Posts Tagged ‘Women’
 

 

International Women’s Day: Missing the Point Holds Us Back

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, celebrating it in the Arab world comes with mixed reactions. In a region that has embraced more change in the past two years than it has in the past two decades, the issue of...
by Yara Al Wazir
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Somewhere In America…

If you haven’t already seen this video then you need to stop EVERYTHING you are doing right now. Watch it. I can guarantee it will be the most powerful thing you will watch this year! The video is of three American teenag...
by Rebecca Shearer
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Muslim Women, The Media, And Ever Increasing Stereotypes

Twitter has been buzzing this week with reactions to the winner of the Miss America beauty pageant being an Indian-American woman. Some shocking tweets calling her a terrorist and linking her with the 9/11 attacks have horrifie...
by Priyanka Mogul
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WATCH: The world’s gender gaps in 2013

The 2013 World gender gap index, produced by the World Economic Forum, reveals gender inequalities across the world. Out of 136 countries Iceland has received the highest ranking in terms of having the smallest gender gap, fol...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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UK Women Aged 16-24 Most At Risk Of Being In An Abusive Relationship

The Home Office recently claimed that women in the United Kingdom aged 16-24 are most at risk of being in an abusive relationship, especially while attending university.
by Isabela Vrba
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Lady Gaga Asks, ‘Do You Wanna See Me Naked?’ On Behalf Of Muslim Women

The leak of Lady Gaga’s new single, supposedly titled either “Burqa”, “Aura” or a combination of the two, has inspired much controversy; and rightfully so. Rumored to be part of her forthcoming album ArtPop, the song...
by Bre Cruickshank
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More Than 16 Days

Mobile phones have often been forwarded as an affordable solution to enabling internet access, especially for those from developing countries. According to recent research, there are currently 6 million mobile subscribers world...
by Natasha Lipman
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Human Rights, Interrupted

Like many, I am a firm believer that without global discussion and activism in regards to human rights, there will never be answers or results. It is therefore imperative that all human rights issues be discussed at all levels,...
by Rebecca Collier
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Why Lupita’s Oscar Win Matters

The various awards won by Twelve Years a Slave are hugely significant, but Kenyan Lupita’s Nyong’o’s win for best supporting female could be particularly paradigm-shifting. In 2002, Halle Berry became the fi...
by Christopher Clark
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