Kuwaiti Women A Bit Freer
Kuwait’s supreme court gave women in that country a reason to rejoice this week when that court decided to give women the right to get a passport without spousal consent:
The court found the article in the decades-old law “unconstitutional” because it goes against the principal of equal rights for men and women.
“It undermines her free [...]
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
I woke up this morning to the news that President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Now it’s no small feat to be elected the first African American president of the good ol’ U.S., [...]
Iranian Feminism Takes a Hit: The Attempted Suppression of the One Million Signatures Campaign
For almost three years now, a campaign has been brewing in Iran to obtain the same marriage rights for women as men have. The One Million Signatures Campaign demands changes in Iranian law relative to women’s rights in marriage:
The One Million Signatures Campaign officially launched on August 27, 2006, aims to collect one million signatures [...]
Italian Women 1, Vatican 0–RU-486 Will Soon Be Available in Italy
Next month, Italian women will have another option for abortion–RU-486. This is after years of bitter feuds with the Vatican over its experimental use in Italy. The Vatican opposes for obvious reasons–they’re anti-choice:
javier Lozano Barragan, the Holy See’s health minister, said “The Catholic Church understands the personal drama of a young woman who is pregnant [...]
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