On AlterNet: violence against women

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Westerners Who Condemn So-Called "Honor Killings" Must Confront Gender Violence Within Their Own Culture

Anna Momigliano, The Nation. February 4, 2010.

To consider honor killings in Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence against women in the Western world.

Chris Brown's Sentencing for Beating Rihanna: Let's Focus on What Really Matters

Jaclyn Friedman, AlterNet. August 6, 2009.

Did the court let Brown off too easy for beating girlfriend Rihanna? The author says that's the wrong question.

One in Four Men in South Africa Admit Rape, Survey Finds

David Smith, The Guardian. June 20, 2009.

The country is notorious for having one of the highest levels of rape. Only a fraction are reported, and few lead to a conviction.

The Atrocities Committed Against Women and Girls in the Congo Defy Imagination

Marianne Schnall, Women's Media Center. February 7, 2009.

Six-month-old babies are being raped; men with AIDs are intentionally infecting women. Eve Ensler has a campaign to help end the terror.

When Men Murder Women: New Report Details Homicide Rates

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. September 29, 2008.

Women are most likely to be murdered by someone they know.

Rape, Torture and Humiliation in Women's Prisons: A Global State of Crisis

Lys Anzia, Women News Network. September 23, 2008.

Physical and psychological abuse are rampant in women's prisons from the U.S. to Canada to Pakistan.

Legal Solutions Might Not Be Enough to Curb 'Honor Killings' in Syria

Dominique Soguel, Women's eNews. September 16, 2008.

Syria just opened its first shelter for battered women. But authorities still tolerate families who consider it honorable to kill their kinswomen.

Five Women Buried Alive -- and the Media Ignore It

Riane Eisler, AlterNet. September 6, 2008.

Why is it that we get so outraged over war but look the other way when women and girls are beaten and murdered in the name of tradition?

The Terrifying Normalcy of Assaulting Women

Ann Jones, TomDispatch.com. May 14, 2008.

In West Africa, the war against women doesn't end just because grim wars between men finally do.

Protecting the Women of the Congo

Stephen Lewis, The Nation. April 24, 2008.

Women in the Congo are suffering such horrific violence that "vaginal destruction" is now a local medical term. Where is the UN?

Why "The Vagina Monologues" Matters

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon. April 17, 2008.

The monologues mainstream important feminist concepts.

Vaginas, V-Day and Anti-Violence Activism: Three Things Conservatives Wish Would Disappear

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. February 21, 2008.

Do right-wingers not know where babies come from, or is there more to the story?

The War Against African Women

Ann Jones, TomDispatch.com. February 21, 2008.

Civil wars in West Africa are officially "over," but horrific violence against women continues unbated -- and is growing increasingly worse.

Is Pornography Really Harmful?

Michael Bader, Vivian Dent, AlterNet. November 7, 2007.

In response to Robert Jensen's controversial book, Getting Off, two clinical psychologists debate the intersection of violence and sexual fantasy.

Sarah Jessica Parker Whores for Woman Beater

Don Hazen, September 18, 2007.

Don Hazen: Why is Parker standing by Chris Albrecht, the former CEO of HBO who's had a long history of assaulting women?

In Iraq, Women Increasingly Targeted for Violence

IraqSloggerJuly 24, 2007.

One of the bright spots of Saddam Hussein's brutal rule was the full recognition of women's rights. Those days are long gone.

Making Women's Health an International Priority

Lucinda Marshall, AlterNet. March 8, 2007.

It has been said that the health of a society is measured by how it treats women. Judging from global statistics, it is safe to say that society is in crisis.

Escalation Forces Bush to Resort to Recruiting Convicts

Robin Morgan, Women's Media Center. January 22, 2007.

Escalating the war in Iraq means the military will grant more "moral waivers" -- permitting recruits with criminal records and emotional problems who would otherwise be unfit to serve.

Iraqi Women's Bodies Are Battlefields for War Vendettas

Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women. December 19, 2006.

The United States' so-called "liberation" of Iraqi women has made them less free than they were under the Baathist regime, with abduction, rape, and "honor" killings now a daily reality.