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November 30, 2016 | Jewelles Smith | Disability, International, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Anti-violence programs need to do better by women with disabilities

Both the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence campaign and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities fall in this week—so now is a time for a call to action on behalf of disabled women and girls who experience violence and abuse.

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November 30, 2016 | Chagmion Antoine | International, Violence against women
The incredible challenge of convicting the first man for rape as a weapon of war
Godeliève Mukasarasi promised God that if her children survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994, she would perform charitable acts. They lived. Soon after, the then 35-year-old social worker and mother founded SEVOTA, or Solidarity for the Development of Widows and Orphans to Promote Self-sufficiency and Livelihoods, a support group for women in the small Rwandan village of Taba.
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November 29, 2016 | Kami Baker | Feminism, Media, Misogyny, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
How To Go Forward With Love Post-Election
On November 9, I went to a watch party for the 2016 election. At first, it was full of hope and promise. We had spent the first half of our days giddy after filling in our very first ballots — ballots...
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November 27, 2016 | Leanne Yuen | Feminism, Media, Race/Ethnicity
Fighting Asian American Stereotypes
There’s a common myth that Asian Americans do not experience racism on as grand a level as do other people of color. While many Eastern Asians experience light skin privilege, and violations like poli...
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November 22, 2016 | Farha Khalidi | Feminism, Media, Misogyny
Wifey Material
It has been almost one hundred years since the Women’s Bureau was established in the Department of Labor. The Bureau aimed to promote the welfare of wage-earning women and for their rights to be respe...
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November 22, 2016 | Shelly Kittleson | Girls, International, Violence against women
Councilwoman urges ‘no fear’ for girls in post-IS Fallujah
Little girls returning to school in Fallujah “have nothing to fear,” said Nahla al-Rawi as a few security officers dusted off a chair for her in the partially rehabilitated main hospital. Al-Rawi, 48, is a member of the Anbar provincial council, which is tasked with inspecting and overseeing public facilities such as schools and hospitals.
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November 21, 2016 | Angela Liu | Feminism, Health
Thankful For Planned Parenthood
100 years ago, a young woman named Margaret Sanger opened the first-ever birth control clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Only ten days later, police raided the clinic and a...
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November 20, 2016 | Crystal Ogar | Feminism
Redefine Weak
I’ve always been an emotional person. It’s something I haven’t been able to help, although at times I may have wanted to. Anger, passion, sensitivity, tears — it all naturally flows through me. I cry ...
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November 17, 2016 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Feminism, Religion
Women’s rebellion against religion

More American women are turning away from religion. Marcie Bianco explores why this bodes well for feminism.

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November 17, 2016 | Amanda Sperber | Economy, International, Violence against women
Single mothers in Malawi struggle to feed families as famine spreads

Mary Elias, of Laje village in Malawi’s southern Zomba district, speaks in metaphors. “We are carrying both water cans,” she says of the situation for single mothers in drought-ridden Malawi—meaning that women with children but without partners are solely responsible for feeding, clothing, and educating their progeny. Already a Sisyphean task in a country the United Nations Development Program regularly ranks in the top 20 poorest on earth, this has become nearly impossible in the past few years.

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November 16, 2016 | Chloe Hallinan | Education, Feminism
Embracing Female Pleasure
I love talking about sex with my girlfriends.  Describing the intimate, raw, and sometimes awkward moments of our experiences with sex strengthens our bonds as women and as human beings.  We talk abou...
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November 14, 2016 | Anna V. Eskamani | Feminism, Politics
Letting Compassion Win
Dear Mom, On the eve of Election Day I was restless, unable to sleep. In an effort to find peace I wrote you a letter. Filled with nervous energy, I asked for you to be there with me, to help me stay...
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November 13, 2016 | Kamrin Baker | Feminism, Media
How Jane The Virgin Wonderfully Handled Abortion
*Spoilers below* Jane the Virgin has been something of a crowd favorite since it debuted in 2014. But more than just entertaining its audience, the show has broken barriers regarding countless taboo ...
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November 11, 2016 | Anuradha Sengupta | Environment, International
Women put "climate change Ground Zero" in the picture

A group of women in the Indian region of Sundarbans are using photography to draw attention to the ravages of climate change in their villages.

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November 10, 2016 | Lauren D | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Violence against women
The Gender Safety Gap
I grew up and currently live in post-9/11 New York City. I don’t remember what the city was like before the attacks. I will never remember a city in which it wasn’t standard to see assault rifles in t...
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