It is important to make the links between the abuse of women in other countries and what is happening everyday in our own countries, streets and homes .
I am also angered when the media headlines the terror against women in Afghanistan for instance, as if women are not terrorized every moment in their homes and on the streets in Canada and the US, in ways so subtle often we do not even see it unless we are trained to have a critical eye, ears and minds.
We need to make the links and uncover the everdayness of it, talk about and fight against it.
However I do want the media to report abuses and terrorizing of women elsewhere , in order to make the links.
So often I have heard it said -oh we have enough problems to focus on at home, we should not worry about other places.
As Internationlaists we need to make the links globally on these issues just as we do on every issue.
So in that light I would love , just love to hear someone comment and discuss the declaration of sharia law in SWAT in an attempt to appease the Taliban forces and to stop "deeper hostilities."
These "laws" have undoubtedly been in effect "de facto" for years , but it is one qualitative step backwards to have them legitimized in law.
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