The War on Women | 
pickHorrible actions, testimonies and stories in here, but it‘s so, so important that they‘re shared. This should be required reading for anyone who denies that gender inequality is alive and well around the world, or who thinks feminism isn‘t crucial to our social progress. Uncomfortable reading but totally necessary.
The stories in this book are heartbreaking. And to think some people think women have it ‘pretty good‘ and ‘it‘s a shame how men are treated nowadays‘. People who say shit like this have NO IDEA, seriously. I hope, for their sake, that they think twice before saying things like this to me in the future, as they have in the past.
My aim is to finish this tomorrow...fingers crossed! The first chapter is interesting so far!
pickLoved this book. I cried many times and felt outraged throughout. It is such an important book and EVERYONE should read it #war #humanrights #sexism #journalism
Back in my favourite cafe reading the book which is my current obsession. This should be mandatory reading it's such an important book #womensrights #feminism #journalism
pick5⭐️ this book has opened my eyes to situations in other parts of the world, it has made me cry, and it has given me a glimpse of the incredible tour de force that Sue Lloyd Roberts must have been.
This book covers FGM, sex slavery, the gender pay gap, honour killings and so many of the other battles that women still face daily around the world from Egypt to Pakistan to Ireland to the UK, this book should be on everyone's reading list. Trigger ⚠️
Preach it sister! Feeling truly lucky to be born in the situation I have been. I could so easily be one of these women #thewaronwomen #journalism #feminism #war
Commuting for three weeks is made more bearable with a good book #thewaronwomen #journalism #womensrights
Today has been an interesting day. The wind is so strong it's shaking our pod and we've watched numerous families pack up their tents and go home. I found myself in conversation with Rita Banerji on Twitter this morning having only recently come across her via The War on Women #smallworld. I've learned about women using social media to highlight their charity causes or advocacy roles and I've snorted to myself at the sexism we... (ctd in comments)
Im doing that terrible thing at the moment where im reading a million books at once and not finishing any of them. This arrived from a friend in the post this morning so i used it as an excuse to head to a coffee shop and read for a bit #waronwomen #thewaronwomen #journalism #war #feminism
Just read another chapter of The War on Women, on honour killings. Prevalent in Pakistan, the Kurdish region of Turkey and still taking place in Jordan, it also happens here in England. Made even more poignant with the recent news of the death of 19 years old Celine Dookhan in London in an alleged honour killing after she (an Indian Muslim) began a relationship with an Arab man.
#womensrights #equalitymatters
I read two chapters this morning from this book, on sex trafficking and the UN peacekeepers. Tragic and heartbreaking. Lured from their homes in Eastern Europe young women between 14-40 end up working as sex slaves and in some parts of Europe are being forced to have sex with the very men they thought would protect them and help them rebuild their homes.
#feminism #thewaronwomen #equalitymatters
In December 2007 I visited Egypt. I knew nothing about it really apart from a romanticised fascination with Cleopatra & the pharoahs. I dressed appropriately, visited the tombs and wondered at the plethora of strong female rulers Egypt had in days distant past.
In 2011 Egypt overthrew its military dictatorship in favour of democracy. During a period of 3/4 years, there were numerous protests about the government. Continued in comments.
Saudi Arabia. The only country in the world where women aren't allowed to drive. Where there is no public transport so women must rely on their partners and male family to chauffeur them, if they are granted permission in the first place. Where domestic abuse is illegal but in order to go to the police station their husband is the man they would need to ask permission from to take her there.
#thisiswhyfeminismmatters #equalrights #genderequality
This book is hard-hitting: C2, on The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, made me cry. In Argentina in the late 70s the new government kidnapped thousands who still held socialist beliefs (the previous government had been Socialist) and killed them. Any pregnant women were kept alive only until they gave birth. The babies were adopted mostly by army families. Today some of that generation are still being reunited with their real families. #mustread
Started this today, I think it's going to be a chapter at a time kind of read. Straight in at the deep end with chapter one being on #FGM. One to read bit by bit and process. When the subject matter is so outside the realms of anything you personally have encountered it is worth thinking about before reading more. Alternating with some fiction, The Essex Serpent.
#feminism #feministbookclub #womensstudies #bookish #amreading #bookworm
