Global Feminist Link Love: February 7 – 13

Hey Global Feminists!

Happy V-Day!  (Check out Jewess with Attitude to find out some other things to celebrate on February 14th, with a feminist bent) Below are a list of links to blog post and news stories about what other global feminists were up to this past week. But we also want to know: what have you been reading/writing this week? Share your own link love in the comments!

Women Stage Massive Protests Across Italy: 'The Sexism Is Intolerable ': Click image for full article.

Africa

• Sex, Culture, and Human Rights: An African Leader Breaks the Silence (Akimbo)
• Africa: Insult to Injury – Women Refugees And the Stigma of Rape (AllAfrica News)
• Somalia: Street Kids Face Drugs, Sex Abuse, Militias in Wartorn Mogadishu (All Africa News)
• Africa shows signs of winning war against female genital mutilation (The Guardian) “African women, including Senegalese hip-hop star Sister Fa, are leading a successful campaign against the widespread practice of female circumcision”

Asia

• Longing, Belonging, & Identity:Young Gay Men in Bangladesh (Akimbo)

Europe

• Sex Ban Suggested For Belgian Coalition Negotiators (BBC)
• Ugandan Lesbian Brenda Namigadde Freed, UK Court Bans Media from Saying Her Name (The New Civil Rights Movement)

Latin America

• Rape in Haiti (the Hathor Legacy)

Middle East

• Iraq toys with polygamy as solution for war widows (AWID)
• Dear Egypt: Respect, Wonderment and Congratulations (Global Comment)
• Egyptian Feminist Nawal El Saadawi Embraces the Next Generation (Global Sister)

Northern America

• Black Invisibility and Racism in Punk Rock (Hipmama.com)
• I used to be a pro-life Republican. (Hay Ladies) “Because while I said it was about the babies, it wasn’t. It was about slut-shaming. I absolutely loved slut-shaming.”
• You’re a rape accuser until he’s proven guilty (the Hathor Legacy)
• FEB 13, 2011 (The Women of Islam) “JOIN ME FOR PURPLE HIJAB DAY”

Oceania

• Because sexual assault is more common than you think (Geek Feminism Blog) “45 sexual assault survivors were part of the audience of that talk which used imagery of sexual assault as a metaphor for the loss of personal freedoms . Just think about that for a moment.”

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