Would McCain hide Palin from the Press if she weren't a woman?

Would McCain hide Palin from the Press if she weren't a woman?

Female human rights activist opens office in Egypt

Zainab Al-Suwaij has opened a new office of her organization, American Islamic Congress, in Cairo. The office will be run by Dalia Ziada, a blogger and a survivor of FGM ("female genital mutilation").

Women bloggers and sexual harassment

Women bloggers are different from men who blog. How are we different? According to the recent Washington Post article by Ellen Nakashima we are harassed in more sexual terms. The new war zone then is cyberspace. Women are "singled out in more starkly sexually threatening terms."

Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers - washingtonpost.com

Anonymity [perceived or illusory] has enabled the growth of dark sexual harassment from people who may never consider doing such a thing in real life. Stalking, harassment, threats...women in the blogosphere seem to be clamming up due to harassment.

Blogswarm: Take Back the Blog!

April 28, 2007 Take Back the Blog! Blogswarm in support of the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but indeed everywhere and at all times, day and night, without fear of harassment, intimidatio …

Iran Arrests Women Bloggers

Three women's rights activists and journalists were arrested at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport en route to a journalism workshop in India and now face prosecution.