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Freedom of expression for some is not enough. We must work for freedom of expression for all. Human rights for some is not enough. We must work for the human rights for all. Peace for some is not enough. We must work for peace for all. I, come what may, will not be silenced. Come what may, I will continue my fight for equality and justice without any compromise until my death. Come what may, I will never be silenced.
- TASLIMA NASRIN

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

BBC News - Australia lifts ban on women in military combat roles

BBC News - Australia lifts ban on women in military combat roles
Posted by Sabrina Gledhill at 5:49 AM No comments:

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Shehla Masood battled corruption in India. Was that why she was killed? | World news | The Observer

Shehla Masood battled corruption in India. Was that why she was killed? | World news | The Observer
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BBC News - Women in Saudi Arabia to vote and run in elections

BBC News - Women in Saudi Arabia to vote and run in elections
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Libya’s War-Tested Women Hope to Keep New Power - NYTimes.com

Libya’s War-Tested Women Hope to Keep New Power - NYTimes.com
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The dystopia described in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is being played out on a daily basis today in several corners of the globe. The aim of this blog is to help keep track of real-life heroines and women's issues in general.
The main message: never take any freedoms for granted, no matter how small.

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  • International Center for Research on Women
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Warrior orisa, Yoruba divinity of the winds of change

pioneer feminist Mary Wollstonecraft

pioneer feminist Mary Wollstonecraft
"It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion, that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain, must be obtained by their charms and weakness."
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
"We have to recognize that the price of equality in pluralism, like the price of liberty, is eternal vigilance." - Carl N. Degler

An Historic African Heroine

An Historic African Heroine
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Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership

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Sabrina is a British scholar, translator and writer who was raised in Puerto Rico and educated in the US and UK. She recently resettled in the UK after living in Brazil for nearly 30 years. PhD in Ethnic and African Studies from CEAO/UFBA (2014). MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA (areas: History, Anthropology and Political Science). BA (First/Hons) in English from UCLA. Translator of over 30 books published in Brazil and the USA and author of numerous articles and book chapters on Afro-Brazilian history and the Black Atlantic. // Sabrina Gledhill é pesquisadora, tradutora e escritora. Inglesa, foi criada em Porto Rico e morou quase 30 anos no Brasil. Radicada na Inglaterra desde 2015. Tem graduação em Letras e mestrado em Estudos Latino-Americanos pela Universidade da Califórnia, Los Angeles - UCLA. Doutora em Estudos Étnicos e Africanos pelo Programa Multidisciplinar de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Étnicos e Africanos da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Tradutora de mais de 30 livros editados no Brasil e nos EUA e autora de vários textos acadêmicos e literários, com enfoque na cultura afro-brasileira e no Atlântico Negro.
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