Julie Bindel, Guardian 25 feb 2011: "My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding [the T V series] was about Gypsies and Travellers, but there was criticism from both communities that C4 failed to properly distinguish between the two. There are around 300,000 Gypsy Roma and Irish Travellers in the UK – Roma Gypsies are originally from northern India, whereas Travellers are of Irish origin – and both groups are nomadic. Since 2002, Travellers have been recognised as an ethnic group and are protected under the Race Relations Act. Last week C4 was accused by the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain of fuelling "hatred and suspicion" of their way of life and have demanded a right of reply. "
RAMALLAH, Oct 5, 2010 (IPS) - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to fight the deportation order.
Antti-Pekka Pietilä (A.-P.). 9.3.2010. "Tämä on tositarina suomalaisesta arjesta: Isä tuo itkevän pikkupoikansa päiväkodin johtajan puheille. ”Poikani kunniaa on loukattu hänen sukunsa edessä”, isä sanoo. Poika on kertonut isälleen päiväkodin arjesta. ”P
"his sexual hang-ups caused him to carry monstrously sexist views" - kolumnisten Connellan, som bl a hävdar , att G godkände hedersmord, citerades av Sven Strandén i Radio Vega 11.2.
Gamma girl Elena Filatova. Motorbike. "Pluto's Realm" is photo essay of the dead zones around Chernobyl where the world's most devastating nuclear accident happened suddenly on April 26, 1986. This graphic statement offers undeniable testimony against th
The Independent Experts’ Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Women and Women’s Role in Peace-Building (Progress of the World’s Women 2002, Vol. 1) (Assessment, 2002) - Resources - UNIFEM. Elisabeth Rehn, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
On April 23, 1882, German mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether was born, who is best known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. Albert Einstein called her the most important woman in the history of mathematics, as she revolutionized the theories of rings, fields, and algebras.
On July 27, 1740, French natural scientist Jeanne Baret was born. She was probably the first woman to circumnavigate the globe, but with certainty she was the first woman who achieved this disguised as a man.
The Ada Initiative is a non-profit organization supporting women in open technology and culture. We educate people of all genders on how to support women in open tech/culture through teaching workshops, writing policies, guides, and editorials, and speaking.
Itsenä olemisen tärkeyttä korostava kampanja on jo ehditty teilata ennen varsinaista aloitusta. Siihen liittyy feministikirjailija Chimamanda Ngozi Adichien teos, jonka ajatuksia esimerkiksi PS-nuoret eivät allekirjoita.
An online institute for the promotion of spiritual growth founded by Episcopal priest and spiritual director Barbara Cawthorne Crafton.
The September 2011 issue of "EMIN News" featured an interview with Rev. Crafton about her her 2009 book "Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet."
M. Anderson, A. Grimwade, and T. Tamkins. The Scientist, (11/08 2004)Survey of academic workplaces and discussion of factors that make a great workplace..