Iraqi women demand political power

[JoFerret]

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/8009654.htm

[FormerOstrich]

1. Real Women!

We need to help these women however we can. I am a firm believer that, as women, we cannot rely on the men of this world. I think we need to form a global network to ensure that we are no longer the oppressed.


....now if I only knew how to achieve that goal.......

[Voice_of_Europe]

2. yup! Stick more together..

I think the trick is not to start BIG...
start your personal network of women who you help and who help you.
That's how men do it.

Something "Skulls n Bones" style.

And as this grows over the years you suddenly end up being friends with somebody in a high position... or the WIFE of somebody in a high position.

I'm pretty sure this would work for women too if they really kept to it.
But maybe the "friends for life" and "one for all, all for one" concepts are something male only...

I mean look at it:
if all girls voted for a female president, and all boys voted for a male one, then you'd end up with a girl president since the population has sllightly more females.... so just stick more together!!


I know a tragic story from recent Swiss history.
We have 7 high council persons. 2 of them were females until recently...
Then some idiotic political bickering started and bang some other male got elected and we ended up with only 1 girl in our highest political chamber. The problem was that the women of ALL PARTIES joined the stupid bickering instead playing their network!! They could have even gotten a 3rd girl in instead loosing one...
The good point about it is that we ended up with a heavily reinforced womens movement again, because suddenly everybody woke up and was outraged... but too late for now... maybe next time...

[PsychoDad]

3. Muslims here in the west need to support our sisters...

I pray my sisters remain strong and united in demanding what is their due right, an equal voice.