Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It
By Nell Scovell and Gloria Steinem Women hold only 3% of clout positions in the mainstream media. ~ Annenberg Public Policy Center, “The Glass Ceiling Persists” Here are 15 ways the media would be different if it were run by 97% women and only 3% men: 60 Minutes would be 30 Minutes because, frankly, who has the time? The [...]
Why Does India Hate Women?
By Tripti Lahiri So, which countries in the world boast — though I suspect that’s not quite the right word — the highest rates of pregnancy among teenage girls? If you were to pick one of the nations of the supposedly sexually precocious West, you’d be quite wrong. The latest United Nations human development report shows that [...]
Global News Roundup 11.7.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: The Best (And Worst) Countries For Women 11.2.11, Huffington Post India Journal: Why Does India Hate Women? 11.6.11. The Wall Street Journal The Birth Control Solution 11.2.11, International Herald Tribune Women Own 1% of the World’s Property — Occupy That 11.4.11, Huffington Post #NoShaveNovember Raises Hairy Gender Questions 11.2.11, Ms. blog
‘Give Me Sexy’ – Media Friend or Foe?
There is no doubt that the media, and its images of women, impacts girls and women of all ages. But this influence is especially dangerous when it comes to young girls who are in a continuous state of learning from others and the images they see how they should act themselves. Children are influenced by [...]
My Female Colleagues Told Me Not To Talk About The Abuse. I Did It Anyway.
By: Michele Wheldon, Assistant professor of journalism, Northwestern University “You will have ‘victim’ on your name tag for the rest of your life.” She said it crisply, curtly. I imagine her intent was to perhaps save me from what she perceived as a career-ending move. She and I were friends from college, and I respected her [...]
Immigration and Detention: Women’s Human Rights Across Borders
As she went into labor Juana Villegas was shackled to her hospital bed. Living in Tennessee, she gave birth while in custody. She had been pulled over while driving and taken to jail when the officer discovered that she did not have a valid drivers license as was undocumented. She went to prison, where she [...]
When it happened to me…
No, today was not the first time I was ever insulted by a man in public. It was the first time though I ever bumped someone’s car unintentionally and unfortunately in the last five years that I’ve been driving on the angry male dominated Delhi roads, the first time when someone made me feel sorry [...]
The Scar Faced Girl
Redefining romance, this blogger writes about the traumatic past of his girlfriend who was incidentally an intern in the New Delhi office of Breakthrough. There’s no better example than in this long story that support system is all you need to get through the trauma of abuse.
Damsel in Dress or Distress
After studying English literature for 3 years in Delhi University, and staying with people like Saumya Aneja, I had become a loyal preacher of Feminism and Women Liberation. The books I read, the lectures I attended, the teachers I heard and all the brainstorming sessions had all made me look beyond the beliefs which saw [...]
I adjust but not fight…???
I was walking down the alley. It was almost past 10 in the night. But not to worry, this is my locality. “Was I asssuring my own self?” I looked back and forth, noone. I continued to walk. A sudden burst of light, I looked up,blinded for a moment. The sound of a bike, I [...]
