Archive for August, 2010
Timeline of Reactions to the NYC Mosque
The origins, as well as a timeline of events, can be found here.
The Wages of War and Peace: the Future of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
This report addresses the double bind of many Afghan women.
Indonesia follows India, Malaysia, and Japan with a Women’s Only Section in Trains
This strategy is part of a growing trend in public transportation systems across east and southeast Asia to combat the sexual harassment of female passengers. The link is here.
U.S. Ambassador Attends Hiroshima Memorial for the First Time
First time attenders this year also included Britain and France. No apologies for the nuclear attacks were given. The link is here.
Mordecai Vanunu, Israeli Nuclear Bomb Whistleblower, Released from Prison
The AP link is here.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award (sometimes called Asia’s Nobel Prize)
A Chinese photographer and the mayor of Hiroshima (who also survived the atomic bomb) receive this award for their environmental and peace/anti-nuclear arms work respectively. The link is here.