Jessie Street National Women’s LibraryThis library is dedicated to the preservation of “Australian women’s work, words and history. The Library was established in 1989 and is named after Jessie Street, a lifelong campaigner for women’s rights, the peace movement and the elimination of discrimination against Aboriginal people.Check the Web
Indian Women NetworkAn initiative by CII Southern Region was ideated in 2012 and the organization was launched in January 2013 after many rounds of intense deliberations by the Steering Committee and a brief survey done among corporate on the key stakeholders and deliverables of an organization for women by women.Access to the Web Page
The Iranians and soccerOn June 20, 2018, for the first time in decades, women were able to go with the men to the Azadí Stadium in Tehran to see, even through giant screens, a football match, which faced the national teams of Iran and Spain. . We comment on this fact, which goes far beyond the merely sporting, with the Iranian journalist Nazanin ArmeniánListen to the podcast by Eloy Ramos for Asia Hoy of RTVE
Shamsie wins Women’s Prize for FictionBritish Pakistani writer, Kamila Shamsie has won the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her seventh novel, Home Fire. . This prize is for the best full-length novel written in English by a woman of any nationality. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London, is the author of five novels, including Burnt Shadows which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction ...
