Uganda’s Guantánamo
If you’re accused of ‘terrorism’ in Uganda, you end up at Luzira Prison, known for torture and its 5,000 prisoners in a place with a capacity of 500.
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Dan Moshenberg
Dan Moshenberg founded Women In and Beyond the Global, a open access feminist forum.
The Assault on Patriarchy in Tunisia
Women participated in all parties, and prominently so, including the party of the undecided and the party of those boycotting the election.
You need Nicholas Kristof
Sierra Leone is a tough place for women and girls, maybe among the worst. But that doesn’t mean they’re waiting for Nicholas Kristof to save them.
Who is Leymah Gbowee
Gbowee, an activist, is one of three Liberian women to jointly be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. Most Western media, though, didn’t do right by her.
In Praise of Wangari Maathai
Maathai, who died this week, stood up to the dictatorship of Daniel Arap Moi, and the global regimes of the IMF, the World Bank and all the rest.
The "colorful" women of Karamoja
By Dan Moshenberg Somebody call Paul Gauguin. The site of exotic exploration of bare naked, happy
Nicholas Kristof Saves Another Woman
In The New York Times columnit’s world, Kenya is just another Third World site of pathos, despair, degradation, and fallen women waiting to be saved.
The Real Maids of Beirut
The vast majority of domestic workers in the Middle East are migrant workers. A fair number are from Africa, particularly Kenya and Ethiopia.
Song and Dance
By Dan Moshenberg Tuesday, August 9, 2011, was the annual celebration, in South Africa, of National
Medea is a Malian woman
By Dan Moshenberg Did you hear about Medea? You know, the woman who killed her two
Malawi Spring
By Dan Moshenberg Did you hear about Malawi Spring? It started Wednesday, July 20. Thousands of
What about the maid?
African women work as domestics over the world. How have they responded to or organized to improve their conditions?
The ‘African chambermaid’ and the media
Nafissatou Diall’s rape accusation against Strauss-Kahn plays out in front of wider struggles by African women to secure justice and well-being.
The Rwandan Glass Ceiling
When does being a Rwandan woman matter? When that woman is a killer, a rapist, a torturer, a `monster.’ Not when she is an organizer and a healer.