Some of the many hardships suffered by the residents in the Central Asian country include a lack of water and basic services as well as non-existent education and a risk of dying in public places. . Armando Reyes . One of the greatest controversies in Afghanistan is the lack […]
Tag: female
Poetry in the words of women
This festival, named ‘Cry of Woman’ 2013, will take place in countries all over the world, beginning with a large scale poetry reading on Saturday 16 March 2013, in Santo Domingo. Gioconda Belli wrote that ‘I am a woman who thinks. Some day my eyes will light up fireflies.’ Belli […]
For the liberation of women
An event organised by Socialist Resistance London the coming 23rd of February seeks to defend women’s roles and expose the abuses of rights to which they are subjected. Women continue to be, despite the advances towards the end of the 20thC and the beginning of the 21stC, one of the […]
Answers to female vulnerability
On the 12th December a London Congress will analyse the influence between political and social instability in regions with high levels of gender-related violence. According to a report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), between 15% and 70% of women in the world have been victims of physical and […]
Jaime Díaz: The barrier of language, the triumph of perseverance.
This Spaniard, who arrived in Scotland with scarcely any English, had seven jobs in the first four months. He now lives in Argentina and is presenting a play. _ María Marzo “I never thought that my ideas and personal values could be changed so much in less than a year”. […]