By Breyah Atkinson “Operator, I was just raped, I need medical assistance and the police. Yes, I know the rapist. He’s my husband.” In the middle of the night, a young woman wakes up to sense a pill dissolving in her mouth, but she has no recollection of taking one. Another night, she wakes … Read more
I am attending the Southern Sociological Society conference in Atlanta this week. Dr. Susan Pearce (Sociology dept) and I will be on a panel critiquing the U.S. Constitution as it pertains to Human Rights…. she and I will be focusing specifically on the rights of women in the U.S. (or lack thereof) and the need … Read more
By Shannon Hardy One-fifth of Nigerians are currently young adults between the ages of ten and nineteen. Although schooling is free, the majority of these young people will drop out by the ninth grade, and girls are even less likely than boys to complete secondary school. Unsurprisingly, almost twenty percent of Nigerian girls are married … Read more
By: Justice Kassoumis Imagine a life where you wake up, take a shower, brush your teeth, fix your hair, and cover your bruise’s before you start your day. Many women face this every day in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with little to no help. Domestic abuse in these areas is a common … Read more
Imagine being told by your government that you had to abort your baby. Imagine a committee of government officials coming to your house to say that you had to undergo sterilization. Imagine being fined, or losing your job, or feeling compelled to drop your baby in a “baby hatch” and abandoning it forever – because … Read more
By Cecilia Horvick Across 26 countries in Africa, there is a practice that pre-dates both Christianity and Islam. This practice has been heavily criticized and contested. Attempts at banning the practice have always been met with fierce resistance. What is it? It is known as female circumcision to some and as female genital mutilation … Read more
Link In this Forbes article from December 2015, the author discusses an issue for women in other countries that American women take for granted- the ability to vote. It discusses the elections in Saudi Arabia, where women voted and ran for office for the first time, and how even with this right, Saudi women are … Read more
Mending the Sacred Hoop is a Native American organization founded by Native women to help stop domestic and sexual violence, dating violence, and stalking problems – both nationally and within its home state of Minnesota – as these issues are extremely prevalent in Native American communities. Mending the Hoop offers training to improve Tribal and … Read more
1.4 million girls are missing from the global population each year. Some are victims of infanticide, some are victims of abuse or neglect, some are never allowed to be born. Why? For many of the reasons that we’ve discussed in class. See the link below for more information. In 1995, the UN held its Fourth … Read more
by Cecelia Horvick On March 30, 2016 I attended a rally sponsored by the ECU GLBT Student Union. The goal of the rally was to protest the passing of House Bill 2, a law created that robs transgendered individuals of their ability to use of the bathroom that matches their gendered orientation. This bill was … Read more