Years After Acid Attack Horror, Suicide Stirs Pakistan Declan Walsh in the New York Times: Fakhra Younas went under the surgeon’s knife 38 times, hoping to repair the gruesome damage inflicted by a vengeful Pakistani man who had doused her face in acid a decade earlier, virtually melting her mouth, nose and ears. The painful [...]
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Years After Acid Attack Horror, Suicide Stirs Pakistan
Posted: April 12, 2012 in Misogyny, Pakistan Acid Attacks, Patriarchy, Religious Violence, Violence Against WomenTags: Acid throwing, Apartment, Asia, Aurat Foundation, Health, medicine, mental-health, Middle East, New York Times, Pakistan, Politics, Rome, Tehmina Durrani, thinkprogress org
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The coming war on women
Posted: January 3, 2011 in Anti Choice Lunatics, Fundamentalism, Misogyny, Republican Insanity, Right Wing Culture Wars, Womens RightsTags: Anti Choice Lunatics, Fundamentalism, Misogyny, Pro Choice, pro Choice, Religious Kooks, Republican Insanity, Right Wing Culture Wars, Women Haters, Womens Rights
The coming war on women by Kaili Joy Gray A war is coming. Congressional Republicans have already made clear that their top priority, once they take control of Congress in the next session, is to make sure President Obama is a one-term president. But there is a second priority that many Republicans in Congress, and [...]