Source: SACSIS
Justice Richard Goldstone is accused of being unfair to Israel in his investigative report on the war in Gaza, which the Israeli government has stepped up efforts to discredit in the international media. But Phyllis Bennis, author of “Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict,” contends that there is no way that the credibility of the Goldstone report can be challenged. The real challenge, she says, is how much pressure we, as civil society, can bring to bear on our governments to make the report real.
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution that takes the next step in the process of creating the new women’s rights entity at the U.N. In the text below are the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) talking points on the passage of the resolution. Read the rest of this entry »
The regional commissions as well as women’s organizations, coalitions, and networks are planning regional activities over the coming months to discuss achievements and setbacks regarding the twelve critical areas of concern as outlined in the Beijing Platform. In many of these meetings and conferences, an emphasis will also be placed on examining how the global financial crisis will impact achievements towards improving women’s rights. See a preliminary list of regional activities, pdf.
Mazibuko right to water case reaches Constitutional Court of South Africa
The Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), with the cooperation of the South Africa-based Legal Resource Centre, has intervened as amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) in a historic human rights battle in South Africa. After a five year legal battle, the landmark case of Mazibuko and others vs. the City of Johannesburg and others will finally be heard on the 2nd and 3rd of September by the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Source: Ynet
Haredi (followers of conservative Orthodox Judaism) women have decided they’re sick of keeping kosher. Ten years after Egged and Dan bus companies came up with the ‘kosher’ bus lines - which require female passengers to sit in a separate section at the back of the bus - a campaign is being launched to fight the segregation. Read the rest of this entry »
