Raped and tortured in the Congo – left to starve in Britain. By Andrew Keefe Marie was arrested and imprisoned for attending a peaceful anti-government demonstration organised by students at her university in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
During her three months in detention she was raped, beaten and burned with cigarettes almost every day. She arrived in the UK bearing both physical and psychological scars. Like most of the 100 torture survivors currently in treatment at Freedom from Torture, she displayed severe symptoms of trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety which greatly affected her daily functioning. So much for the sisterhood.
Harriet Harman MP, Labour's "in-house feminist", has entered the debate on Muslim women and integration with the observation that "the veil is an obstacle to women's participation, on equal terms, in society".
Her comments echo those of other white female commentators, most of whom disappointingly recycle the same dish served up by a host of senior male politicians. Locking Up Millions of Americans Isn't Just About Punishing the Underclass, It's About Raking in the Dough. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Miloje July 30, 2013 | Like this article?
Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Debbie Bourne, 45, was at her apartment in the Liberty Village housing projects in Plainfield, N.J., on the afternoon of April 30 when police banged on the door and pushed their way inside. 8 Ways Privatization Has Brought Pain and Misery to American Life. 2 More Women Internally Probed On Public Road By Texas Troopers (Video) August 5, 2013 | What amazes me about this story, is not only is this an illegal, sexually-violating police search, but it happened on a public road, for anyone driving by to see. These two women were pulled over, for allegedly throwing a cigarette out of the car window. They were given full body internal searches. Gloves were not changed between anal and vaginal probes, nor were they changed between women. Under Texas law, this is considered sexual assaults/rape. Joanne Herman: Transgender or Transgendered? I've increasingly been seeing and hearing the word "transgendered," and I have cringed every time.
What's wrong with the seemingly subtle difference between saying "transgendered" and "transgender? " Actually, a lot. Readers of my age and older will remember a sad time when this country labeled African-Americans as "colored people. " It's Impossible To "Not See Color" No Matter What Kim Kardashian Says — www.xojane. As most people already know, the ubiquitous Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a baby.
I'm happy for them. Unlike most people, I don't mind Kim Kardashian. She makes an obscene amount of money for being herself (or the version of herself she wants us to see). Yashar Ali: A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy" Is Having an Abortion Likely to Damage a Woman's Mental Health? The most downloaded article from the October 2011 is a review of the negative mental health effects of abortion by American Priscilla Coleman.
The article has prompted an extraordinary number of e-letters, almost all of them highly critical. Anti-choice websites, apparently alerted in advance of the article's publication, created an immediate buzz about it across the US. The article was quickly sent to the Florida state legislature in support of a bill restricting abortion and the article was introduced as evidence in the appeal of a Wisconsin court decision ruling against necessity of warning women seeking abortion of the risk of suicide they face. Professor Coleman unwittingly provides a clue to a standard we can apply in evaluating her review and conclusions. An Open Letter to Exodus International President Alan Chambers, From A Gay Ex-Christian — www.xojane.
I hate it when Christians offer to pray for me.
I really really hate it because I know what it means: that I'm deficient in some way -– usually that I need prayer because I'm “sinning” against God. I grew up pretty deeply entrenched in evangelical Christian subculture, the daughter of a preacher. Stop Telling Girls Their Hemlines Are Too Short. As the warm season creeps upon us, it seems that the media is starting to swim with bikini commentary.
And, it appears, we’re also going to be hearing from “dress code enforcers” like Jessica Lahey, who penned this piece in “The Atlantic” bemoaning the state of the hems of These Kids Today. Brian Honigman: 5 Ways to Become a Digital Volunteer. Everyday there are more opportunities to give back. The digital revolution has made volunteering more accessible -- wherever and whenever.
At the same time, the volunteer rate has declined slightly to 26.5 percent as of September 2012 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics . For service organizations, these statistics matter. The organizations that are thriving are the ones who are utilizing digital new digital volunteer opportunities and who make it easy to find their volunteer opportunities online. Here's a sample of some best practices: How one woman's abduction led to the Watch Over Me app. “Send me home, please.”