Iranian state TV has released this news clip covering Iranian women ninjas. According to the state, there are 3,500 women currently training as Persian ninjas in the Islamic country. Gisoo Misha Ahmadi reports for PressTVGlobalNews on the strong women who are shocking the West. Read more on TheAtlantic and BusinessInsider.
There has been recent controversy in the town of Bet Shemesh in Israel where a small minority of ultra extreme religious people have been trying to push their anti-women agenda into the public. To stand up for women’s rights, “250 women from Bet Shemesh decided to raise their voices against the exclusion of women from the public domain by holding a mass public dance in the city square.” The song is appropriately Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen.
It Only Takes A Girl is a new PSA to bring light the open and obvious sexism against women in the world, especially in developing counties. Many girls do not get the chance to even go to school. Instead, they are raped without consequence to the perpetrator, or are given over by their parents for marriage before they are even teenagers. Check out what you can do to help.
This older clip has been circulated online for years. It recently has been shared on sites like Guyism and Buzzfeed.
Women in many Muslim countries are forced to wear certain types of dress in public and are segregated from men. But that doesn’t stop Iran from having their own special women police squad. In full dress, they grapple down buildings, dismantle bombs, and show off their martial arts skills.
For most of history, women have been under the heel of men. Women were barred from running for office, or even voting. They couldn’t pursue certain professions, like becoming a doctor, or lawyer. A group of men apologize for the past and present actions of the unconscious masculine mind.
