Blog Entries tagged 'Violence'

Sarah's Inn to offer domestic violence training.

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Sarah's Inn is an oasis for women and their families who are suffering through domestic violence. Located in Oak Park and the Austin neighborhood in Chicago, Sarah's Inn offers services to many near west communities.

According to their website:

"Sarah’s Inn defines domestic violence as an assault and/or coerciv [...]

Report from Kigali by Dr. Mardge Cohen

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

We received this report from Dr. Mardge Cohen of WE-ACTx. Mardgie has done amazing work fighting the AIDS plague both here in Chicago and in Rwanda. Mardgie is a former member of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and has contributed material to this website on women's health history.

WE-ACTx is an international community [...]

Fundraiser for the WE-ACTx Girls Exchange Chicago- Kigali 2008

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The WE-ACTx Girls Exchange Chicago↔Kigali is an exciting program to link a group of six young women from our WE-ACTx HIV clinics in Kigali, Rwanda with six young women from Chicago. The group will include HIV infected and uninfected youth from both cities who have demonstrated the capacity for leadership.

You are invited to a uniq [...]

Damned Feminists - Damned Welfare Moms - Damned Equal Rights. How I survived being a woman.

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

By Angela Hayden

Where do you think you are? In America? Some men believe its a pain in the ass for women to want equal rights. Hell, my mama raised five kids on her own after my drunken, abusive father left. He broke her nose twice and nearly killed me. She didn't have time to think about being a feminist. She was just a poo [...]

Iranian feminists against a US war on their country

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0100

We recently received a communication from Azer Majedi , leader of the Organization for Women's Liberation, an Iranian feminist organization. Azer Majedi lives in exile in the UK. In her statement, she calls upon the people everywhere to join together and say,"No to a US military attack."

She was especially concerned wi [...]

Paula Kamen talks about Finding Iris Chang

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Come to Women and Children First Bookstore on Thursday, November 8 to hear Paula Kamen talk about new book, Finding Iris Chang

2007 marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of Iris Chang’s landmark book, The Rape of Nanking, which chronicles the Nanking massacre -- the torture and murder of Chinese citizens at the hands of the Japanes [...]

Finding Iris Chang is due on Oct 22

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Paula Kamen's bio of writer Iris Chang is due in the bookstores on October 22. Iris Chang committed suicide in November 2004 after a long battle with depression.

Iris Chang's best known book was The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. The book tells the story of the infamous 1937-1938 Nanking massacre which took place during the Si [...]

Aung San Suu Kyi on Non-Violence

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:33:38 +0100

As the terrible repression continues in the nation of Burma, here is a video of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi talking about the importance of non-violence in the struggle for democracy.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest by orders of the corrupt Burmese military regime for most of the past 17 years. If the people of Burma could realize their dreams, she would be leading the country instead.

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Rape Awareness Program Under Fire at the University of Maryland

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:00:00 +0100

For the past 17 years, students at the University of Maryland have participated in a rape awareness program where victims and advocates against sexual violence hang T-shirts along a huge clothesline on campus. Some victims also write the names of their assailants on their shirts.

Now the university lawyers have jumped in and told the students not to put the names of their assailants on the shirts because of fear of lawsuits. Some observers have speculated this concern [...]

Robin Morgan on the September 11, 2001 Attacks

infogal@cwluherstory.org — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0100

A day after the September 11, 2001 attacks, feminist writer Robin Morgan sent out this letter from her home in Greenwich Village, NYC not far from where the Twin Towers had once stood.

On this anniversary of the attacks, we thought it appropriate to republish her original letter. We also recommend her book The Demon Lover, which is one of the best explanations of terrorism available.

From: Robin Morgan
Subject: Robin Morgan: NYC Day 2 First-hand Re [...]