Women's History Month

Women's History month begins in the month of March.

The Daily Star - Lebanon News - Heya satellite channel tackles women's core and controversial issues in Middle East

Islamic women do have a sounding board to discuss ideas and issues facing women living up under the Koran. It appears that they (Islamic women) are not as oppressed as most westerners seem to believe.

And the Bride Wore Pants by Helene Fisher - Hip Mama

And the Bride Wore Pants by Helene Fisher - Hip Mama

Rape and torture of political activist Ms. Gülbahar Gündüz in Turkey

The story of Ms. Gülbahar Gündüz rape in Turkey, much has not been heard about it in the mainstream media. Yet, U.S. Secretary of State Condelezza Rice alluded to in the media that Iraq should be more like Turkey, where Islam and democracy coexist. Obviously, democracy is not existing too well with Islamic extremism

The New York Times > New York Region > Deployed: Interrupted by War, the Struggle to Care for Family and Business

"War is hell", the famous words that have been associated with war but now that women have found themselves on the front lines of combat, they are finding that the words are ringing true. In women's quest for equality is it fair for women to be taken away from their families to fight a war? I would say yes, like their male counterparts women wanted the playing field to be level in all arenas, so why not the battlefield as well? Men who have signed up for the military often are made to leave their familes behind. They did not want to go either but duty has called.