Montly Archive July 2014
Feminist Media Participatory Spaces, Networks and Cultural Citizenship
While feminists have long recognised the importance of self-managed, alternative media to transport their messages, to challenge the status quo, and to spin novel social processes, this topic has been an under-researched area.
Thursday، 10 July، 2014The CIA’s ‘Zhivago’
Two books covering every aspect of the Zhivago affair in detail, from Pasternak’s early life and the origins of his novel to the bombshell of its first publication in 1957, the nature of the CIA’s intervention, and the aftermath for Pasternak and his associates.
Wednesday، 9 July، 2014Joint statement on the EU Conclusions on the 10th Anniversary of the Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders
The undersigned organisations working with and for human rights defenders (HRDs) welcome the adoption by the Council of the European Union (EU) of the 23 June 2014 Conclusions on the 10th Anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
Wednesday، 9 July، 2014A do and don’t do list for the new High Commissioner
opendemocracy.net By DAVID PETRASEK The Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein (“Prince Zeid”), has just been nominated as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The […]
Wednesday، 9 July، 2014Report reveals ‘extensive’ violence against women in EU
One in three women report physical or sexual abuse since age of 15, with largest number of victims in Denmark Source: The Guardian Violence against women is “an extensive human rights abuse” across Europe with one in […]
Tuesday، 8 July، 2014Women’s Rights as a Bargaining Chip in Afghan Politics
The two men vying to be the next president of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, have pledged to protect women’s rights, which have in the past year become a political bargaining chip.
Tuesday، 8 July، 2014Shaping the Future – Women’s Participation in the 2014 Elections
The elections and their runoff for the first ever peaceful transformation of power in Afghanistan took place amid tight security on April 5th and June 14th 2014.
Sunday، 6 July، 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 76 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 76 year VI
Saturday، 5 July، 2014U.N. urges Iran nuclear talks to include human rights
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at clinching a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear programme should include human rights concerns, the U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday. U.N. […]
Friday، 4 July، 2014Syria: War’s Toll on Women
Women in Syria have been arbitrarily arrested and detained, physically abused, harassed, and tortured during Syria’s conflict by government forces, pro-government militias, and armed groups opposed to the government, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Thursday، 3 July، 2014
