I'm a freelance reporter and a member of the ABIR (Association for the Benefit of the Iraqi Women and their Relatives) association. I will go on a trip to Iraq from 8th to 22nd of October and I will blog from Baghdad about women's rights (in French and in English). I thought you could be interested in this initiative and that's why I'm contacting you. With other members of ABIR, we will bring material to a dispensary and an orphanage. We will also meet Hanaa Edward from the local NGO "Al Amal" and other persons involved in the promotion of women's rights in Iraq. It will be an opportunity for me to make several reports with the aim of catching people's attention about the appalling fate of Iraqi women and girls: Sexual violences, abductions and murders are widespread, preventing the women from taking part in the postwar society.
Her His blog is up, and the English version is at the bottom of the postings. Her His reporting on the needs of the sick and the dying in the woefully under-equipped Baghdad hospitals are heartbreaking. And -- big surprise -- the violence that the Bush administration says is getting too much attention is omnipresent.
*UPDATE* Thank to my non-existent French skills, and the sharp eyes of two of my readers, David Frazer and Amy N., I found out that Thierry is a man, not a woman. My apologies for the screw-up. Thanks for the correction, guys!
As far as I know, Thierry is actually always a male name. At least, I’ve never come across a woman named Thierry. (I just checked the Oxford University Press’s Dictionary of First Names, which says that it’s male only.)
Thanks for letting us know about this, Chris.
For those that might want to check it out, my daughter and three grandsons are in-country, in Iraq, for about a 10 days or so now. You can read about their trip there (quite an adventure!) at http://waitingplace.blogspot.com
to David Frazer: you’re right. Look at the part of Oct, 9, there’s a picture - with the 3 mentioned women Evelyne, Myriam and Dalila and a friendly looking man. He also had written that he “was with the men, Dalila and Evelyne with the women” - but i guess the misapprehension is easy to understand.
Most of the males must be forced to listen because problems of females are only boring, so if somebody is interested in women (except for usage, of course), it is usually a woman.
Respect, Monsieur Robin!
Thanks for the corrections, guys. I wrote this last night in a haze of exhaustion and never saw the picture.
I am a french blogger from Paris and I confirm Thierry is a male journalist.
he is now guest-blogger on my blog in French:
http://mediatic.blogspot.com
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Have you been reading Riverbend’s blog? She is a good writer and is in Baghdad. Riverbend for president of Iraq!
i think u should put up more about the womens rights and what they are aloud and not aloud to do