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• MTV Pulls the Punch. But why?

  
  Bitch Blogs — Authority: 137
  While MTV originally planned to band-aid the episode of Jersey Shore featuring Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi getting punched --hard--in the face by by airing a PSA cautioning "Violence against women in any form is a crime," theyve now decided to not run the footage at all. An MTV representative said "What happened to ...
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• New Moon and domestic violence

  
  Feministing — Authority: 708
  **Spoiler warning!** So I saw the latest Twilight movie, New Moon , this weekend.* I was prepared for the manipulative relationship between the protagonist Bella and her sparkly vampire bf Edward. I was prepared for not-exactly-feminist messages about centering your life around men . I was prepared for ...
  11 hours ago

• Thou shalt not spread falsehoods

  
  Broadsides — Authority: 561
  On Thursday, Big Blue Wave, one of the shrillest anti-choice blogs out there, posted an excerpt from this news release put out by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute. (I added the boldface and some linkage.) Permissive Abortion Laws May Be Hazardous To Mothers Health, Per New Report By Samantha Singson (NEW ...
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• Television Violence Against Women On The Upswing

  
  Better Health — Authority: 509
  I guess the theme this week is “when things go wrong.” It seems like just when I think we are getting a grip on public health issues like smoking and violence against women, something appears to shake up my naive belief that we are making progress. Last month the Parents Television Council ( PTC ) reported that ...
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• Jimmy Carter: Abuse of Women Including Genital Mutilation is the Fault of Catholics & Southern Baptists

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 570
  Jim Hoft America’s worst president attacked Catholics and Southern Baptists for the abuse of women in a speech he gave in Australia. He even blamed these traditional religious groups for female genital mutilation. Lifesite News reported: In an address to a gathering sponsored by the World ...
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• Female Genital Mutilation Banned In Uganda [Violence Against Women]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  In contrast to the controversy surrounding a proposed anti-gay bill , there is some positive news coming from Uganda: female genital mutilation has been banned , with those caught in the practice facing 10 years to life in prison. [ CNN ]
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• The Feministing Five: Rana Husseini

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 156
  Rana Husseini is a Jordanian journalist and author who has devoted her career to exposing and ending the horror of so-called honor crimes. The practice of killing women whose behavior - real or imagined - threatens to stain the honor of their families is one that takes place all over the world. According to Husseini, ...
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• The Feministing Five: Rana Husseini

  
  Feministing — Authority: 708
  Rana Husseini is a Jordanian journalist and author who has devoted her career to exposing and ending the horror of so-called honor crimes. The practice of killing women whose behavior - real or imagined - threatens to stain the honor of their families is one that takes place all over the world. According to Husseini, ...
  2 days ago

• Women of Zimbabwe Arise Report Increased Harassment

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 132
  Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams, Women of Zimbabwe Arise Last month, Magodonga Mahlangu was awarded the RFK Human Rights Award for the work she does as co-leader of Women of Zimbabwe  Arise (WOZA). Since her return to Zimbabwe, however, she and co-leader Jenni Williams are reporting increased harassment ...
  3 days ago

• Kenya: Women Say No To Local Brew

  
  Women of History — Authority: 138
  From Capital FM : Kenyan women have taken issue with recent plans by government to legalise local brews saying it will facilitate moral decay. Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organisation(MYWO) chairperson Rukia Subow said it would increase violence against women and their children and that it would also derail the ...
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• Women - Victims of Mugabe

  
  Women of History — Authority: 138
  From Associated Press : Supporters of Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe used rape to terrorize the political opposition during last years contested elections, international human rights activists said Thursday. AIDS-Free World, led by former UNAIDS envoy Stephen Lewis, released a 64-page report that ...
  3 days ago

• Voluntary and community sector members sought for London Violence Against Women and Girls Panel

  
  womensgrid — Authority: 143
  The Mayor is committed to tackling violence to make London a safer city. The Mayor has set out in “The Way Forward” his proposals to tackle violence against women and girls. If you have senior level experience in the violence against women and girls voluntary and community sector your contribution is needed as a ...
  3 days ago

• Jersey Shore Bruisers Dad Blames Snooki, MTV [Trash TV]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  The father of the gym teacher who punched Jersey Shore s Snooki in the face has some fighting words of his own. "He doesnt understand how that happened," says Dan Ferro. "She was being very aggressive. Thats who she is, apparently." The Daily News interviewed the father of Brad Ferro , the 23-year-old Queens ...
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• Sex And Violence: Why Is Snooki More Precious Than I Am? [Point/Counterpoint]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  Were going to try a little experiment: that is, present a friendly male point of view once in a while. Today, writer Cord Jefferson responds to Jezebel commenters who weighed in on the sucker-punch heard round the reality TV world. Like most people who succumbed to the sweaty, boozy, spray-tanned draw of Jersey ...
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• New Report About Sexual Violence on College Campuses

  
  The Curvature — Authority: 588
  The Center for Public Integrity has released a three-part report on sexual violence on college campuses , and the response of administrators to such allegations. Part one talks about the culture of secrecy surrounding sexual assault proceedings. Part two talks about the barriers to reporting sexual assault on ...
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• Get UN-ited Behind a New UN Women’s Agency!

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 132
  The stats are in: according to Amnesty International’s recent report, The Gender Trap: Women, Violence and Poverty , women comprise 70 percent of the world’s poor and 75 percent of the world’s illiterate. One in three women – nearly one billion women – will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise ...
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• 16 Days Campaign Spotlight: Ekasi Women’s Arts Ensemble, South Africa

  
  Global Fund for Women — Authority: 112
  I look at an ant and I see myself…endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. I look at a stream and I see myself… flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they become smooth and, one day, disappear.” —Miriam Makeba ...
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• Honor Women’s Rights Defenders by calling for a strong UN agency for Women

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 132
  Gertrude Hambira, Zimbabwe. (c) Amnesty International Amnesty International spoke to three inspiring women’s rights activists about the challenges they face in their work, the personal risks they endure and their motivation to continue their struggle.  Today, on World Human Rights Day, we should take a moment ...
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• MTV To Air Anti-Violence PSA After Next Weeks Jersey Shore [Trash TV]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  The episode of Jersey Shore that includes Snooki getting punched by a man in a bar will air next week, followed by a PSA cautioning, " Violence against women in any form is a crime," reports the Daily News. MTV appears to be doing some damage control around the clip, which was shown in a trailer after the ...
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• Celebrate, Reflect, and Act: International Human Rights Day 2009

  
  AAUW Dialog — Authority: 465
  “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the [...]
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