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  1. Kabul Diaries Part 19: Afghan cricketers subtly defy Taliban

    Asia & the Pacific Imperialism & war International solidarity Sports Yasmeen Afghan ... team (women cricketers have all escaped). Cricket is universally popular in Afghanistan, not unlike ... version) and scored their first victory in the opening match on October 25. The moment was indeed emotional ...

  2. 10 new political albums to keep you sane during self isolation

    it. What albums would you suggest? Comment onΒ  Twitter,Β  Facebook, orΒ  email.Β  01-MONSTER- RESIDENT ... ADVISOR MIX RA.715.JPG 1. MONSTER- RESIDENT ADVISOR MIX RA.715 On February 1, Australians protested ... loomed and Morrison sought to drag the country backwards, Polish techno deejay Monster carried on pulling ...

  3. A story of East Timor's resilient women

    turn to whenever you think activism is too hard. Twelve women from the remote areas of Timor-Leste ... (East Timor) tell how they fought for their nation's independence. In the 24-year war from 1975 to ... operation of the clandestine movement. But without the work of countless and mostly unknown women, it would ...

  4. Women’s struggles can make sexism history

    stopped rejoicing, remembering the war Gillard has waged on women in government, not least the vicious ... children aged over eight years, parents who are mostly women, on the tiny Newstart allowance is ... caused thousands of women in Australia to call bullshit on being told they cannot walk alone at night, or ...

  5. Feminist marches oppose war

    suffering that war on Iraq would cause to women, and the Coalition governmentΒ’s allocation of money to war ... led by women drummers, protesting war on Iraq. The turnout Β— much larger than at previous IWD protests ... BY ALISON DELLIT Across Australia on March 8, women, men and children took to the streets, using ...

  6. Women workers are sick of waiting: equal pay now!

    reforms for women workers. Pay Justice Action is a collective focused on campaigning for equal pay for ... and a set of gender equality indicators which β€œfocuses on outcomes for women and men in the ... women. In a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra on International Women’s Day, the minister ...

  7. and ain't i a woman?: Amina's crime: to be a poor women

    "adultery". In many cases, harsh punishments for adultery are imposed on women who have been raped or have ... women are more affected by sharia. The death sentence for adultery is rarely imposed on the man who ... states, which are based on a strict interpretation of Islam, the judges found Lawal guilty of ...

  8. Women's liberation

    force them to take on the struggle for the rights of working women. Women's health centres and ... women. A Sydney University study, published on February 23, found that 57% of workplaces don't offer ... paid maternity leave, and that women on low incomes are less likely to have access to paid maternity ...

  9. Women reclaim the night around Australia

    of rape in war. Susan Price reports from Melbourne that around 2000 women marched on October 25. ... women and male supporters gathered in Civic on October 25 in a confident and friendly atmosphere not ... organising meeting for the next major event for the movement, International Women's Day, will be held on ...

  10. Women reclaiming the night

    Resistance! On October 29, thousands of women and their men supporters took to Australia's ... were told by the police to stay inside after a string of violent attacks on women. Instead, they took ... marchers have staged a "die in" on Victoria Bridge and lit flares to remember all the women who ...

  11. Jewish women for an independent Palestine

    Palestinian people." On the links between the Palestine-Israel dispute and the war in the Gulf, Marta ... is a censorship of other viewpoints." Marta Romer, a member of Jewish Women in Support of an ... and its attitude towards the war in the Gulf. She explained that it grew out of a smaller group that ...

  12. Unionist: β€˜When we dare to struggle, we dare to win’

    Geelong Women Unionists Network and a member of Socialist Alliance. The article is based on a presentation ... untold harm to our families, workplaces and communities. Shame on every single government in Australia ... lives of working people around the world. Further, shame on every government of every wealthy nation ...

  13. The working-class women who beat the Big Australian

    approached unions for support, and waged the campaign on behalf of other women rather than for themselves. ... would take action on behalf of a group of unemployed women outside the union. It stopped BHP from ... of support for the Jobs For Women campaign. The campaign also had a positive effect on the women ...

  14. Action updates

    on whether the theme for IWD 2002 should be "women against war and racism". Further ... IVF for lesbians and single women. Phone Kerry on 3255 3912 or Susan on 3831 2644 for details of the ... Union backs 'no war' resolution BRISBANE β€” The Queensland branch conference of the ...

  15. RUSSIA: Chechen war comes to Moscow

    very same crime for which the US is justifying its planned war on Iraq. Representatives of the special ... they would be able to carry on with the war in Chechnya by undermining the growth of anti-war sentiment ... kitchens spoke out publicly. Relatives of the hostages set up an anti-war committee. On the morning after ...

  16. ... and ain't i a woman?: Women aren't news

    violence suffered by women, but on his personal story. Then there was the case last year of Rugby League ... Women aren't news Is it my imagination, or do threats to men's bodies, fertility or ... Media coverage focussed not on the years of abuse suffered by his wife, Lorena, or more generally on ...

  17. Socialist women and IWD

    and socialist women. Zetkin was uncompromising on the matter of cross-class collaboration among women ... militants. The distinctly socialist argument for women's suffrage rested on the recognition that the ... being arrested 15 times. In New York in 1909 women shirtwaist makers went on strike after the sacking of ...

  18. Mills to aid Nicaraguan peasant women

    poor farming region. After years of contra war, many women have been left widows, increasing the ... overall number of families headed by women. In 1988, Hurricane Joan had a devastating effect on the local ... By Pip Hinman Women's problems in Nicaragua stem largely from the country's poverty. ...

  19. From Gamergate to Clementine Ford: Deep roots of online abuse of women show New Matilda piece's wrong approach

    other women feeling the same. Yet Gamergate's war on women has opened the void of perpetually gross ... The thing is, women on the Internet have been struggling with various ways to challenge their sexist ... by white women and then men of colour), with all the added racist stereotypes heaped on top of the ...

  20. International Women’s Day celebrates 100 years

    Feminism Lisa Macdonald On March 8, women’s rights campaigners around the world will celebrate the ... (including as the main family breadwinner) than ever before, full-time women workers earn, on average, 18% ... three-quarters of whom are also part-time. Over a lifetime, that gap compounds into a big impact on women ...

  21. Socialism and women's emancipation

    socialist women who made the first international appeal against the First World War, at a March 1915 ... women's oppression, and its achievements defined the Communist International's program on this ... Soviet law guaranteed women equal pay for equal work, while providing protection for women on the job. ...

  22. 100 years of International Women's Day

    Sue Reilly International Women's Day, observed on March 8, is a testimony to women struggling ... other fights and encompassed differing views on the nature of women's oppression and how to ... vote based on the ownership of property, thus excluding the majority of women (and men in many ...

  23. Sudan: β€˜Mothers and Fathers March’ supports youth resisting the coup

    part in the Mothers and Fathers March in Sudan, on February 26, to voice their support for the youth ... junta daily on the streets. The security forces attacked this demonstration, injuring at least 34 ... by army chief Abdel Fattah al Burhan on October 25, 2021. More than 450 injured protesters remain ...

  24. Why β€˜lesser evilism’ is not enough

    batting for Morrison and the Coalition. Meanwhile, Labor leader Anthony Albanese is insisting on a β€œsmall ... elected, your vote passes on at full value to the candidates you preference. Labor should be criticised ... elected” because the Coalition is so bad relies on historical amnesia and a naivety about the extent it is ...

  25. Globalising women's liberation

    "globalisation" (read: global capitalism) is forcing on women ever greater inequality, in conditions of employment ... have forced women to take on the extra burden of caring for sick parents and children, and have ... countries, women still spend two-thirds of their time on non-market activities β€” nearly twice what men ...

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