5.07.03 countering male domination and patriarchy

Violence Against Women in Afghanistan: Documenting Prevalence, Organizing for Change

Opening pomegranates. Arghand soap cooperative, Kandahar, Afghanistan. photo: © www.Sarahchayes.net
Authors: Diya Nijhowne Lauryn Oates

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62% of women surveyed survived multiple forms of violence.

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Afghan Parliamentarian Confronts War: Malalai Joya Risks Her Life to Speak for Human Rights

Joya with the Politkovskaya award, October 6, 2008. photo: AfghanKabul
Authors: Sam Diener

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Despite death threats and attacks, I will not stop telling the truth.

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The US War in Afghanistan: A Primer for US Peace Activists

Engineer clearing a land-mine in Afghanistan, 2007. photo: UN Photo/UNMACA
Authors: Alexandra Cooper Jesse Laird Kelly Campbell Madelyn Hoffman

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The death toll is rising.

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Celebrating the Co-Mother of Lesbian Feminism: Del Martin: May 5, 1921 -- August 27, 2008

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Boston Chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, Nov 20, 1994. Photo: © Ellen Shub
Authors: Kate Kendall

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She had the courage to be herself when the world offered only condemnation.

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Principles for Feminist Leadership: Struggling to Share Power

Authors: Michelle Williams

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When we become so afraid of conflict that we stop challenging, we take power away from our organization.

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The Tyranny of Tyranny

Homeless women at St. Patrick's shelter in Somerville MA protest against Catholic Charities cancelling onsite HIV/AIDS education programs and access to condoms, as well as the firing of the program director, Gayle Basten, November 16, 1991. Photo: © Ellen
Authors: Cathy Levine

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Small groups aren't the problem. They're the solution.

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The Tyranny of Structurelessness

Code Pink activists spell out "Make Out Not War" at the Democratic National Convention. Aerial photo: © John Quigley
Authors: Jo Freeman

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Structurelessness is a way of masking power, usually most strongly advocated by the most powerful.

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Reinstate Malalai Joya to Afghanistan's Parliament: Feminist Banned for Honesty

Joya at a UNIFEM conference, Photo: AfghanKabul, 2007
Authors: Human Rights Watch

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In Memory of Saudi Feminist Blogger Hadeel Alhodaif

Authors: HAMSA

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Honoring a Pioneer of Women's Health: Barbara Seaman (1935-2008)

Barbara Seaman
Authors: the National Women's Health Network

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"In 1969, Barbara Seaman proved that women can talk back to doctors - calmly, rationally, and scientifically. For many of us, women's liberation began at that moment."

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