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Archives: women
![Freeing Fayza: A Journey to War-Torn Iraq to Rescue a Yazidi ISIL Slave Girl](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/freeing-fayza-a-journey-to-war-t-187x137.jpg)
![Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/demand-side-slavery-libyan-insta-187x137.jpg)
Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks
Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - After several years in which refugees and migration have featured heavily in the Western media narrative, a disturbing correlation between human trafficking and conflict…![Iranian Women push back against Cleric who likened Loosely Veiled Women To Prostitutes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/iranian-women-push-back-against-187x137.jpg)
Iranian Women push back against Cleric who likened Loosely Veiled Women To Prostitutes
By Golnaz Esfandiari. | ( RFE/RL) | - - Judging women by the degree to which they respect the compulsory hijab is nothing new in Iran. In the past, hard-liners have accused…![What Iranian women want: rights, jobs and a seat at the table](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/what-iranian-women-want-rights-j-187x137.jpg)
What Iranian women want: rights, jobs and a seat at the table
By Azadeh Davachi | (The Conversation) | - - Issues affecting women were conspicuously absent from Iran’s 2017 presidential election. That’s unless one finds useful the leading conservative candidate Hojjat al-Islam Ebrahim…![GOP Greatest Single Threat to Mothers on Mother’s Day](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/gop-greatest-single-threat-to-mo-187x137.jpg)
GOP Greatest Single Threat to Mothers on Mother’s Day
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I know it is sort of gauche to politicize Mother's Day. But then politicians politicize family values all the time. And besides, the…![Are Feminism and Islam Mutually Exclusive? Fighting Hislam](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/are-feminism-and-islam-mutually-187x137.jpg)
Are Feminism and Islam Mutually Exclusive? Fighting Hislam
By Susan Carland | (The Conversation) | - - Islam is not unique in having theological interpretations that centre on men. Christian, Jewish and Buddhist women (and men) have grappled with the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/C84A83E8-C624-4089-9CEE-AD690F05EA4F_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1023_r1_s-750x422-1-187x137.jpg)
No Woman Has Ever Run For Iranian President. Will Azam Taleghani Be The First?
By Golnaz Esfandiari. | ( RFE/RL) | - - Update: Ms. Taleghani has been disqualified. Her journey is still amszing. On April 14, a tiny, frail-looking woman wearing a chador and using…![Bill O’Reilly driven from air by Advertiser Boycott over Sexual Harassment?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/bill-oreilly-driven-from-air-by-187x137.jpg)
Bill O’Reilly driven from air by Advertiser Boycott over Sexual Harassment?
Lawrence O'Donnell | The Last Word | (Video News Clip) | - - "Bill O'Reilly is off the air for Easter "vacation," but Gabe Sherman reports the Murdochs are fighting over O'Reilly's…![Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/amal-clooney-and-nadia-murad-wan-187x137.jpg)
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide
Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Report) | - - "Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is hoping to help stop a genocide at the hands of ISIL with the help of one brave survivor."…![Women’s National Strike over Pay inequities, Glass Ceiling](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/womens-national-strike-over-pay-187x137.jpg)
Women’s National Strike over Pay inequities, Glass Ceiling
CBS News | Video News Clip | -- "Women worldwide walked off the job Wednesday to protest and demand equality. Anna Werner reports from Alexandria, Virginia, which had to close its schools…![Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/turkeys-coup-aftermath-and-human-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective
By Banu Gökarıksel | ( Duke University Blog ) | - - Feminist critiques of political power reveal the central function of gender, sexuality, and difference in maintaining that power. Yet, in…![Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/should-bannon-resign-he-and-milo-187x137.jpg)
Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The interview that emerged on the internet of practicing Catholic Milo Yiannopoulos expressing approval of some instances of priest pedophilia with boys has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/qajargirls-1-187x137.jpg)
Photo of the Day: Sad Girl, Happy Girl, Iran 1900 (Sykes)
British Museum | Sir Percy Sykes | - - Two rural Iranian girls of the Qajar era, 1900, one sad, one mischievous. Via British Museum Museum number: Sykes.453 Description: Lantern slide, showing…![Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/sen-elizabeth-warren-silenced-on-187x137.jpg)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren silenced on Floor for Reading King Letter re: Sessions
CNN International | (Video News Report with text Appendix) In an extremely rare rebuke, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren was cut off while speaking on the Senate floor. She had been reading a…![Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/feature-not-bug-trumps-chaos-the-187x137.jpg)
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government
Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | - - WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has become clear that he intends to roll…![Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/speaker-of-british-house-of-comm-187x137.jpg)
Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here
TeleSur | - - "An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor," Bercow concluded. The speaker of the United…![All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/all-the-terrible-things-trump-pl-187x137.jpg)
All the terrible things Trump plans to do to Women (besides that one)
By Juan Cole | - - About 1 million women and their supporters demonstrated in Washington, D. C. on Saturday, but many millions more rallied in cities like New York, Chicago, Los…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/debating-1-187x137.png)
6 Reasons Feminist Carrie Fisher Was Ahead of Her Time
TeleSur | - - While all Star Wars (male) fans only remember Carrie Fisher in her sex-slave golden bikini, the late actress had a feminist conception of her role way ahead of…![Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/can-israeli-institutions-include-187x137.jpg)
Can Israeli institutions include both more Women and more Gender-Segregating Orthodox?
Shulamit Almog | (The Conversation) | - - In one sense, women are making great strides in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). In October, the army declared it was examining the possibility…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071140im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-11-at-12.54.43-AM-1-187x137.png)