Women’s Rights News in Brief (2016/10/19)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Conatus News/Uncommon Ground Media Inc.
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2016/10/19
Donald Trump and reflection on the status of women and girls
According to The Jakarta Post, Donald Trump is the “buffoonish, hyper-narcissistic, xenophobic, misogynistic, mentally and emotionally retarded Republican presidential candidate…”
The author article goes on to use to present statistics about women and girls in addition to the International Year of theGirl Child and its “Girls’ Progress = Goals Progress: A Global Girl Data Movement”. They report that 700 million women have been married prior to the
age of 18, and “more than one third were married before 15.” It is economically related, too.
Poor girls are 2 ½ times more likely to marry in childhood. “Pregnancy happens soon after marriage, even when they are not mentally or physically ready”, the author said.
California porn star says enforced condoms violates her rights
According to The Guardian, a porn star considers the enforcement of condoms on porn sets a violation of her rights to do what she wants with her body, which is an argument made by Tasha Reign.
Reign was recently handing out pamphlets in San Diego, California at UCSD to protest Proposition 60, which is for the mandatory wearing of condoms for adult entertainers while filming sex scenes Reign is a self-identified feminist.
“It’s extremely difficult for somebody to be able to maintain an erection for 45 minutes, and to be able to pop with a condom…I hate the idea that some man is going to tell me what I can and can’t do”, Reign said.
Scarlett Johansson speaks for women’s reproductive health
Motto reports on the recent statements by Scarlett Johansson on women’s rights and the right for women to choose what to do with their bodies in addition to her accepting an award for work done with Planned Parenthood.
Johansson said, “Planned Parenthood has always been there for me and for the 2.5 million men and women who rely on their services annually”. She is a “strong advocate” for reproductive health organizations such as Planned Parenthood.
“A woman’s right to choose what to do with her body shouldn’t just be a woman’s rights issues”, said Johansson, “It’s the year 2016 and this is a human rights issue. A woman’s right to choose is a deeply personal one and should not be a part of anyone’s political platform”.
In Liberia, Barzon advocating for women’s rights
According to All Africa, the “Head of Liberia’s delegation” who went to the Rural Women Land Right Summit in Tanzania made a calling for the government to make sure that women in the rural areas have their rights to own land upheld.
Madam Jesadeh G. Barzon made firm statements about that land not being taken away from them. The importance to not take the land and, therefore, their livelihood away from them.
Barzon, Chairperson of the Zwedru Rural Women, stated that she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in order to have women’s voices heard for their “rights to land, investment and inheritance and the abolishment to early marriage.”
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