Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces

From the Chronicle Herald : FAMOUS CANADIAN women abound. But while many people know the names Roberta Bondar, Alexa McDonough and Hayley Wi...

Canada - Honour Killing

From the Sydney Morning Herald : An Afghan immigrant couple and their son have been found guilty in a Canadian court of first degree murder ...

Egypt: Attacks on Women Continue

From albawaba : Two articles that tell of the continued distress of badly-treated women in Tahrir, including foreign Arab American who was s...

Bizarre History of the Pregnancy test

From i09 : Nowadays, finding out if you're pregnant is relatively easy — but it wasn't always that way. Over the centuries, people h...

Bangladeshi Women & Dowries

From IOL News : Farzana Yasmin sought a divorce just hours after her wedding when her new husband's family demanded dowry payments. Desp...

Wanted Women - Martyr & She-Devil

From Salon : Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Aafia Siddiqui Deborah Scroggins’ engrossing new book, “ Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror...

Columbian Women & Politics

From Women's Enews : Unlike U.S. women, Colombian women have made great strides in the political arena in a short period of time, says B...

50 Women We Admire

From today's Herald Sun Weekend : On our list, there are some obvious choices: such as the trio of incredibly courageous women who share...

Book: The Origins of Sex

From the Guardian : We believe in sexual freedom. We take it for granted that consenting men and women have the right to do what they like w...

Saudi Women Target Guardianship Laws

From Eurasia Review: It’s the law of the land. A woman must carry around a permission slip from a man to function in Saudi society. As viole...

Women's Education Society of Ceylon

From the Daily News : The genesis of Buddhist women's education in modern Sri Lanka goes back to March 24, 1889, when a group of women g...

Author & Historian Kate Williams

From the Guardian : Could historian Kate Williams be the next Doctor Who? She can build her own Tardis, after all. Sitting in the Edwardian ...

Ancient Egyptian Female Singer

From ZME Science : A team of archaeologists from Egypt and Switzerland unearthed the 3100 year-old tomb of a female singer in the valley of ...

History - Elizabeth Arden

From the Guardian : Skincare, cosmetics and fragrance brand Elizabeth Arden is one of the oldest around. Starting in New York in 1910 with a...

Dr. Salma Maqbool

From the News International : Dr. Salma Maqbool was the voice of the disabled in this country. After she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmen...

Sexual History of London

From Pop Matters : When it comes to sex, London has always had a bit of a reputation. One scrap of manuscript, dating from 1058, shows a you...

The Inventions of Frances Hugle

Frances Hugle was a gifted female scientist and engineer who developed many processes and pieces of equipment under secret military contract...

Remembering the Women of the ANC

From the Mail & Guardian : As we reflect on 100 years of the ANC, we must also reflect on the years that preceded its formation and hono...

Someone Else's War

From the Australian : Someone Else's War blends documentary evidence with imagination in bringing Stambolis to life, but even without t...

The "Real" Iron Ladies

From the Chesterfield Post : A group of women who were the 'Real Iron Ladies' during the Miner's strike have taken part in a pro...

Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh. Remembering 1971

From the Express Tribune : “War destroys the vulnerable and unfortunately the individual sufferings of non combatants are seldom highlighted...

Historical Fiction With Mansoureh Mir-fatah

From the Iran Book News Agency : Talking about history novels, researcher of Iran's history Mansoureh Mir-fatah said:" The novel...

Books for 2012

The Wicked Wives by Gus Pelagatti In The Wicked Wives by Gus Pelagatti, we are given the opportunity to look into the lives of a group of bo...