On Friday, the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, an organization whose mission "is dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women," unanimously voted in Iran as its newest member. Celebrating its new honor four days later on Tuesday, International Women's Day, Iran, according to the Reuters a video uploaded on YouTube showed Iranian security forces beating protesters in what was apparently a demonstration for International Women's Day.Women's rights activists have called for demonstrations to advocate and defend the rights of both men and women in Iran, as well as more general democratic principles, Meanwhile, in Sudan, another honored member of the Commission, policearrested more than 40 women minutes after they started a protest against rape and rights abuses, witnesses said in the latest sign of a crackdown on dissent. Sudanese women's groups organized the protest against discriminatory laws on Tuesday -- marked as International Women's...(Read Full Post)