Hello My Dear Readers! If you want to know why I have been so quiet it’s because I have been in my writing hole finishing the manuscript for my first book, HYSTERICAL: HOW SEXISM IN HEALTHCARE KILLS WOMEN. Well, that and trying to survive the COVID pandemic, of course. It is forthcoming from Simon and […]
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*This post of mine was also published on The New York Times/Women In The World.* Perhaps no single organization embodies the intense politics surrounding women’s reproductive rights in the US as profoundly as Planned Parenthood does. The iconic women’s health organization, which provides basic healthcare to low- and middle-income families, is no stranger to political
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Most of my readers know that before going full-time with my writing three years ago, I spent close to a decade working as a feminist policy analyst on Capitol Hill in Washington. That means that working and lobbying to ensure US foreign policy protected women’s health & rights was my job. So at the core,
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Wrapping up another great week at Al-Jazeera and it never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from each show we do. From Kuwait’s demand for democracy to young scientists changing the world to Argentina’s message war to the use of social media in the Israel-Palestinian crisis to medicating poverty, each time I co-anchor the Stream, I
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At the end of October, the UN has projected that the world’s population will reach 7 billion, a scary milestone amidst increasing global political and economic instability. More people will only place increased pressure on our environment, on the world’s habitats, forests, and resources such as water. But how does investing in women’s rights tie
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2009 marks the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. The revolutionary promises to improve women’s reproductive health globally must not be forgotten.
Real Investments In Women’s Health Needed Now Read More »