-sisters-behind-the-punjabi-womens-kitchen/ It’s the pale orange blush roses on the counter that you notice first. Their petals washed with peach...

The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com Beyond rape trial, a bigger question about women's status in India Court proceedings began today for five of the men accused in the deadly gang rape of a young woman in Delhi that led to her recent death. Women travel in the women’s...