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Here’s a roundup of gender issues going down this week:
In Ghana, around 200 Liberian women refugees were arrested at the Buduburam Refugee Settlement for protesting against their forced return to Liberia by stripping themselves naked. The UNHCR is planning to send the refugees back with a paltry amount of $100. The women are asking for […]

Unfortunately not all International Women’s Day celebrations were as fun-filled as the ones here on 4TheRcrd. In Iran, the containment of women’s gatherings in the past kept women from celebrating publicly and this year, many women confined themselves to gatherings in their private homes. Last year, 10 women were arrested on International Women’s Day at […]

Happy International Women’s Day Vancouver! This lovely holiday has been around since the turn of the 20th century, and today it’s an official holiday in more than 20 countries throughout the world. Every year on March 8th, thousands of events are held throughout the globe to honor the achievements and experiences of women. While many […]

In the horrific struggle between Palestine and Israel which periodically splashes its way onto our newspapers and television and computer screens, it’s often all-too easy for the media to ignore issues of women’s health. It’s clear that the unjust treatment of the Palestinian people by the Israeli Occupation has a direct impact on women’s […]

I’ve been following No One is Illegal for a while now — both from a journalistic and an immigrant’s standpoint — and I’m amazed at the work they do, particularly at a time where borders and privileges assert themselves against those in the world who don’t have access to bounties like Vancouver, Nelson, Victoria, and […]

In the months leading up to Italy’s parliamentary elections, abortion has become a prominent issue on the election agenda. Former Conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi, in the running for office, recently gave the United Nations a strong anti-choice message that a fetus should be protected “from conception until natural death.”
In December, popular conservative journalist Giuliano Ferrara […]

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Visiting professor for Cultural and Gender Studies, at University of Arts, Berlin; Steyerl has published filmic and written essays centered around questions of globalization, urbanism, racism and nationalism. She […]