This news broke my heart. A 14 year old girl in Bangladesh was publicly flogged to death for adultery, after being raped by her much older cousin. AOL News has the sad details: Hena Begum was sentenced to receive 100… Read More ›
Day: February 4, 2011
New Bill: Women Can Die So Fetuses Can Live
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now. One good thing about running a women’s rights blog is that I’ll never run out of material. I suppose I should really extend a thank you to the anti-choice fringe… Read More ›
Women Around the Globe: News Roundup
Following are links to news stories concerning women internationally. Happy reading! One million fewer children are working in Nepal than a decade ago, though more girls are toiling in dangerous conditions than boys. See IRIN. For Egyptian women in the… Read More ›