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A photo of a young Afghan woman taking care of her baby while taking a university entrance exam recently went viral on social media. The woman is Jahan Taab, a 22-year-old student from Daikundi, Afghanistan. Taab was taking the social science entrance exam of a private university in Kabul when her baby began crying. One of […]
In anticipation of International Women’s Day, Barbie is honoring both historical and modern-day role models from around the world from diverse backgrounds. “We know that you can’t be what you can’t see,” said Lisa McKnight, senior vice president and general manager of Barbie, in a statement. “Girls have always been able to play out different […]
This is Anok Yai, a 20-year-old Howard University student originally from South Sudan. Four months ago, a photographer saw her at a Howard University homecoming party and took this picture. The stunning portrait went viral, and Yai began receiving modelling offers soon after. https://www.instagram.com/p/BahqMEDh22W/ Yai, who came to the United States in 2000 and had […]
These are great times to be a woman. Yes, we still hear stories of harassment and discrimination almost every other day, but we’re hearing something else: stories of women standing up for one another and demanding accountability. We heard about the #MeToo movement around the world, Times’s Up in Hollywood, and of countries like Iceland […]
The 90th Academy Awards honoring the best films of 2017 will be held Sunday, March 4. Women are expected to take center stage at this edition following the various harassment and discrimination scandals currently shaking up Hollywood, notably since the Weinstein revelations broke. Here are five women who have made their mark on Oscars history […]
As more and more women gain courage to stand up against abuse, harassment, and discrimination, diverse ways of making a stand and raising awareness have come up. There is the Time’s Up! campaign launched by the women in Hollywood, for example. Others used their field of interest such as photography, arts, and even social media to […]
Often, what limits us most are not moral laws, but the cultural, political, and religious laws imposed on us by our society. Take for example the law that requires Muslim women from all walks of life to wear hijab or head covering in public. Though the practice of this law varies in different countries, in […]
Most people roll their eyes when someone tells them something ludicrous or when they find a person low-key annoying and can’t stand a thing he/she is saying. The ocular gesture, according to psychologists, has been an act of dominance and a less overt way of acting out aggression particularly among women. But evolutionary psychologists would […]