Women Re-Birthing the Future
This is a tribute to women as today is International Women’s Day. I don’t think many people celebrate this day. A few women mentioned it to me over the week. I heard some comment on radio about it but pitching it a way of ‘what do women do that men can’t’ so it came down… Continue reading
Kerala: Matrilineal Systems Improve the Status of Women
I was pleased to discover my former lecturer Robin Jeffrey (La Trobe University) was referred to in the article below produced on the Oxfam blog by Duncan Green. I found him a very competent lecturer and expert on South Asia.
Imagine if Matrilineal systems were implemented across India to replace the dowry system, perhaps this… Continue reading
Nepal: Trafficking of Girls to India
http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/nepal-sex-trafficking-indian-brothels-shelter
For Nepali Girls Trafficked to Indian Brothels, Where Is Home?
The room was sweltering and bare except for the bed. When 14-year-old Sunita Danuwar woke up, she had no idea where she was. She had on strange clothes; her hair had been cut. “And there were men staring at me like I was fresh… Continue reading
40 Million Reasons to Stop Cultural and Economic Killing of Girls in South Asia
A presentation was given on the Maiti Nepal Organisation that Rotary has been supporting.
Anuradha Koirala CNN Hero and founder of Maiti Nepal has given a voice to the innocent victims of trafficking worldwide and has rescued over 12,000 girls and women who have been trafficked from Nepal to India.
As I was listening to… Continue reading
Is It A Crime to Sell Women? An Indebited Status
Is it a crime to sell women? This was a question asked facetiously (flippant) by a trafficker of women. Therein lies the problem. He sees nothing wrong with the practice, as he makes money, she is nothing, just a commodity, property or a chattel (dehumanised). This is clearly lack of empathy or indeed no empathy.… Continue reading
Integrating Equality Saves And Promotes Girls Lives
It is interesting I always note what comes into my reality without my seeking and particularly if there is synchronicity. The last few days I watched a film on Geisha, the story of a girl sold by her father to a Geisha house in Japan. She was treated as a slave. I found myself inwardly… Continue reading