Global Feminist Link Love: August 1 – August 7

Hello Global Feminists!

Below are a list of links to blog posts and news stories about what other global feminists have been up to last week. But we also want to know: what have you been reading/writing this week? Share your own link love in the comments!

Africa

• Bothaina Kamel: Egypt’s first female presidential candidate (The Guardian)
• Somali Women Face Rape, Sexual Assault as They Flee Famine (VOA)
• Tunisian Women Fear the Algerian Way (IPS)
• Zimbabwe: Women Seeking Justice Face Archaic Rules and Discrimination (IPS)

Asia

• Central Asia’s 10 Most Influential (And Connected) Women (Radio Free Europe)
• Indian Women Take SlutWalk to New Delhi’s Streets (Time Magazine)
• Nepal: Emerging from menstrual quarantine (IRIN)
• Women seek new avenues of justice (The Hindu)

Europe

• A Jihad by Muslim Women Against Violence (The New York Times)
• In business, a women’s place is in the boardroom (Reuters)

Latin America

• Argentina: One Poor Woman Who Feeds Thousands (IPS)
• Latin America: Ecuador Leads Battle against Domestic Violence (Scoop World)
• Stigmatising feminism in Latin America (Al Jazeera)

Middle East

• No honor in ‘honor killings’ (The Kuwait Times)
• Saudi Women Campaign for Right to Play Soccer (Mideastposts.com)
• Sex, Murder and Videotape From the Middle East (The Huffington Post)

North America

• Hey Google, why shun online women? (The Montreal Gazette)
• Mexicans jump off plane for gender equality (CNN)
• Mexico: Global press speaks out on recent murder of woman journalist Yolanda Ordaz (Women News Network)

Oceania

• On this day: Australia’s female politician born (Australian Geographic)
• Mums go public on breastfeeding benefits (Waikato Times)

Global

• Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls (Reuters)
• Slideshow: Women in Power (Reuters)

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