Marry (the right man) or die

Honour crime fear of Syria women

Meena - the Founder of RAWA (1956-1987)

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A short biography of

Martyred Meena

founding leader of RAWA

RAWA

I've been meaning to add to my list of heroines the brave women who formed the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) and keep it going despite death threats and assassinations. I was just reminded of it because my good friend Marc Herold's new book is being advertised on their website (in Spanish) at http://rawa.org/marc_book_es.htm

Extraordinary Lives (from the BBC news website)

The extraordinary lives of Iraq's women

It is not often that we get to hear the personal stories of ordinary Iraqi women living under occupation. Earlier this year, however, eight women were asked to record their daily lives in a series of photo diaries.

The extraordinary results of the Open Shutters Iraq project are now being exhibited in central London.

Here are two of those photo diaries.

Why are women so unhappy?

Some interesting reflections in the Freakonomics blog

Words to live by

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage"

--Anaïs Nin