Hello and welcome to this week’s open round-up and open thread. The following are a selection of links that you may find interesting. If you come across anything we have missed, please share it with the rest of us.
U.K. Poll Shows a Far-Right Swing
The coalition has sneaked a coup on a sleeping public
Female Genital Mutilation – new guidelines launched
Insurance premiums based on gender ‘discriminatory’.
Women find a way out of poverty in Bangladesh
Between the 1930s and the year 2000 only 32 novels were translated from Arabic to Hebrew
Women in horror: five recommended writers
On bad critiques of rape prevalence studies (Part II) [Part I wasn’t as interesting]
Challenged Authors: Judy Blume
It’s not harassment, or is it?
Share your photos of women who inspire you
Secret diary of a female petrol head – the water cooler test
10 Rap songs on which ladies outshine their male counterparts
The Evolution of Androgyny in Music Videos
And finally a short video showing how they celebrate International Women’s day in Russia. They make much more of a fuss of the day itself over there than they do here. Flower shops stock up and there are films with female leads shown on tv. But many Russian women feel they need recognition all year round, rather than just for one day.
