"Darfur: No Redress for Rape." Human Right's News. 07 April 2008. Defending Human Rights Worldwide. 28 Apr 2008
The same website Human Rights Watch, but it is a different article of different even in the different country, this time in Darfur. The sexual violence on women includes sexual harassing and raping, and the victims are mostly from the age nearly young and ten. The judicial court is not advanced, nor rightful enough to protect one’s rights or even to punish the criminals with justice. The weak government and the judicial systems are the problems for further spreading of the crimes in Darfur. As the number of crime increases, there are increasing victims who are raped and sexually harassed. The solution must be provided immediately to prevent further worsening of the situation.
Feminist Majority Foundation, "The Taliban & Afghan Women: Background." Feminist Majority Foundation. 2007. Feminist Majority Foundation working for women's equality. 30 Apr 2008
This website, known as Feminist Majority Foundation, works for women’s equality, talks briefly about the history and the background of the Taliban and the Afghan women. Gender apartheid and Taliban laws regulate the women’s movements and any kind of suspicion and led them to be killed easily. For people without any knowledge of Taliban and the humanitarian crisis, the website provides sufficient information as in what it is and how it is created.
Imbornoni, Ann-Marie. "Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.." infoPlease. 07 April 2008. Defending Human Rights Worldwide. 28 Apr 2008
The infoplease website gives the wide range of information on anything of any places around the world. There is an author name mentioned but no further information is provided. The information on the US Women’s Rights Movements is provided with a chart that shows which year had what kind of women’s rights actions occurred. It allows comparing the current US situations with the US back till 1848, and shows contrasting issues with the current Middle East countries.
Kittleson, Mark. The Truth About Abuse. United States: Book Builders, INC, 2005.
Briefly talked, it shows the sexual harassment situation in the US and how the laws and protectors provide support for the women. It also provides other abusing like child abuse, and it shows that there are strong relationship of women and children. Often times, if the women are abused there is greater possibility that the children are also abused or they would become the abuser themselves when they grow up and have families of their own.
"Saudi Arabia: Male Guardianship Policies Harm Women ." Human Right's News. 21 Apr 2008. Defending Human Rights Worldwide. 28 Apr 2008
This article is one of the newest article in the Human Rights Watch website (described above) that shows how violent women is treated by the male guardianship policies in Saudi Arabia. Nearly many of the Middle East counties’ women suffer to live their lives through harsh laws that are basically set them in the worst condition, and that makes the males, even including their husbands and sons, are against them. Stupidly, the women in Saudi Arabia, as in Afghanistan, they must have the permits to go out and walk or travel, and if they do not, that counts as the illegal actions and any men has rights to harm her, hit her, or even kill her. Then the pro-male government fully supports the male to be set free from burdensome murder trial and nothing will really happen to him. Unfortunately, this is the current situation in many of the countries in the Middle East.
Shah, Anup. "Women's Rights." Global Issues. 15 Feb 2007. Global Issues. 28 Apr 2008
There is no information on the author, but the organization, or particularly the website, Global Issues, deals with many topics of the popular current events around the world. On the Women’s right’s page, there are brief, but many descriptive information for disadvantages and progress of women’s status in their community, such as lack of progress and gender discrimination in their work. It shows relationships of poverty, media, and militarism to women that strongly affect their lives.
Skaine, Rosemarie. The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban. North Carolina, US: McFarland & Company, INC, 2002.
The current situation in the Afghanistan under Taliban is what can be said the worst of the worst. The rules and regulation are set for not men, but for women. The women, when outside, they must have their son or husband or father, one male of the family, to ensure that she is allowed to be outside, and even outside there are also strict regulations as in how they have to behave, and what they have to wear, etc. If they are out of the circumstances, nobody can guarantee their safety, and all of these regulations unfortunately are set from the women in the early age until their death.
"Stop Violence Against Women." Amnesty International USA. Amnesty International USA. 28 Apr 2008
The Amnesty International USA is a famous organization known for fighting for amnesty of people who needs supports to have their rights and equality in certain situations. The foundations of Women’s Human Rights in International Law are talked, including many other organizations’ viewpoints and supporting acts in the past. They also provide the fact sheet that is briefly two pages of PDF that explains basic facts about the women and their rights. The strong message, Respect, Protect, Fulfill, is what they believe in as the state responsibility and they try to give the best supports and educations to people.
Varia, Nisha. "Women At Work." Human Rights Watch. 08 Mar 2008. Human Rights Watch. 28 Apr 2008
This article, actually published in As-Safir, the real Middle East newspaper website for the Human Rights Movement, is written by Nisha Varia, who lives in the actual country to write many newspapers to report the current situations of women. There are many disadvantages at work as being a woman. She goes through many descriptions within society what happens to women in general and specifies with her own experiences.
Volpe, Lane. Battered Women. Mississippi, US: Greenhaven Press, 2004.
This book contains the stories of the “survivors” women who went through their husbands and boyfriends physical and emotional abusing behaviors. They include such as hitting, calling them not by name but something that harasses their emotions, and threatening. Most women don’t argue in the first place but find themselves often in depression and sadness and anger but never find a solution what to do. Often times it is the others’ help to bring themselves out of their nightmare. This is also the ultimate solutions to the women in the Middle East. They definitely need other countries to help them out.
"Women and Civil Rights." Tunisia Online. 28 Apr 2008
This website is not official, but provides information of Tunisia and Tunisian women and the proper law that are enforced for the protection of women and the children. There are laws for regulating and looking after the husbands, males in general, to prevent them from harming any women. The laws and regulations are maintained well, and it is something to compare with the Middle East countries.
"Women's Rights." Human Rights Watch. Defending Human Rights Worldwide. 28 Apr 2008
The Human Rights Watch is the society that provides a lot of supports to people who lack other’s help to maintain their human rights. It is spread all through out the world, and the website is available to be translated into many different world languages. On the women’s rights, it provides the latest news and reports available, and there are opportunities and contributions given to the ones that are willing to donate or help out the organizations or the people.
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