Women's Rights
Women's Rights
Belgium government plans to ban the burqa
Written by Anja Deschoemacker, LSP/PSL (CWI in Belgium) Wednesday, 04 August 2010 16:27
Constant stigmatisation of Muslim population
On 29 April, Belgium’s lower house of parliament voted for a law that would ban women from wearing the full Islamic face veil in public – the burqa (a loose garment, usually with veiled holes for the eyes, worn by Muslim women ). The law now goes to the Senate. If passed, the ban would be the first move of its kind in Europe. If the ban is eventually passed, women who defy it will be subject to fines of 15-25 euros and even 7 days in prison.
Bradford murders and prostitution
Written by Jane James, Socialist Party England & Wales Thursday, 10 June 2010 10:33
The murder of three women in Bradford once again draws attention to the plight of women who take up prostitution. Money for rent, to pay off debts, sometimes a better income than many jobs pay and often addiction to drugs and alcohol are some of the reasons that women (and men) turn to prostitution.
Cameron turns back clock on women's rights
Written by Sarah Wrack, Socialist Party England & Wales Monday, 26 April 2010 14:28
David Cameron's comments on abortion last week underlined the danger of increased attacks on women's rights if the Tories win the general election.
The Tory leader told The Catholic Herald: "The way medical science and technology have developed in the past few decades does mean that an upper limit [on abortion] of 20 or 22 weeks would be sensible". The current law allows for an abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Apparently, Cameron thinks he knows better than the medical and scientific experts who investigated the issue as recently as 2007 and concluded that there is no evidence that foetal viability has improved since the last time the upper limit was changed.
Lady Gaga & Female Liberation?
Written by Conor Payne Monday, 12 April 2010 11:24
Pop sensation of the moment, Lady Gaga, has recently topped one billion views of her videos on Youtube. Her new 10-minute music video Telephone is creating quite a stir. The video has been praised as exemplifying “liberated” female sexuality and Lady Gaga herself has been held up in the media, including by feminists, as a “feminist icon and a gender revolutionary” and “a strong symbolic figure… for the openly and secretly flamboyant of all genders and sexualities.”
100th International Women’s Day
Written by Diane Williams Monday, 08 March 2010 11:46
Fighting capitalism to win equality
In 1910 at the second International Conference of Working Women, Clara Zetkin, a German revolutionary socialist, proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day - a Women's Day - to press for their demands.
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