WMC News & Features
Men for Women’s Choice
On the issue of contraceptives and choice, most men quoted and pictured in the media recently have opposed women controlling their reproductive health. The authors plan to change that.
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Birth Control and the Bloviators: What Just Happened?
The author of "Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church" explains what's behind the Catholic bishops' hard-line reaction to President Obama's compromise.
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January 23, 2012 | Robin Morgan |
Religion
Faith-healing: A Modest Proposal on Religious Fundamentalism
Author and WMC Co-founder Robin Morgan struggles to understand the faith-based madness that seems to surround us.
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In Fencer’s Hijab—Struggle and Inspiration
A top competitor in sabre is determined to adhere to religious tradition and also represent her country at the 2012 Olympic games.
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Now You See Them, Now You Don't
Israeli journalist Merav Michaeli explains why a Brooklyn newspaper recently removed Hillary Clinton from a famous photograph: another case of Photoshop in service to the patriarchy.
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In Chile, a Spiritual Space for Activism
Women who formed the backbone of the antipoverty and human rights work of liberation theology in Latin America have organized for women's empowerment for decades.
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November 10, 2010 | Sharmeen Akbani Gangat |
Religion
Islam: Religion of Peace or Violence?
Pakistani American commentator Sharmeen Gangat explores how terrorists' vision of Islam is so vastly at odds with the Muslim tradition that nurtured her.
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Manifesting a movement — a spiritual uprising
Inspired by the women she met at the Omega Women and Power Conference, WMC's Jamia Wilson explains why their visions of spirituality belong at the heart of feminism.
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Out of the Ash Cloud: An Al Jazeera Festival Premiere
An American filmmaker reflects on screening her documentary on Muslim women religious leaders at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Qatar.
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Honoring Helen Thomas
In the wake of veteran reporter Helen Thomas's resignation from the White House Press Corps after her controversial comments, photojournalist Jenny Warburg and urban educational leader Linda Belans honor Thomas's trailblazing career as a journalist.
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That Notorious Good Friday Homily
In his controversial sermon at St. Peter’s last week, Reverend Raniero Cantalamessa expressed no concern for Catholic Church policies that endanger women, writes Angela Bonavoglia, author of “Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church.”
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Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Calls on Progressive Catholics to Resist Pressure from Bishops on Abortion
At a critical moment for health care reform, Townsend says it is essential for religious progressives to speak up.
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December 03, 2009 | Sharmeen Akbani Gangat |
International,
Politics,
Religion,
Violence against women
Fort Hood Tragedy: What Muslim Women Really Think
With the murders at Fort Hood, New York’s Muslim community, however unjustly, was on the defensive. The author explains how Muslim women are reacting.
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Prayerfully Pro-Choice
I’m angry about the latest efforts of the Bush Administration to limit women's reproductive rights. This new proposal doesn’t just limit a woman’s choice to have an abortion based on medical profess...
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Voices Carry: The Fight for Women’s Rights in the Catholic Church
Roman Catholic supporters of Barack Obama undergo intimidation by church leaders because of their candidate’s pro-choice views. Father Roy Bourgeois faces excommunication for co-presiding over the ordination of a woman as priest. Author Angela Bonavoglia connects the dots within a deeply misogynistic tendency of the church hierarchy that members are resisting—from the pews and from the pulpit.
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WMC Exclusive: Muslim Women, Taking The Lead
For Pinar Ilkkaracan, coming to New York from Istanbul to receive a prestigious human rights award last month was a welcome respite. “You are constantly struggling,” she said of her efforts on behal...
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Headscarves and Turkish Politics
The largest ever demonstration for the rights of women in the United States took place the spring of 2004 when slightly over a million people marched in Washington, D.C. This spring women’s rights s...
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Black Church Leaders Confront Sexuality Issues
At a time when some see a growing divide between religious values and contemporary culture, a group of African American church leaders are meeting this week in Washington, D.C., to narrow the gap. W...