Comments on: Middle Eastern Women Redefining Politics and Public Space http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/middle-eastern-women-redefining-politics-and-public-space/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Women’s Reservation Bill: A Step Forward for Women in India? | LunarTravel.net http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/middle-eastern-women-redefining-politics-and-public-space/#comment-70826 Women’s Reservation Bill: A Step Forward for Women in India? | LunarTravel.net Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:09:20 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=748#comment-70826 [...] Gender roles are definitely changing. Check out JoAnna Haugen’s article about Marjan Kahlor, the first woman from Iran to compete in the Olympics this past winter in Vancouver. Or Julie Schwietert-Collazo’s article about how women are redefining politics in the Middle East. [...] [...] Gender roles are definitely changing. Check out JoAnna Haugen’s article about Marjan Kahlor, the first woman from Iran to compete in the Olympics this past winter in Vancouver. Or Julie Schwietert-Collazo’s article about how women are redefining politics in the Middle East. [...]

]]> By: Jacob Bielanski http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/middle-eastern-women-redefining-politics-and-public-space/#comment-69897 Jacob Bielanski Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:39:21 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=748#comment-69897 This makes efforts in Afghanistan so much more poignant; progress cannot be achieved when random Taliban militants can gun down female politicians such as Sitara Achakzai. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5146667/Taliban-shoot-dead-female-politician-who-fought-for-womens-rights.html Clearly there's fundamental degree of stability in places like Iran and Egypt that says "Though our traditional views may be at odds with your own, our leaders are not going to order your murder/rape for expressing yourself." And that, in itself, is a sign of a type of progresses some places do not enjoy. This makes efforts in Afghanistan so much more poignant; progress cannot be achieved when random Taliban militants can gun down female politicians such as Sitara Achakzai.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5146667/Taliban-shoot-dead-female-politician-who-fought-for-womens-rights.html

Clearly there’s fundamental degree of stability in places like Iran and Egypt that says “Though our traditional views may be at odds with your own, our leaders are not going to order your murder/rape for expressing yourself.” And that, in itself, is a sign of a type of progresses some places do not enjoy.

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