Youth
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Moroccan Women Demand Reform After Rape Victim's Suicide
As women the world over gathered last week to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, women in Morocco gathered to protest the death...
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Police Rescue 24,000 Women, Children from Chinese Sex Trafficking Ring
A year after the Chinese government started targeting human trafficking, the country’s security ministry reported that in the last year police had rescued 24,000 women...
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Coming Into Consciousness
By Miani Giron In the three years that I’ve been involved in the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) my awareness and outlook on social issues have...
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Women Use Graffiti Art to Protest Egyptian Government
After playing an integral part of the revolutionary efforts last year, Egyptian women fear their rights will not be incorporated into the country’s political reforms....
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Why Ethnic Studies Matters
By Arizona Ethnic Studies Network On February 29, 2012, members of the Arizona Ethnic Studies Network held a Read-in at Wesley Bolin Plaza across from...
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The System is What's Crazy
Shortly after starting my graduate program at Arizona State University, it became clear I would need to go back on medication for anxiety. Diagnosed for...
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Anti-abortion doctors could legally lie in Arizona
The Arizona Senate has has approved legislation that will let doctors lie about an unborn child’s health and escape any related “wrongful birth” suits, which...
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Celebrating International Women's Day
Today, in partnership with more than 200 organizations and individuals, TFW is blogging for social justice. Gender Across Borders and CARE are sponsoring the Third...
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Becoming an Activist
By Lizeth Lopez Butterflies flutter around me as I feel the soft winds playing with my hair, the scent of spring flowers blooming surround me,...
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Undocumented and Unafraid
By Janeth Silva Each morning as I enter the prison-like gates of Gardena High School, I see our dean, Mr. Sieslove, with his metal detector...
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Inspiring Girls to Author Their Own Lives
By Vali Forrister When my niece, Haviland, was 12 years old, she shared her poetry with me for the first time. I told her it...