Kobani 'Poster Child' For Kurdish Female Fighters 'Beheaded' By IS - 0 views
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This article is partly a news report and partly a discussion of gender equality in the PKK. On October 27, rumors began to spread on social media that a Kurdish female fighter known by the pseudonym Rehana may have been beheaded by Islamic State militants in Kobani. Rehana became the face of the PKK's female fighters after a picture of her making the victory sign was retweeted hundreds of times on Twitter. An image of a beheaded woman whom IS fighters claim to be Rehana was posted on pro-IS social media sites on the 27th, but it is impossible to verify whether the photo is genuine. The author goes on to discuss the complicated history of gender equality in the PKK. Currently, the group has the largest female militia in the world, and has a history of feminism rooted in it's founder Abdullah Ocalan's ideology. However, the author cites claims made by Berfu Kiziltan about how while the PKK has historically recruited women as well as men, in its early days, recruitment was sometimes by force. The author also mentions the PKK's history of female suicide bombers, as well as a recent suicide bombing in Kobani carried out by a female PKK soldier.
For women in Egypt, freedom is not free - 1 views
On January 24, 2015, the Egyptian government suddenly decided to prosecute one of the world's most active and effective human rights defenders, Azza Soliman, for denouncing police brutality. Azz...
Women's Day in Egypt - 1 views
This depressing article from "Daily News Egypt" talks about how women's day in Egypt is generally marked by protests and demonstrations that center around the injustices the women of Egypt have fac...
Shaima Sabbagh killing sparks protest - 0 views
A small group of women were protesting peacefull in downtown Cairo on Thursday against security forces after female activist Shaimaa Sabbagh was shot dead on the eve of the anniversary of the Jan...
Violence Against Women - 0 views
March 8, 2015 is the international women's day and women in Egypt asserted their importance when the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights submitted a request to the Egyptian President to fight v...
Egyptian Women's Day Grief - 0 views
Women in Egypt are facing a reality where hundreds of them find themselves as prisoners in Egyptian prisons, tortured and abused beyond comprehension. Al-Mesryoon reported that as many as 235 wome...
Interactive Chart - 0 views
This chart is useful because it is interactive and allows one to see in several different categories how women's rights compare in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, ...
Interactive Chart - 0 views
This interactive chart is useful because it is interactive and allows one to see in several different categories how women's rights compare in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Sah...
Egyptian Women Protest - 0 views
http://wn.com/feminism_in_EgyptThis video was published December 22, 2012. The women were forced to drastic measures to gain attention during their protest, many were naked and some were repor...
Jailed: Ranya al-Huthaili, the Saudi woman who robbed 5 U.S. banks - Al Arabiya News - 1 views
Egyptian Women Protest - 0 views
http://wn.com/feminism_in_EgyptThis video was published December 22, 2012. The women were forced to drastic measures to gain attention during their protest, many were naked and some were repor...
Video: Women's rights changes in Egypt over the last two years - 0 views
http://middleeastvoices.voanews.com/2013/06/voices-womens-rights-in-egypt-re-examining-a-revolution-...This is an article from the website "Middle East Voices: Analysis, Perspectives, Conversation,...
Egyptian Center for Women - 0 views
This is a very interesting source that I found when I was going through the resources on the class blog. It also has the original version of the document in Arabic on the website. It details the re...
Sexual Harrassment in Egypt - 0 views
Short yet enlightening video about women's rights in Egypt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EljdrOBxM8c
More Rights, Less Harrassment - 0 views
This news video update was released two years ago, and shows how the same problems are still existent right now: "As Egyptian run-off presidential elections approach, fears are mounting over the pr...
The US Should Promote Women's Rights in Developing Nations - 0 views
From Controversies in Globalization: Isobel Coleman argues that women's rights are inherently connected with human rights and are therefore included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights whi...
Social Issues for Women in Egypt - 0 views
The Egyptian Center of Women's Rights has welcomed a court decision allowing a mother's right to issue birth certificates for her children, the organization announced on March 23. The organizatio...