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Issue No. 271/272 (Mar/Apr 2013)
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COVER:
Violence against women of the South in a globalised world
Notes on violence against women in the neoliberal age
In
the neoliberal era, while violence structures the lives of the poor
across the world, the injustice of these lives is profoundly gendered
By V Geetha
Women's
work in the economic expansion of Asia
There
has to be a focus on the quality, the recognition and the remuneration
of women's work in developing countries, as well as the conditions facilitating
it.
By Jayati Ghosh
Chinese
migrant women workers in a dormitory labour system
The
dormitory labour system is a gendered form of labour use to fuel global
production in newly industrialised regions, especially in South China.
By Pun Ngai
Left-behind
women seek more support
Nearly
50 million Chinese women have been left behind in the countryside as
their migrant worker husbands take up jobs in distant towns.
Another
China, other inequalities
The
changing political scenario in China has shaped perceptions of the role,
status and rights of women.
By Mai
Corlin
Reflections
on the Chinese women's movement in the new era
A
Chinese activist attempts to respond to and reflect on some critical
questions on the Chinese women’s movement.
By Cai Yiping
The
scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa
There
is an urgent need for a more thorough response across the whole spectrum
of South African society to tackle the root causes of an epidemic of
sexual violence.
By Azwifaneli Managa and
Bertha Chiroro
More
misery in Marikana
Women's
unpaid labour, corporate profiteering and state neglect
The massacre of striking mining workers by police at a platinum mine
in South Africa brought to world attention the terrible conditions of
their life and work.
By Samantha
Hargreaves
Sexual
violence not just a weapon of war in DRC
Sexual
violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not a product of war
alone but has deeper societal roots.
By Richard
Lee
Focus
on rape in India ignores gender violence as a global tragedy
Gender-based
violence is a complex phenomenon, with multiple causes and social manifestations,
and does not lend itself to facile theorisations.
By Poulami Roychowdhury
Femicide
in Mexico: The Cotton Field case and its sequels
Although
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ruled that Mexico
is in violation of human rights laws for failing to adequately investigate
and prosecute femicide cases, the killings continue unabated.
By Olivia
Kirkpatrick
Latin
American women and their fight against fear
Women
in Brazil and Honduras are taking the lead in stories of empowerment
and resistance against established power in Latin America.
By Benjamin Serra
24
nails dug into body, luckily
Migrant
women workers continue to be ruthlessly exploited and brutally abused
by their employers in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states as a result of
the absence of bilateral agreements to safeguard their rights.
By Amantha Perera
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UN
meet on women wrangles consensus to address violence
The
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women concluded its recent
session with agreement by member states on the prevention and elimination
of all forms of violence against women and girls.
By George
Gao
UN
rights expert highlights threats to women's right to food
The
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food discussed the obstacles
women face in access to food, identifying the areas that demand the
most urgent attention.
By Kanaga Raja
ECOLOGY
Running
dry
We
are sucking the world's ancient freshwater stores faster than they
can be replenished.
By Jessica C
Kraft
HEALTH & SAFETY
Cuba
creates four anti-cancer vaccines, media ignores story
Cuba
has made impressive strides in research and development in the medical
field, particularly in the development of vaccines against serious
diseases and ailments.
By Jose Manzaneda
ECONOMICS
Cyprus:
Dismal lesson and obscure future
The
story of how Cyprus became mired in a financial and banking crisis
and the draconian nature of the bailout imposed on it has not been
adequately and accurately reported by the international media.
By Roberto Savio
Reflections
on the intellectual property system: A development perspective
Civil
society can play an important role in shaping or opposing new intellectual
property initiatives.
By Carlos M Correa
WORLD AFFAIRS
What
Chavez left behind
Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez, who died in March, was a man revered by millions.
By Benjamin Dangl
The
sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney
The
war of aggression launched by the Bush regime against Iraq 10 years
ago was a major crime under international law which should be prosecuted.
By Ralph Nader
The
Pope's history reflects the church's past
The
recent election of Pope Francis as primate of the Roman Catholic Church
came amidst controversy about his human rights record in his native
Argentina.
By Kyle Barron
HUMAN RIGHTS
US
cooption of the human rights movement continues
The
US has been successful in coopting the human rights movement to serve
its interests.
By John
V Walsh and Coleen Rowley
ACTIONS & ALTERNATIVES
History
made as the post-revolution Arab region hosts its first World Social
Forum
In
the wake of the Arab revolutions, over 50,000 from around the world
lend hope to aspirations for justice and dignity in the region and
beyond.
By Bhumika Muchhala
VIEWPOINT
Business
as salvation
The
world of business has become cosmos, says Jeremy Seabrook.
By Jeremy Seabrook
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