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WEBSep 8, 2024 · The Taliban Killed a Female Youtuber, then Invented a Story to Cover Up the Murder. By ZAN TIMES. . Afghanistan. . August 8, 2024. Her death came as a shock for many active Afghan women who had thought they might be able to maintain a semblance of the life they had before August 2021.
It’s Time to Prioritize Women’s Rights in Senegal
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Senegal, long admired for its history of political stability, should have been celebrating its “exceptional” democracy along with 61 years of independence on April 4. Instead, last month’s deadly riots further imperiled the West African country’s status, already downgraded last year by Freedom House to “Partly Free.” The hope that Senegal’s year-old law criminalizing rape brought ...
How the Equal Rights Amendment would Strengthen the 14th …
WEBAug 30, 2023 · It was t he 14th Amendment, in fact (ratified on July 9, 1868), that ultimately provided women with equal immigration rights by granting citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.”. Additionally, it forbade states from denying any person “within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”.
The ‘Reverse Selfie’: Blurring the Lines of Reality and Fantasy
WEBNov 4, 2021 · The Dove brand launched its ‘Reverse Selfie’ Advertisement Campaign that sparked a public conversation about social media and beauty standards in April 2021 as a part of a self-esteem project that has spanned two decades. The campaign featured a young woman who reversed multiple enhancements made to a …
Mom, I Always Knew You Were a Lesbian – Women's eNews
WEBAug 21, 2024 · There was still one more person who needed to come out. “I always knew you were a lesbian,” my son continued, “because when I used to tell you that I thought I may be attracted to the same sex, you said that you felt the same way when you were my age. Even though you said it was natural for all teenagers to feel that way,” he continued ...
Aprons as Art: No Strings Attached – Women's eNews
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Aprons are potent symbols of women and domesticity. As utilitarian garments, they are worn and connected to a variety of professional and occupational settings: chefs, butchers, blacksmiths, waiters and waitresses, bartenders, gardeners; even the helpful associates at Home Depot all wear aprons. But the most persistent meanings associated with ...
Rita Henley Jensen, Women’s eNews Founder, Passes Away
WEBOct 18, 2018 · NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2017 – Rita Henley Jensen, a prize-winning investigative reporter, a domestic violence survivor and a fighter for women’s rights who founded Women’s eNews, an online news service covering gender inequality and other feminist issues, died on Wednesday. She was 70. The cause was breast cancer, which she had beaten twice before.
The Truth About the Sex Trade: Entry into the Life - Women's eNews
WEBAug 13, 2019 · The Life Story: Moments of Change is a groundbreaking new website and film project supported by NoVo Foundation that shines a light on the stories and experiences of women in the sex trade—also referred to as “the Life”—in an effort to provide better solutions that can prevent all girls and all women, cis, trans, and gender non-conforming, from being exploited in the first place, as ...
More Than Just Trauma: How Autistics Navigate a Neurotypical …
WEBJul 15, 2024 · When most people think about autism, it is not positive. A 2017 study found that first impressions of autistic people are generally negative, and being misperceived has been found to increase poor mental health and societal isolation in autistic people. Too often, when autistic people are seen more positively it is because they are socially inept savants and superheroes at the service of ...
Corinna Barnard, Author at Women's eNews
WEBJul 28, 2016 · Corinna Barnard. Corinna Barnard has been a journalist for more than 30 years. Her background spans finance, arms control, medicine, technology and parenting. In her most recent position, before joining Women’s eNews in 2003, she worked for Dow Jones, Inc., where for several years she served as news editor for an …