A law that sets aside about 25 per cent of seats for women in provincial councils is raising hopes of a new era where women hold political power on a local level.
The crisis we are confronting now poses challenges for feminisms, bringing to the forefront issues of economic justice, inter culturality, reproduction, sexuality and fundamentalisms.
Many divorcees are expected to attend a mass rally in Kano city organised by the National Association of Divorcees, Widows and the Orphans of Nigeria, to protest the growing divorce rate and "insufficient husbands in Kano State."
According to a report by Radio France International, Persian Service the One Million Signatures Campaign has been awarded the Simone de Beauvoir Award which was established in honor and memory of this Feminist theorist and writer.
Petit coup de pouce en faveur des Iraniennes : la campagne des « Un million de signatures pour la parité entre hommes et femmes » vient de recevoir le « Prix Simone de Beauvoir pour la liberté des femmes », une récompense française créée l'année dernière.
وقد كان عام 2008 عاما مثمرا عززنا فيه نتائج فترة انتقالنا بفضل جهودنا الجماعية. واستطعنا أن نقويَ فريقنا من خلال ترقية "عائشة لي شهيد" إلى منصب نائب المنسق, وتعيين "إليونور كيلروي" كمسؤولة نشر الاتصالات والمعلومات, و"جوانا هايدن" كمساعدة البرنامج.
