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“Push her down the stairs”: Trump, US Misogyny and Birth Control

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2004, Trump was on Howard Stern’s radio show to talk about his family. After admitting that he had had mixed feelings when…

Presidential Quote: “You have to Treat Women Like Sh*t”

By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Back in 1992, a certain New York real estate mogul told a reporter from New York magazine that you have to treat women…

Saudi decree allowing women to drive cars is about politics, not religion

By Haifaa Jawad | (The Conversation) | - - In an unexpected move that surprised everyone, including his own people, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia has suddenly passed a…

The Biggest Impediment to Saudi Women Was Never the Driving Ban

By Medea Benjamin | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - No matter their age, Saudi women are treated like minors — to the point that many require permission from their sons…

Saudi King seeks Recognition for letting Women Drive, a basic right

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a decree on Tuesday permitting women to drive as of June of next year. Saudi Arabia was the…

Betsy DeVos and “Real” Rape

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - When I was in college in the early eighties, the dorm staff told us females to get escorts if we had to…

A Sustainable future depends on Women’s Equality

H. Patricia Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | - - I am looking at the faces of 10-year-old girls from across the world—faces brimming with expectancy. The U.N. report, “The State of…

Tunisia: A Gender Equality Manifesto

Manifesto of the Under-Signed | Tunisia | - - During the 61st anniversary commemorating the enactment of the Personal Status Code, the Tunisian Head of State Beji Caïd Essebsi made two announcements…

Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt

By Manal Ismael | ( Global Voices Online ) | - - In early September 2017, a piece of paper with a potent message targeted against women, held by a group of…

If she had said, “Back off, you Creep!”

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - The image of Donald Trump looming ominously behind Hillary Clinton still disturbs me on a visceral level. He may have belittled his…

You’ve Got Veil: Secular Tajikistan Gov’t sends Millions of Texts imposing Hijab Ban

RFE/RL's Tajik Service | - - DUSHANBE -- Private mobile-phone companies in Tajikistan have begun sending out text messages to millions of citizens, reminding them to obey a new law that makes…

Cop Arrests Nurse For Doing Her Job (TYT Video)

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Maytha Alhassen | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "A police officer in Salt Lake City arrested a nurse because she refused to break the…

Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights

Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Qatar’s adoption of a new law on domestic workers provides labor rights for domestic workers for the first time, Human Rights Watch said today.…

India joins 20 Muslim Countries in banning ‘Instant Divorce’

TeleSur | - - Women’s rights activists view the ruling as a step toward granting Muslim women greater equality and justice. India’s Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional a Muslim practice that reportedly…

Tunisia: Landmark Step to Shield Women from Violence

Human Rights Watch | - - New Law Offers Protection, but Needs Funding (Tunis) – The law on violence against women, including domestic violence, approved by the Tunisian parliament on July 26,…

Turkish Women rally re: Abuse by Conservatives over Outfits

TeleSur | - - Istanbul has been widely viewed as a fairly liberal city for women and the LGBT community. On the weekend, hundreds of Turkish women marched in Istanbul to protest…

Saudi, slamming Qatar for Extremism, arrests Model for wearing Skirt in Public

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Yaroslav Trofimov of WSJ said it all: Good luck to the Saudi PR campaign about how Qatar is the source of…

The Real Victims of Trump-Putin Illiberalism: Women

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - When I first read about the Russian government decriminalizing domestic violence recently, my first thought was: it can’t happen here. Then I realized…

Uber Can be Fixed; and Mideast Women Need It

By Neslihan Cevik | (Informed Comment) | - - While in such metropolises as New York or Istanbul, Uber is most famous for hacking the commercial taxi system, it has hacked something…

Freeing Fayza: A Journey to War-Torn Iraq to Rescue a Yazidi ISIL Slave Girl

By: Brian Glyn Williams and Christopher Natola | (Informed Comment) | - - It began with an electrifying text message from a Yazidi member of a network dedicated to freeing Yazidis (an…