ITALY: It’s a Lot Worse Than Sex Parties
14 Feb 2011
By Sabina Zaccaro
ROME, Feb 14 (IPS) The demonstration by an estimated million women across
Italy Sunday points to
a continuing denial of fair opportunities for women at work.
Q&A: Political Support Needs Financial Backing
11 Feb 2011
Rousbeh Legatis interviews NORAH MATOVU-WINYI, Executive Director, African
Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) "The agenda for women’s rights and
empowerment in each country must be
supported by the political leadership," says Norah Matovu-Winyi,
Executive
Director, African Women’s Development and Communication Network
(FEMNET).
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Fisheries Need Transparent Regulation
11 Feb 2011
By Isolda Agazzi
DAKAR, Feb 11 (IPS) Senegalese fishers participating in the 2011 World
Social Forum (WSF) warned
governments to "wake up to the ethical and transparent regulation of
access to
fisheries" to halt the overexploitation of this increasingly scarce
resource.
Arab Women Lead the Charge
11 Feb 2011
By Emad Mekay
CAIRO, Feb 11 (IPS) Asmaa Mahfouz, a 26-year-old Egyptian woman who two
weeks ago had only
one name, now boasts at least three. These include "A woman worth 100
men",
"The girl who crushed Mubarak" and "The leader of the
Egyptian revolution".
SOUTH AFRICA: Rising Leader With Her Feet on the Ground
10 Feb 2011
Fatima Asmal interviews ZANELE MAGWAZA-MSIBI, leader of South
Africa's National Freedom Party
DURBAN, Feb 10 (IPS) Zanele Magwaza-Msibi is a woman with a mission: to
serve the people of South Africa. She is poised to become leader of South
Africa's newest political party, the National Freedom Party (NFP),
after breaking away from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), where she served
as national chairperson.
SRI LANKA: Garment Industry Woos Women Workers
10 Feb 2011
By Feizal Samath
COLOMBO, Feb 10 (IPS) Sri Lanka’s garment industry has launched a
multi-million rupee campaign to
bring in female workers shunning the country’s most profitable
sector for better
paying jobs.
PAKISTAN: Divided Between the Mullah and the Model
09 Feb 2011
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Feb 9 (IPS) A spat between a Pakistani actress and an Islamic
leader has emerged as a vivid
revelation of a deep split across the nation between different sets of
values.
Surviving the Sexist Genocide in Guatemala
08 Feb 2011
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 8 (IPS) "He would punch my head all the time,
pull my hair, smack and kick me. And he would make me wear long sleeves to
hide the bruises; even on my wedding day I had a black and blue mark on my
arm," Heidi Velásquez told IPS in Guatemala.
ZIMBABWE: Activists Seek WSF Solidarity Against Privatisation
07 Feb 2011
By Stanley Kwenda
HARARE, Feb 7 (IPS) Zimbabwean activists will raise the issue of
privatisation at the World Social
Forum, taking place Feb 6-11 in Dakar, Senegal, and seek solidarity from
other
activists to resist a renewed government attempt at selling
Zimbabwe’s state-
owned enterprises.
