Archive for April, 2009
Legalizing Rape
By Katie Buckland, Domestic Violence, April 17th, 2009Just when we think that the world has hit a new low, the democratically elected government of Afghanistan has passed the “Afghan Shiite Personal Status Law”, which mandates that a wife have sex with her husband at least every 4 days and can only leave her home with his permission, except in certain specified emergencies.
Stunning.
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By Katie Buckland, CWLC News, April 15th, 2009We are painfully aware that it is 2009 and most organizations have been blogging for some time, but we’ve been busy concentrating on our 4 main issue areas:
Sex Discrimination, including Title IX litigation
Women’s Health
Domestic Violence
Reproductive Justice
Accordingly, our topics will be tagged using these 4 issue areas, and we hope that you find and/or contribute topics of interest.
We are more interested in what YOU have to say than in our own opinions, so post often. And insightfully.
Today we are discussing the Phil Spector trial and whether the victim was unfairly blamed for the ensuing violence or not.
What do you think?
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