Interesting Links

If you guys come across other links that you find interesting and related to class, post them here as comments so we can have a list develop.


http://www.womeninandbeyond.org/

Mission Sanitation

This article and pictures from the BBC news website discussed a recent UN conference where a group of Indian women sanitation workers were asked to be honored for their work by participating in a fashion show in NY as models (I believe just for the day). I have conflicting thoughts on this topic and was looking for some different points of view.

I am uncomfortable with this because to be a model is such a western aspiration, and not really compatible with the full range of women's achievements. This is a great step for these women to see other parts of life, however superficial it may be, but does anyone else feel like there could have been better ways to increase awareness or help the situation of these women?

Thanks for your comments!

Women's Organizations in Akron

Here we post the most comprehensive list of interesting women's organizations we found in Akron/OH. The pic was taken from the Blog of the local chapter of Sociologists for Women in Society.