Posts Tagged ‘gender’
Can women write?
Well, they can pick up a pen, surely. But do they need gender-exclusive paths to the Cocktail Party of Greatness? It’s an old debate, and here’s Australia writer Benjamin Law’s quick summary, in this article, viz. a debate over the for-women-only Orange Prize: The literary world’s £30,000 Orange Prize has always been controversial since its [...]
Calling women media-makers in East Africa!
I know media-makers is a weird term, but when I look around, I see media everywhere. Journalists are the easiest to spot, but there’s also bloggers, video artists, crowd-sources, data-mappers, citizen journalists, aggregators, Twitterers, communications officers, project field managers, and more. And we’re holding a gathering for them all! March 20-22, come join us for [...]
Women as anti-corruption weapons
Not long ago, a short article I wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, about Rwanda’s majority female parliament, prompted a wee spat in this blog’s comment section, where various professional approaches to what counts as data (slash truth) were batted about. What got people rile up was this post, about the stereotype (sexism?) that women [...]
Are women less corrupt then men?
Last week, I contributed a short piece to the Christian Science Monitor magazine cover story about women breaking through glass ceilings in politcs around the world. I live in Rwanda, the only country in the world where women hold more than the majority of seats in parliament. As I discussed this anomaly with people inside [...]
Why a “girl” can’t “change her mind” about rape
“can a girl change her mind about rape”? Dear Internet surfer who put that into Google and ended up on my blog: No. Rape is not a state of mind. It is not a “mood.” It is not a choice by the fickle feminine species to decide that sex was rape and not consensual sex. [...]
Sketches from the Liberia notebooks…
A farmer on the outskirts of Saniquellie, Liberia, itself on the outskirts of the town Ganta, itself near little but Guinea… I ask, “Do you stay in town?” “Yes, I stay in town with my wife and my children.” “With your wife?” “Yes.” “And how many children?” “I have…I am trying to figure out my [...]
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