womens rights Archive

  • Metiria Turei

    The Welfare Working Group and the injection - by Metiria Turei



    As reported on Morning Report yesterday, the Welfare Working Group report makes a startling – indeed deeply frightening – recommendation to link contraception to sole parent benefit receipt. The report says on page 15: We have heard a concern among some people that setting a work expectation for parents when their youngest child reaches three [...] read more
    March 8, 2011 9:23 am - 29 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Hot Ukrainian Husbands from Chernobyl? - by Catherine Delahunty



    Last week the media reported a “Radio Rock” promotion which involved winning “hot chicks” as wives. As Sue Bradford commented in the media, this is not an isolated incident. As a compassionate and forgiving feminist I thought I would run a parallel competition for all those women out there seeking a “hot husband” . We [...] read more
    February 12, 2011 2:56 pm - 30 Comments
  • frog

    Is oil repressing women’s rights? - by frog



    According to a UCLA academic there might be an inverse link between oil production and women’s rights: He argues that women’s participation in the formal labor force is a driving force in the development of women’s rights and participation. Oil production tends to crowd out local manufacturing, and so oil crowds out job opportunities for [...] read more
    March 8, 2008 11:10 pm - 14 Comments