The abducted female students were freed on 19 February by the Boko Haram terrorist organization. Luckily the girls seem all in good health and they seem to have not suffered violence. But now we must all ask together: how many more girls must be abused and abducted, raped and forced to marry violent men who … More When female education is scary
At the Rome Film Festival was presented the short film “Killed Waiting for judgement” strongly wanted by the association Doppia Difesa led by Michelle Hunziker and Giulia Bongiorno. This short but very powerful film warns women from those sick loves that transform life into a nightmare of violence and even serious persecution. The Double Defense … More On the women’s side
A few days ago came the news that 82 of the students abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram while they were in their school have finally been freed and have been able to embrace parents, relatives and friends. The girls, after being kidnapped, had been hidden deep in the jungle in a den of … More 82 are free… and the others?
In Germany was passed a new law that prohibits public women employees who perform work in contact with people wearing the burqa, the Islamic full veil that covers entirely the woman’s face and not let slip even look. With the new German law has just been approved Islamic women performing public tasks should show the … More Stop burqa in Germany
In Poland, women took to the streets protesting for their right to abortion. The Polish Government is discussing the introduction of a new law that if passed would make abortion completely illegal and this sparked a hornets ‘ nest of controversy that led to intense protests from all women, regardless of political orientation and social … More The protest of Polish women
In many countries, especially in Africa, is still much too use the practice of female circumcision; the terrible female genital mutilation causes enormous damage to the body of little girls and during childbirth problems are amplified even more. Are still many, many little girls who are subjected to this horrific practice and remain for a lifetime … More Female circumcision, a practice still too widespread
Today is international women’s Day March 8, and like every year is natural to ask if there’s really been steps forward in the long process of improving the status of women in the world. Many, too many are still women who in many parts of the world suffer because oppressed by religious conventions and superstitions … More All the women of the world
Two days full of meetings, this was the Global Women’s Forum in Dubai, the first real occasion when we talked about the role of women in society in a Middle Eastern country. The issues touched were many and all conferences and meetings were always crowded by women both young and old, a sign that even in … More Global Women’s Forum 2016
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