Category Archives: Women
CAIR to File Complaint Over MN Judge’s Questioning on ‘Sharia’
“It is misguided and unethical for a judge to reference an individual’s general support of mainstream Islamic principles, known as Sharia, during sentencing to determine a defendant’s future dangerousness,” said CAIR Staff Attorney Gadeir Abbas. “By also linking modest dress to a propensity for violence, the judge revealed a disturbing bias that may have impacted […]
MPR> 2 Minnesota women sentenced in Somali terror case
In this Aug. 5, 2010 file photo, Hawo Mohamed Hassan, left, and Amina Farah Ali, both of Rochester, Minn., leave the U.S. District Court after appearing at a hearing in St Paul, Minn. A jury on Thursday convicted the two women of funneling money to a terrorist group in Somalia. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig, File) by Brandt […]
Military Sexual Assaults Spike Despite Efforts To Combat Epidemic
The report released Tuesday by Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) follows the Sunday arrest of Lt. Col Jeffrey Krusinski, head of the Air Force SAPRO program, under allegations of sexual assault of a woman. Film shows challenges of female veterans Molly O’Toole, Huffington Post 05/07/2013 | Sexual assaults occurred at an average […]
[Video] Misty Rowan> Spoken Word
Misty Rowan Minnesota spoken word artist Misty Rowan performed these three poems at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Women Against Military Madness. Misty is an active member of the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. Additional information and works can be found on her website missteatree.com. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS […]
Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of “Toxic Masculinity” & Gender-Based Violence
Cleveland kidnap victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were allegedly subjected to years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of suspect Ariel Castro. Questions are now being raised why the police did not investigate Castro more closely earlier, especially since Castro was accused in 1993 and 2005 of attacking his ex-wife […]
Polly Mann> GI Jane and the Enemy Within
GI Jane and the Enemy Within By Polly Mann March/April 2013 www.worldwidewamm.org Recent legislation authorized women in the military to engage in armed combat. Many of us have been working for change in the opposite direction. Women Against Military Madness had its inception in 1981 when statistics showed that more women than men opposed war […]
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire> March 25, 1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire Date March 25, 1911 Time 4:40 PM (local time) Location Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Deaths 146 Injuries 71 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the […]
Bianca Jagger> Women: The Unsung Heroes of the Environment
Women: The Unsung Heroes of the Environment As the Cree proverb warns us: Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. By Bianca Jagger 10 March 13 Reader Supported News Bianca Jagger discusses the important […]
Naomi Klein> Dancing the World into Being: A Conversation with Idle No More’s Leanne Simpson
Dancing the World into Being A Conversation with Idle No More’s Leanne Simpson by Naomi Klein and Leanne Simpson via Common Dreams Published on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by YES! Magazine Leanne Simpson collecting wild rice. In December 2012, the Indigenous protests known as Idle No More exploded onto the Canadian political scene, with huge round dances taking place […]
Victoria Brittain> Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror
Tomgram: Victoria Brittain, Fighting a Global War of Terror “Here was the texture of a hidden war of continual harassment against a largely helpless population. This was how some of the most vulnerable people in British society — often already traumatised refugees and torture survivors — were made permanent scapegoats for our post-9/11, and then […]
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