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Блогът “Americas Quarterly” посочва (анг), че макар много усилия да трябва да се положат, за да се сложи край на дискриминацията между половете в рамките на Олимпийските игри, “за първи път в историята, всяка страна, състезаваща се в тазгодишните Игри, има поне една атлетка, което означава много — особено в случая на Латинска Америка — за постигане на паритет на половете сред техните делегации. [...] Аржентина, Боливия, Салвадор, Мексико, Чили, Колумбия, Венецуела, Коста Рика и Перу са избрали жени атлети да представляват техните екипи”.
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Stories from Quick Reads and Women & Gender from July, 2012 Guyana: Olympic Dreams Guyana-Gyal explains how the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London “remind[ed] [her] to stay true to [her] dreams, no matter how mad they might sound to them people here.” Caucasus: Olympic Women Ianyan introduces its readers to the female athletes representing the three countries of the South Caucasus in the Olympic games in London. Egypt: Egyptian Woman faces Sexual Harassment, in Washington DC Nancy M is an Egyptian woman who moved from Cairo to Washington DC last month, thinking she has left sexual harassment behind her.” I was still a woman, walking the streets of a city by myself, always open to the possibility that there was a man out there who felt entitled to things he had no right to,” she writes. Continue to read her story here. Tajikistan: Stories of Female Migrant Workers On Blogiston.tj, Shakhlo posts [tj] short stories about the lives of Tajik women working in Russia. Most of these stories focus on the problems that female migrant workers typically go through to help their families back in Tajikistan make ends meet. Trinidad & Tobago: Irresponsible Advertising “The new tagline for the rum’s advertisements was ‘When it pours, you reign.’ My brain exploded. Really? Show images of soaking wet, drunk-looking women, in a campaign that explicitly gives complete domination to the “you” to whom the ads appeal?” Lisa Allen-Agostini wonders “what on earth [the advertising agency was] thinking.” Latin America: Is 2012 the ‘Year of the Woman” at the Olympics? The Americas Quarterly blog points out that although there is still a lot to do to end gender discrimination at the Olympics, “for the first time in history, every country competing in the London 2012 Olympics will have at least one female athlete, with many – notably in Latin America – achieving gender parity among their delegations. Argentina, Bolivia, El Salvador, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Peru have selected female athletes to represent their teams. South Korea : Tourists Flock to Get Plastic Surgery South Korea is infamous for its obsession with plastic surgery, but it has contributed to a significant rises in tourist arrivals. One famous Singaporean blogger recently visited Seoul to get plastic surgery and plans to post updates on her experience, while other bloggers, such as Fidel Hart, wrote an in-depth post about the issue. India: Female Gendercide in Western Countries Rita Banerji interviews Indo-Canadian and feminist artist Soraya Nulliah, who comments that everything the campaign against female gendercide in India addresses is happening to Indian women in Western countries as well. Afghanistan: Women Continue Suffering Violence and Abuse On The Peace Cycle, Omid Bidar writes about a 16-year-old Afghan girl who was raped and murdered by a local strongman in the country's Bamyan Province. “We have forgotten many such stories… [We] will add this [one] to the forgotten list too,” suggests the blogger bitterly. According to one estimate, there were about 1,000 cases of violence against women, including 52 murders, in the past four months in Afghanistan. Africa: African Women on Fire Rumbidzai Dube explains why 2012 is the year for African women: “2012 has been a progressive year for African women in global politics. In April Joyce Banda of Malawi became the first ever female president of Malawi and the Second Female president in Africa [...] Just yesterday, Dr Nkosana Dhlamini-Zuma became the first female Chairperson for the African Union Commission.”