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I found this article very sad yet interesting. Take a look http://www.womensmediacenter.com/feature/entry/girls-get-called-slut-everydaythey-could-be-making-friends-instead

The author of The Naqib’s Daughter, Samia Serageldin, took many liberties while writing her book. Although the ending of her book is plausible, it does not follow the actual history her characters encountered. The author has admitted to changing the story of Zeinab to fit her own vision of how the story should end. In … Read more

In honor of International Woman’s Day:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-the-best-and-worst-places-to-be-a-woman-7534794.html

Through looking up information for my Op-ed, I found an organization against female genital mutilation. In 2007, UNFPA and UNICEF joined together to create an organization to end the violence and violations of human rights for girls and women in today’s generations. This program is called “Accelerating Change” and covers 17 different countries. It’s an … Read more

http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/4506/the-uprisings-will-be-gendered

Pakistani director, Shameen Obaid Chinoy, won Pakistan’s first oscar for the short documentary, Saving Face, about Pakistani women disfigured by violence and their fight for justice. The film features women victims of acid attacks, burnings, and other violence and the efforts of many to make such acts crimes punishable by life in prison. It also … Read more

25 years later and date rape is still an issue. It is occurring most often on college campuses. What can we do? Take a look at the article below. http://www.womensmediacenter.com/feature/entry/date-rape-revisited

When I was doing research for our papers, I also came across an interesting fact about women in Nepal; many people in this area have not adopted modern beliefs and still hold on to their superstitious ideals, which prevent women from moving up in status.  Instead, women’s primary function is reproduction and the care of children in the household.  … Read more

After reading the “fictional” perspective of Jewish famly during early years of Iranian Revolution, here is an account of Baha’i persecution (Septembers of Shiraz): Olya’s Story (1993) By Olya Roohizadegan Olya is a Baha’i woman from Shiraz, Iran who was sent to prison at the beginning of Iranian revolution in 1979 solely because she is … Read more

This article I found on CNN.com just goes to show you how harsh and horrible people can be, even here in the United States. A 15-year-old girl was found starved and sexually abused by her own father, step-mother, and step-brother. If that isn’t one of the worst acts of cruelty, I don’t know what is. … Read more