In 1890s Europe and America, bicycles were seen by many as an instrument of feminism: they gave women a measure of increased mobility, began to redefine Victorian ideas about femininity, and were eagerly taken up by many women active in the suffrage movement. Bikes helped stoke dress reform movements, which aimed to reduce Victorian restrictions on clothes and undergarments so women could wear clothes that allowed them to engage in physical activities.

As Munsey’s Magazine put it 1896: "To men, the bicycle in the beginning was merely a new toy, another machine added to the long list of devices they knew in their work and play. To women, it was a steed upon which they rode into a new world."

All this triggered a backlash from many …

The American civil rights leader, Susan B Anthony, wrote in 1896:

"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat; and away she goes, the picture of untrammelled womanhood."

The Disease of Addiction is also Feminine”: A Feminist Analysis of the Gender Dimensions of Addiction

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This study provides an exposé of spousal abuse in Egypt in terms of its nature (prevalence, forms, risk factors, reporting), the criminal justice response, available services that deal with it, and its impact on individual women, the family, and the general societal fabric.

Nonfiction Books About Obscure Historical Women /via @strandbookstore #IWD #IWD2019 #books #InternationalWomensDay

"increasing the number of women in a team raises group intelligence." http://wp.me/ptsTD-4NK

@sokarhanem مظاهرة ضد فكرة أن الست اللي لابسه قصير تستاهل انها تغتصب أو كانت مستنيه أيه غير كده http://is.gd/UIpHqd

I’ve Gone and Done It Now: What It’s Like Without the Muslim Headscarf /by @NadiaE http://wp.me/pso1T-a7

Sexually Harassing Egypt's Revolution http://is.gd/GwcMn6

A battle much harder to win by @ElFoulio on what happened to women protesters in Tahrir square during the #IWD http://is.gd/9XDP6f #Egypt

"men use sexual violence to put women in their place, and then a chorus of voices rises to blame women who get attacked" http://is.gd/haSaPn

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), in partnership with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), has published a report documenting the scope and long-term impact of rape and other sexual violence experienced by women who fled attacks on their villages in Darfur and are now refugees in neighboring Chad. This scientific study, corroborates women’s accounts of rape and other crimes against humanity that they have experienced in Darfur, as well as rape and deprivations of basic needs in refugee camps in Chad.

فى الأيام الأولى، فكرت شاهندة أن تعاود ارتداء الحجاب لتتجنب ردود الأفعال تلك، ولكنها الآن تقول إنها لا يمكن أبدا أن تندم على هذا القرار، هى تشعر الآن أنها متسقة مع نفسها. وما واجهته كانت ستواجهه على أى حال، وكانت بالفعل تواجه بعضه من قبل؛ لأنها اختارت ألا تكون مطيعة لذلك «النظام» الذى يفرض على المرأة إما الخضوع التام أو التحايل والتواؤم والحلول الوسط.

News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt