- 1. Saudi Women's Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul Wins Top European Human Rights Awar
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- On Monday, April 19, women’s rights champion Loujain al-Hathloul, 31, was awarded with the top European rights award for her women’s rights activism in Saudi Arabia. The Vaclav Havel Human Rights ...
- Created on 21 April 2021
- 2. Exclusive Interview with Pioneering Educator Jane Elliott: Teaching and Understanding Race In 2020
- (Feminism)
- ... with thousands of people. Coverage by BBC, PBS, ABC, and other outlets has catapulted Elliott’s methods into classrooms and workplaces around the world from the United States to Saudi Arabia. While it ...
- Created on 16 October 2020
- 3. GOP Lawmaker Blames Wife For DUI: "You know how women drive
- (Feminism)
- In a turn of events that continue to wildly unravel, a republican GOP Lawmaker has resigned after crashing his car into a ditch while drunk resulting in being charged with a DWI. New York State Assembly ...
- Created on 08 January 2020
- 4. Iranian Women Can Now Enter A Soccer Stadium For The First Time In Decades
- (Feminism)
- ... for the first time in 40 years." Top photo courtesy of Liam McKay on Unsplash More from BUST Women of Saudi Arabia Can Now Travel Without A Man As Their Guardian The U.S. Women's Soccer Team ...
- Created on 09 October 2019
- 5. While We Mourn, Let's Remember Where The Democratic Candidates Stand On Gun Contro
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- Over the weekend, two mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas killed 31 people and left dozens injured. Mass shootings in the US are disturbingly common, and when the subsequent wave of ...
- Created on 05 August 2019
- 6. Women of Saudi Arabia Can Now Travel Without A Man As Their Guardian
- (Feminism)
- A huge win is coming to the women of Saudi Arabia this August: the Saudi Cabinet has lifted the requirement for women over the age of 21 to be accompanied by a male guardian to obtain a passport and ...
- Created on 02 August 2019
- 7. Saudi Women Uber Drivers Now Have The Choice To Decline Men Passengers
- (Feminism)
- It was just less than a year ago in June 2018 when the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted, and now, Uber is piloting a new feature for their female drivers–giving them the choice to ...
- Created on 24 April 2019
- 8. In Egypt, Women Are Being Jailed for Sharing their #metoo Stories
- (Feminism)
- ... expect retribution. Top Image: Wikimedia Commons / Gigi Ibrahim More from BUST 11 Women's Rights Activists Arrested and Jailed in Saudi Arabia Artist Ghada Amer Makes A Feminist Statement With ...
- Created on 16 October 2018
- 9. Maxine Waters Says She “Has No Sympathy” For Trump Administration Members Complaining About Being Confronted In Public: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... “tent city” in Tornillo, Texas. Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro called the tent city “a monument to the failure of the federal government." Get the full story at CBS. Saudi Arabia’s Ban On Female Drivers ...
- Created on 25 June 2018
- 10. Valedictorian’s Mic Is Cut After She Tries To Talk About Being Sexually Assaulted At School: Link Roundup
- (Living)
- ... make Maine the third state to endorse this policy following Oregon and California. Saudi Women Celebrate Lift on Ban of Female Drivers By Riding Motorbikes In anticipation of the lifting of a nation-wide, ...
- Created on 13 June 2018
- 11. Woody Allen Says He's The "Poster Boy" For The #MeToo Movement: Link Round
- (Entertainment)
- ... more on NPR. Driving Licenses Issued To Women in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is the last country to allow women the right to drive. The current law barring female drivers, though, will change on June ...
- Created on 05 June 2018
- 12. Honduran Trans Woman Roxana Hernandez Dies In ICE Custody: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- Roxana Hernandez Dies In ICE Custody Roxana Hernandez, 33, has died in ICE custody. Hernandez (pictured above) was a trans woman from Honduras who arrived at the border as one of about 60 Central American ...
- Created on 31 May 2018
- 13. 11 Women's Rights Activists Arrested and Jailed in Saudi Arabi
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- Eleven Saudi women's rights activists, most of them women who were fighting for the right to drive, have been detained since last week in Saudi Arabia, reports CNN. The arrests come just weeks before ...
- Created on 30 May 2018
- 14. Ireland Says "Yes" To Abortion Rights: Link Roundu
- (Feminism)
- ... Rice tweeted, “You’re asking immigration authorities in TRUMPS AMERICA to BETTER MONITOR UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. You don’t want this. I promise you don’t.” Read more at Quartz. Saudi ...
- Created on 29 May 2018
- 15. Artist Sheida Soleimani Creates Petroleum Pin-Ups To Fetishize the World's Reliance On Oil: BUST Intervie
- (Arts)
- ... on the ground next to each portrait is food-stuff from the country represented in the piece (Coffee for Venezuala, dates for Saudi Arabia, and Corn for America). I interviewed Soleimani over email in ...
- Created on 29 March 2018
- 16. Cynthia Nixon Is Officially Running For Governor Of New York: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... Defy Ventures, a non-profit to help formerly incarcerated people have a second chance in the business world, is being accused of sexual harassment. Read the full report at The Daily Beast. Saudi ...
- Created on 19 March 2018
- 17. Claire Foy Got Paid Less Than Matt Smith On “The Crown”: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... strategy on The Verge. Saudi Arabia Begins To Move Away From Default Male Guardianship Of Children CNN reports that Saudi women have won the right to keep custody of their children after a divorce. ...
- Created on 14 March 2018
- 18. The Rape And Murder Of A 7-Year-Old Girl Sparks Protests Throughout Pakistan
- (Feminism)
- ... pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. Her uncle reported Zainab missing the following day, and her body was found atop a trash heap. She had been sodomized and raped, and then strangled, with her tongue crushed ...
- Created on 12 January 2018
- 19. This Teenager Is Paving The Way For Young Adult Activism
- (Living)
- ... famine in Yemen. Due to Saudi Arabia’s actions, backed by the United States and United Kingdom, millions of people have been left to starve, all in addition to an outbreak of cholera ravaging through the ...
- Created on 07 November 2017
- 20. This Anti-Semitic Valentine's Day Card Was Given Out On A Michigan College Campu
- (Feminism)
- ... to continue the effort to educate others." Top Image via Wikimedia Commons Anti-Semitic Card Picture via FOX4 News More from BUST Saudi Arabia Has First Ever Women's Day, And Feminists Everywhere ...
- Created on 10 February 2017
