This week's highlights are focused on gender and include: Lebanese women taking on judges; the challenges facing Italian women; and a British political party attempts to increase female representation in parliament. Women also continued to make headline news this week as campaigns on gender such as One Billion Rising and Half the sky gain momentum. Finally, Wikigender recently organised an online discussion on Violence Against Women. Perhaps the subject of gender equality is
starting to be taken seriously by the media?
Gender and Justice
Lebanese women took to
the streets to demand that their government introduce laws to protect them from domestic violence. Criminalizing marital rape "could lead to the
imprisonment of the man," Sheik Ahmad Al-Kurdi, a judge in the Sunni
religious court, told CNN, "where in reality he is exercising the least of
his marital rights."
This report by the
International Development Law Organisation “highlights
the critical role legal empowerment strategies can play in changing and
challenging oppressive gender relations that are justified under the name of
culture, by showcasing an impressive range of legal empowerment approaches in
diverse geographical and cultural settings”. The study profiles a great
selection of case studies and also discusses the role of discriminatory
social institutions.
"As we seek to build the world we want, let us intensify our efforts to achieve a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development path built on dialogue, transparency and social justice."
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Message for the World Day of Social Justice (20 February 2013)
Gender and Politics
Lib Dems draw up job-share plans to boost number of women MPs
As British political
parties struggle to find ways to
increase female representation in parliament, plans for Members of Parliament (MPs) to job share in
parliament are being developed by the Liberal
Democrats (currently part of UK coalition government) to up the number of women elected and break up the 'male culture' that
still dominates politics.
The
six things wrong with Italy – and how to solve them
This Guardian articles outlines the 6 primary challenges that face Italy today, including: a stagnating economy, corruption, organised crime,
political apathy, youth unemployment and the “treatment of women”,
which came in second! Italy's female employment rate is,
according to the OECD, at 46.5% (among the OECD members this is only better than
Greece, Mexico and Turkey).
This weeks videos
Women of the (Arab Spring)Revolution - This is a great selection of videos on how women reflect on the changes that have occured
in their countries, how they were a part of it, and whether attitudes have
changed.
It’s nice to see children’s
voices being given a serious platform. This talk is by 13 year-old Logan
LaPlante, who wants to be happy and healthy ‘when he grows up’. He discusses
how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal.
I leave you
with a few words in Bangla (my mother tongue) paying tribute to International
Mother Language Day which was held on 21 February.
আগামী সপ্তাহে আমি আপনাকে দেখতে হবে
Salema Gulbahar
(Wikiprogress Coordinator)
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