Report Reveals Ghastly Abuse Against Female Iraqi Prisoners
In an extensive report released Thursday, the Human Rights Watch revealed that Iraqi security forces are systemically abusing imprisoned Iraqi women.
Know Your Veils: A Guide To Head Coverings
Next time you are having dinner with a Bahraini dignitary, don't embarrass yourself by confusing the Queen's abaya with a burqa.
Women In Iraq Are Suffering A "Silent Emergency"
Though security is improving in Iraq, conditions for women have worsened according to two new studies. Many Iraqi women, according to reports, are suffering from mental illness, lack of necessities, and a flourishing sex trade.
"Driving Means Someone Is Brave": Women Return To Iraqi Roads
It's a freedom many of us take for granted, but driving has just become possible again for some Iraqi women. Though women were once common on Iraqi roads — they're not legally barred from driving as they are in Saudi Arabia — the U.S. invasion and subsequent violence brought the number of women drivers to almost zero.…
Trade Union Speaks Out Against "Sexist" Heels • Iraq War Limits Iraqi Women's Freedoms
The Trades Union Congress in England is
urging employers to stop making high-heels compulsory for female employees on grounds that it is sexist and can lead to health problems. • Comedian Kristen Schaal reveals that not only is she well-read in British dramatists, she used to in front of cows as a child. • In England…
Is It Sexist To Wonder Why Women Would Become Suicide Bombers?
With today's arrest of
three women thought to be wannabe suicide bombers in Iraq, it's probably about time to wonder, again, what drives women to do this. We've posited of on the topic recently as the violence committed by women in Iraq has increased sharply this year. But something else: the media is obsessed with…
"Love Has To Be Calculated In Iraq Today... They Think Women Are Machines"
Iraq is not an easy place to do much of anything these days, but perhaps most tragically, it is an impossible place to love, which is to say, "someone else." Shia men married to Sunni women are regularly forced to divorce their wives, and vice versa. Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father and brothers for…
Bobby Brown: Some Women Think I'm Hot!
- Bobby Brown says "I'm dating so it's not like I'm single." Defensive much, Bobby? [People]
- The Yankees are tied for last place. Mwahahaha! At least they can console themselves with the knowledge Carl Pavano is still hot. Hot looking, that is. [SportsIllustrated]
- The Fug Girls love Sarah Polley, hate the outfit. […
