Hi everyone,

Please take a moment out of your day to read this article about yet another instance of General Musharraf's egregious treatment of rape survivors in Pakistan. If you are not yet registered at the NY Times, it only takes a second and it's free!Then, if you are as angry as I am, please write a letter to Joseph Volpe, Minister of ( Read more... )

This is in response to this post and the belief that we, as Americans, and as citizens of the Western world, have a moral responsibility to assimilate other cultures to our own, (including, "BURQAS ARE BAD, POOR WOMEN ( Read more... )

I just read the following article and developed both a headache and a twisty-knotted stomach as a result. It horrifies me that situations like this are prevelent in the world. I realize that we in America still have many problems regarding rape; reporting it, getting anything done about it, actually getting convictions, etc. But, yet again, I ( Read more... )

Hi all,

The Question of Rescue

By MATT STEINGLASS
New York Times
July 24, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/magazine/24ENCOUNTER.html?

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Check out this FRONTLINE/World Rough Cut special about the Mosuo people of southwest China ( Read more... )

PAKISTAN'S PROVINCE BACKS MORAL LAW

A new watchdog will monitor people's "moral behaviour"
Pakistan's North-West Frontier province has passed a controversial bill to introduce Taleban-style moral policing in public places.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4683441.