fundamentalism / shrinking secular space

• USA- India: The 17^th-Century Judge at the Heart of Today’s Women’s Rights Rulings
  20 May, by siawi3

  A central tenet of Hale’s legal philosophy was that giving women legally enforceable rights over their own bodies was a threat to men’s freedom.

• USA: Majority of Americans don’t want Roe overturned
  20 May, by siawi3

  Six out of 10 Americans — 61 percent — say they support abortion rights, including 88 percent of Democrats, 59 percent of independents and a third of Republicans. Another 34 percent of Americans overall, including 63 percent of Republicans, oppose abortion rights.

• USA: Black women face higher death by denial of abortion access—sexism and racism are double blow
  20 May, by siawi3

  The stake for Black women and the working class in the fight for abortion rights is existential to become equal and full citizens. Black women have been engaged long before Roe and will play a decisive role in the resistance.

• USA : l’Oklahoma vote une loi bannissant l’avortement dès la fécondation
  20 mai, par siawi3

  Plus d’une vingtaine d’Etats pourraient revenir sur le droit à l’avortement

• L’aide des Juifs messianiques aux réfugiés ukrainiens fait polémique
  18 mai, par siawi3

  Jews for Jesus et d’autres groupes participent aux opérations humanitaires, Bible en main ; les opposants qualifient leur action d’exploitation des personnes vulnérables

• France : Grenoble : le préfet de l’Isère prêt à contester l’autorisation du burkini
  16 mai, par siawi3

  Le conseil municipal de Grenoble doit modifier lundi le règlement des piscines. Pour éviter l’autorisation du burkini, le préfet compte utiliser la loi séparatisme.

• India: Production of Saffron Pedagogy and Its Implications
  16 May, by siawi3

  The modality of the destruction of pedagogy is not merely coming from the ideological state but also the majoritarian social structure. The everyday social structure has been forced to incorporate communal and majoritarian tendencies. The ongoing Hindutva project focused to deconstruct the social consciousness. Therefore, education as an agency of socialization and training in thoughts has been very crucial for both RSS and BJP to inculcate their ideology and thoughts.

• Nigeria: Student accused of blasphemy is burnt to death
  14 May, by siawi3

  The school authority quickly deployed security personnel to protect Samuel but they were overpowered by angry youths.

• Civil Society Appeal to the UN to Protect Hazaras Taliban ruled Afghanistan
  14 May, by siawi3

  We are writing to demand your immediate action to address these targeted attacks, which can amount to crime against humanity, and when taken together, constitute an act of genocide. We believe the persistent and deliberate campaign of violence against the Shia Hazara community in Afghanistan requires an urgent and coordinated response by the United Nations and the international community.

• France : « À l’école, les questions identitaires viennent parasiter la transmission des savoirs »
  14 mai, par siawi3

  Il m’est arrivé plusieurs fois d’entendre la peur des parents que leur enfant oublie leur langue d’origine, au profit d’une langue qu’ils ne maîtrisent pas eux-mêmes. Il y a de plus en plus souvent une interdiction tacite de la part des parents envers leurs enfants de trahir leur milieu, leur origine. Dans ces conditions, il devient de plus en plus difficile pour l’école de jouer son rôle émancipateur.

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