*This article of mine is published in Bangla in The Daily Ittefaq.* When it comes to the issue of violence against women and girls in Bangladesh, the reality is an ugly one. Despite Bangladesh’s strides on the international stage as a “development star” and a favorite when it comes to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable […]
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*This article of mine is published on Medium.* Explosions abound in Afghanistan this week as the Trump administration tries to wrap up negotiations and hand over power to the Taliban, the very same terrorist group the U.S. government vowed to wipe out at the start of America’s longest war back in 2001. Hashed out over months of
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After four years of the Syrian war, the world finally woke up to the region’s refugee crisis when the body of three year old, Aylan Kurdi washed upon the shores of Bodrum, Turkey. Just two years ago, we attended a beautiful long weekend in the resort town when one of my closest friends from college
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The controversy around the British documentary, India’s Daughter, which interviews the alleged rapists from the infamous 2012 gang-rape of a female student on a New Delhi bus, continues to rage. I spoke with CNN’s Carol Costello last week about why India is banning this documentary, and I stressed that journalism here is not the crime,
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I totally belief that feminism and gender equality cannot truly advance if we do not have our most important allies working hand in hand with us -men. Most feminists know and agree with this, but it still comes as a shock for others to hear, but just think about how much men lose from restrictive gender norms
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From New York to my home-base of Washington, I was busy taking my feminist messages to the airwaves last week. On PBS, I had the honor to be back on air with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Republic Strategist Rinah Shah, and Commentator Darlene Kennedy. We talked about the role sexism played, if any, in the
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Last week on PBS, we talked about a host of issues including sexual violence during war, the ethics of surrogacy and how we can effectively tackle child abuse. Often when we talk about rape as a weapon of war, we approach the issue as an inevitable product of conflict. We must change this attitude. As Angelina
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*This post of mine was also published in Masala Mommas.* After the California shooting less than a week ago, when a man killed six and injured seven in a mass murder, feminists took to Twitter to respond to what was clearly a targeted killing by a young man who hated women. The killer, whose name I will
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Two Indonesian women, Selly Yustiawati and Melinda Dee are making headlines in the Indonesian press for their alleged involvement in a scam across several cities in the country involving millions of rupiah. One of the women, Inong Melinda, 47 who went by the alias of Melinda Dee, is a former Senior Manager at Citibank. While
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The father and brother of British actor, Afshan Azad, the 22-year-old who has played the part of Hogwart’s student Padma Patil in several Harry Potter films, have been charged with attempting to kill her, according to the BBC. Azad’s brother has also been charged with assault against his sister. CNN reports that the actress, who is
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