U.S. FBI works to stop discrimination of Muslims

U.S. Muslim American women march on Muslim Day

Nadia S. Mohammad - WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) New York, N.Y.: New York, New York – As the American public reads of yet another report released on governmental surveillance of Muslim American communities, it is refreshing to know that for the first time since the 9/11 attacks, the US Senate Judiciary Committee, along with various state legislatures [...]

Native American women have little recourse against attackers

Road sign that says "Leaving Pine Ridge Indian Reservation"

Katie Reilly with Marielle DeJong – WNN Opinion (WNN/PM) Washington, DC, U.S.: As a result of the unprecedented rates of violent crimes against Native American women, there has been an increase in legislation dealing with criminal investigations and legal procedures on Native American reservations. For example, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act (SAVE [...]

College women Tunisia have diverse opinions on Islamic dress

Tunisian woman wearing a niqab

Lotfi Radhouane Chebil – WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Tunis, TUNISIA: Recently at a university in Tunis, a female student approached her professor after class and told him that she had decided to wear the niqab, which covers the female body, face and head, to class. After some discussion on the topic, the professor said that he [...]

‘War on Drugs’ leaves Latin American women lives in ruin

Irene Simmons 'ReDressing Injustice,' an art protest to stop violence against women in Juarez, Mexico.

Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente – WNN Opinion (WNN) Cartegena, COLOMBIA: “Violence associated with the ‘war on drugs’ and organized crime, which includes government corruption in some countries have specific consequences for women in Latin America”, said the Chilean lawyer Patsili Toledo, member of ‘Antígona’ a research group of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and [...]

Sexual assault awareness equals The Clothesline Project

Clothesline Project - teeshirts on a clothesline installation

Elahe Amani – WNN Opinion (WNN) Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA: Sexual assault is one of the most detrimental types of violence against women.  Even in the societies where women’s advances and more protective rights are in place,  sexual assault is still considered a crime that is most often not fully reported. The burden of violence is [...]

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