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  1. Russia: Mozhaisk Women's Colony

    globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online - 2 hours ago

    Grigory Pasko visits Mozhaisk women’s prison colony and writes at Robert Amsterdam's blog about “what a women’s colony in today’s Russia is like and what is a ‘house of the child' in this colony.”

    Also tagged: human rights, law, roundups, russia, governance, eastern and 038 central europe

  2. Female-Dominated Societies Are Violent, Say Anthropologists [Evolved Violence]

    Female-Dominated Societies Are Violent, Say Anthropologists [Evolved Violence]

    io9.com » io9 - 9 hours ago

    Anthropologists have never directly observed a female-dominated society among humans, but many have speculated that such societies would be less violent than male-dominated ones. Now that postulate has been challenged

    Also tagged: science, anthropology, evolutionary biology, evolved violence, female dominant

  3. Erin Baines, Stephen Brown & Susan Thomson:

    guardian.co.uk » World news | guardian.co.uk - 13 hours ago

    Erin Baines, Stephen Brown & Susan Thomson: Women now outnumber men in Rwanda's parliament. But all is not as it seems

    Also tagged: human rights, world news, rwanda, equality

  4. St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Concern about Crime

    globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » Law - 13 hours ago

    Bloggers are concerned as rape crimes continue to increase in St. Vincent. Abeni: “This is so disturbing because there is a tendency to believe that there is safety in numbers. This rapist is making a mockery of

    Also tagged: human rights, americas, english, law, media, roundups, cyber activism, st vincent and 038 the grenadines

  5. Jamaica: Changing Attitudes?

    globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » Roundups - 14 hours ago

    As The Jamaica Gleaner runs an article on the changing attitudes towards homosexuality (along with an interesting choice of stock photography), My View of JamDown from Up So wonders “what/if any backlash there will be

    Also tagged: americas, english, history, media, religion, ideas, roundups, jamaica, lgbt, diaspora

  6. David Cox: The curious case of The House Bunny, Hugh Hefner and the cash paid to Playboy

    guardian.co.uk » Film | guardian.co.uk - 17 hours ago

    David Cox: The House Bunny shows Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner to be a leading light of feminist rights. New research reveals that the studio actually paid him. Shurely shome mishtake?

    Also tagged: film, culture

  7. First woman on banknote 'snub' to secular Turkey

    guardian.co.uk » Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk - Oct 12, 2008

    Turkey's central bank criticised by secularists for printing obscure Ottoman writer on new notes

    Also tagged: world news, turkey

  8. Jordan: Domestic Violence Month Marked

    globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » Middle East & North Africa - Oct 12, 2008

    Palestinian/Jordanian Shuger Cuebs says October is Domestic Violence Month in Jordan. “It’s time to speak. Make your voice heard in every possible way. It’s your duty and your right to stand up for yourself and your

    Also tagged: english, roundups, jordan, middle east and 038 north africa

  9. Azerbaijan: Peace Corps Volunteer Blogs

    globalvoicesonline.org » Global Voices Online » U.S.A. - Oct 12, 2008

    The U.S. Peace Corps started working in Azerbaijan in 2002. Previously, they had been prevented from doing so thanks to the efforts of the Armenian-American lobby which had successfully blocked U.S. assistance to the

    Also tagged: americas, english, general, development, weblog, environment, azerbaijan, international relations, u s a, central asia and 038 caucasus

  10. TV contest tries to change the face of beauty

    guardian.co.uk » World news | guardian.co.uk - Oct 11, 2008

    Gok Wan's new show to judge women on their confidence, sex appeal, spirit and brains

    Also tagged: women, world news, media, television, celebrity, beauty, reality tv, observer, life and style

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