Her nicknames range from “Mama Hawa” to “Mother Theresa meets Rambo.” When the Somalian government collapsed in 1991, Dr. Hawa Abdi was a young doctor operating a small clinic on her family farm 20 miles south of Mogadishu. As war ravaged the country, Abdi’s clinic grew into a 400-bed hospital and her farm became home to thousands of refugees.
Despite constant dangers, Afghan women’s poetry continues to flourish. One outlet for women’s poetry is Mirman Baheer, Afghanistan’s largest literary society for women. Mirman Baheer operates in Kabul with over 100 members. Its members are generally educated and employed; they are professors, parliamentarians, journalists and scholars.
Acre, Israel Out of dozens of popular restaurants in the Old City, Hendy Sohela of Sohel Hummus is the sole woman running her own business. The restaurants walls are decorated with Quranic verses, images of the Dome of the Rock and a mounted TV screen, which broadcasts footage from the Islamic holy sites in Mecca.
By Leigh Cuen WeNews correspondent A U.N. resolution passed over 10 years ago requires women's involvement in conflict resolutions. But that has little bearing on the Israel-Palestine conflict, where women are far from the power roles on either side. Credit: Jonathon Colman/jcolman on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
The Hagar and Miriam Project has helped African migrant women in Israel since 2007. It has always operated on a shoe string, but the aftermath of an anti-immigrant backlash to cases of rape in Tel Aviv has brought fundraising to a standstill. TEL AVIV, Israel (WOMENSENEWS)--The Hagar and Miriam Project finds ways to just barely manage.
A California group dedicated to stopping human trafficking is hoping to take its fight directly to voters this fall. In January, the nonprofit advocacy group California Against Slavery began circulating petitions to get a measure on the November 2012 ballot to strengthen the state's human trafficking laws.
The Consulate General of Mexico is hosting the Numina Femenina project, which brings 35 artists and 4 curators from 10 countries, including local artists like musician Diana Gameros and painter Ana Teresa Fernández, together in one exhibit. Related Posts :Proyecto une artistas latinas EXHIBIT: La Llorona Unfabled: Stories to (Re)...
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I'm a reporter focused on fashion, beauty, human rights issues, travel, internet culture and technology. My work has been published by Business Insider, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, Al Jazeera English, The Jerusalem Post, and many others.