Community Team writing for CBC News: “A hair salon ad featuring images that hint at domestic violence and the slogan “Look good in all you do” is generating irate comments and heated debate online.”
Rob Okun writing for Women’s eNews:”A recent editorial about a domestic violence murder case in Massachusetts placed the onus on stopping this violence on women. Rob Okun says the responsibility lies with men too, and that it’s time for men to speak up.”
Sonia Ossorio, executive director of NOW-New York City, is quoted in this New York Times article by William Rashbaum and John Eligon about the Manhattan district attorney’s office motion on Monday to dismiss the sexual assault case against Dominique Stra…
NOW deplores the decision to drop Nafissatou Diallo’s charges of sexual assault against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. This miscarriage of justice exhibits all the hallmarks of a society that tolerates sexual violence by blaming and shaming the survivors.
There isn’t just one problem facing immigrant women, but a whole system of intertwined oppressions. Women in general are discouraged from voicing their opinions, particularly when they speak out against discrimination. From unfair pay to sexual assault, immigrant women have even less of a voice in our society. The opportunities that bring immigrants to a new country often turn out to be unreachable, and these limitations are soon braided into other forms of discrimination.
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