*** πππ§ππ¦π§ ππΆππΆπ ππ¨ππ¦π§ πππ’π *** 'Looking back, I think I have held all the statuses conferred on foreigners. I was a migrant worker, a migrant spouse and a foreign student. ' Nguyα» n Thα» Thanh HΓ and Isabelle Cheng https://t.co/tweNoX...
*** πππ§ππ¦π§ ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§ *** #120 Susan Hawthorne - Vortex: the Crisis of Patriarchy In this podcast, Susan explains the key ideas in Vortex, the running theme in the book of the myth of Cassandra and Trojan horses https://t.co/DuKf4w...
'But invasive "virginity tests" continue in #Pakistan, and remain legal in parts of the country not affected by the ruling in Lahore.' https://t.co/S7JBUv...
Pakistan court outlaws 'virginity tests'
'The role of socialist women in preparing the way for the Commune has been almost completely overlooked by historians, yet the Commune depended on the women who were at the centre of Parisβs working-class networks.' https://t.co/CHXn2n...
Genderquake: socialist women and the Paris Commune
'Last month the Morning Star reported on the abduction of hundreds of #Kurdish women from #Afrin, who have been trafficked via Turkey to Libya and used as sex slaves by jihadist gangs.' https://t.co/try4ch...
Kurds demand end to Turkish occupation of Afrin
'According to the new code, after a couple file a divorce application, either person can withdraw the application during the cooling-off period without the other person's consent. This rule could be dangerous for victims of domestic violence.' #China ...
China's new civil code has angered feminists the Chinese Communist Party is now trying to appease them
βWe donβt know how weβre going to replace that kind of funding to ensure any woman that comes to our door is able to get away from violence,β [Pragna Patel] said, calling the financial support βan absolute lifelineβ for women in desperate need ...
British women's charities fear losing Tampon Tax 'lifeline'
'the bill βfalls short of international standardsβ as it does not criminalise some forms of gender-based violence, including marital rape and child marriage.' #Iran https://t.co/pulkAt...
Iran govβt approves bill to combat violence against women
βTo think that after all this effort, women come online, experience violence and are pushed back offline. And thatβs really the purpose - to silence women and to keep women in their place,β Neema Iyer of @PollicyOrg https://t.co/0UpMql...
Love, tech and online abuse of women in the time of coronavirus
βIt is utterly grotesque that at the same time #Saudi authorities will host a motor sport event β including women drivers β while the heroes that won their right to drive languish in jail.β #FreeLoujain https://t.co/HsFp6f...
Calls for Saudi Dakar Rally boycott while womenβs right to drive activist in prison
Fears raised over women being tortured in custody after Gulistan Doku demonstration in Ankara "Once again women are brutally attacked by an authoritarian regime which does all it can to protect the male perpetrators of violence." #GulistanDoku ...