Knowing that your husband’s corpse has been found and that you have become a widow may be some sort of relief. At least this is what would happen to the “half widows”, the women that every day queue before police stations, military bases or morgues in Kashmir to find out if their husbands are dead. When their turn comes, they are ready to show the same picture or to tell the same story one more time. continue...
Argentinean first lady, Cristina Fernandez, will run for next presidential elections on October 28th. She will try to succeed her husband, Nestor Kircher, who decided to cut himself off the elections for the Casa Rosada. The torment 'Cristina-Nestor' that has been pestering Argentineans is ended and now the fortune of Argentina will be influenced “president’s wife”. From Evita Peron, to Isabel Martinez, continue...
“Every woman circumcision will be considered a serious law violation and will be severely punished”. Hatem-al-Gabali's words, Egyptian Health Minister, who spoke last June 28th. Few words that could mean a lot for thousands of young Egyptian women. Although words are not enough. Yet another victim. As a matter of fact genital mutilation has been forbidden for a long time in Egypt, continue...
Some stories, even if told thousand times, leave behind them difficult shadows to disperse. That’s Srebrenica, where the most cruel crime in Europe has been committed after the Second World War. A lot of people told Srebrenica but is never enough. Everything has been told and written but everything seems to be told yet. Among books, documentaries and other things, Elvira Mujcic, a young Bosnian woman writer, continue...
Between 460,000 and 600,000 women chose to undergo clandestine abortions, almost one for every child born. This is the Argentina of the Catholic Church, of de Verbo Incarnato, of a male chauvinist society and of narrow mindedness. In a country where abortion is illegal except for in two extreme cases, women who do not want a child resort to secrecy, and one in eight end up in hospital due to complications. However, continue...
The Golden Age of sex tourism is about to come to an end. In May a legislation on childhood and teenage will become effective and punishments for paedophiles will be very severe. Most of all Cartagena de Indias will sigh with relief. continue...
“After finding out that if we want to study abroad we must be accompanied by a male relation, myself and some friends decided to get married. We’re hoping to do it as soon as possible so that we can take advantage of the foreign study programme”. Rights being protected. This is the story told to the Saudi daily newspaper, Arab News, continue...
