November 2004's Issue
It is nearly 10 years since the last United Nations conference on women in Beijing. On the surface, women seem to have won many of the rights they were fighting for.
But this issue digs a little deeper into our post-feminist world. It looks at the situation of women around the world, where things are not all that they might seem. It examines the forces preventing change and argues that women’s rights are also men’s business.
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The other side of silence
Violence against women is a bigger killer than cancer or traffic accidents. Nikki van der Gaag explains what can be done.
- Nikki van der Gaag
- 1 Nov 2004
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Women who have moved worlds
A few of the many who are creating justice.
- Nikki van der Gaag and Chris Richards
- 1 Nov 2004
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Written in the stars
Reem Haddad uses the fatalism of Lebanese society to her own advantage.
- 1 Nov 2004
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A drama unfolds
As the tide turns against abortion across the world, Hersilia Fonseca and Patricia Pujol report on Uruguay’s unique experiment.
- Hersilia Fonseca and Patricia Pujol
- 1 Nov 2004
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Western charity undermines African textiles
Western second-hand clothing hampers local production in Uganda
- Wairagala Wakabi
- 1 Nov 2004
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Confessions of the Torturer
Torture is used not to protect people but to terrorize them. Eduardo Galeano examines its uses and abuses.
- Eduardo Galeano
- 1 Nov 2004
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What price freedom?
Has the occupation of Iraq at least made things better for women? Jo Wilding reports.
- Jo Wilding
- 1 Nov 2004
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Interview with Olava
Homophobia is still so strong in Indian society that Shaina, from the Organized Lesbian Alliance for Visibility and Action (OLAVA), does not want to give her real name.
- Vanessa Baird
- 1 Nov 2004
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A woman's rite
Why is it so hard to change traditional practices? Nikki van der Gaag reports on a group that is trying.
- Nikki van der Gaag
- 1 Nov 2004
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Sold Out: The true cost of supermarket shopping
Sold Out: The true cost of supermarket shopping by William Young.
A Black woman took my job
Michael Kimmel shows how the behaviour of men is the single greatest obstacle to equality – and explains why sharing housework means more sex.
- Michael Kimmel
- 1 Nov 2004
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The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by MG Vassanji
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Nov 2004
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Gaza Blues: Different Stories
Gaza Blues by Samir El-Youssef and Etgar Keret
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Nov 2004
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Iran's neo-conservatives
Iran’s new breed of neo-conservatives brook no dissent. They include Saeed Mortazavi, implicated in the beating to death of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazami in 2003.
- 1 Nov 2004
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What women have gained and what they are in danger of losing
Nikki van der Gaag looks at what has changed for women over the years – and what has not.
- Nikki van der Gaag
- 1 Nov 2004
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