Listen to the song ‘Roses’ by Jo Freya here. What a beautiful way to transmit such a powerful message. Heard it on Genvieve Tudor’s Sunday Folk BBC show from 31st August, you can still listen to the whole show until tomorrow.
‘Roses are red, violence is blue’
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: culture · violence against women/harrassment
Reacting to harassment
September 5th, 2008 · No Comments
The BBC World Service show ‘World Have Your Say’ featured a segment on How should women react to sexual harassment? Listen here, it will be available for several more days. Via Blank Noise.
Tags: activism · media · mobility · violence against women/harrassment
Gulabi Gang video
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Via Feministing.
Tags: activism · empowerment · feminism · legal issues · violence against women/harrassment
Harrassment, etc
August 26th, 2008 · No Comments
The Washington Post had an in-depth piece on Indian women’s status. It starts off discussing ‘eve-teasing’, i.e. harrassment, but then delves into the whole range of issues from dowry to sex-selective abortion: For India’s middle-class urban women, the past decade has brought unprecedented opportunities to advance in a social order long dominated by men. But [...]
Tags: activism · culture · dowry · economic development · empowerment · gender bias · gender roles and division of labour · girl child · globalisation · mobility · sex and sexuality · trade · violence against women/harrassment
