The pandemic has only exacerbated the racial disparities in birth outcomes, but new legislation focused on reducing Black maternal deaths provides a beacon of hope. health crisis before the pandemic hit, for women of color, especially Black women, things went from bad to worse. It’s an ongoing health scandal we should all be talking about […]
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Reflecting back on the year and looking through images on my phone, I can’t believe how much happened this year. In many ways 2018 was fantastic, but it was also overwhelming especially for those of us who work in news, and consume it for a living. #MeToo, US Supreme Court Judge Kavanaugh, #TimesUp, migrant children
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As the White House went into damage control to try to desperately spin the fall-out from the Rob Porter being a wife-beater scandal, I went on CNN to ask why is the president unable to denounce violence against women? The answer is simple and very sad: Because Donald Trump himself is a serial abuser of
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It is the end of another year, and as I find myself reflecting on my childhood and comparing it with my daughters’ lives, I also look back on what a year it has been for Anushay’s Point. In 2017, I continued my opinion journalism and political commentary work while also expanding my platforms. I made my
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This week on To The Contrary we talked about how UN Women can go about achieving their ambitious goals when funding them is something that is just suggested to member states. We spoke about how the trend of older women working longer is increasing, but the issue that really haunted me after the show was
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They say you are only as good as the company you keep. In that case, I could not be more honored and thrilled to be on HuffPost Women’s list of 27 Influential Women telling you why we are voting, and more importantly, why on November 4th you should, too: In 2014, legislation that could significantly impact
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Wonderful to begin the new year with my writing premiering on the Daily Beast, and returning twice to PBS’ To The Contrary, the show I made my US TV back in November of 2013. In the first episode, we talk about unwed mothers and putting caps on their benefits, Spelman College, more women of color getting
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I went home to Bangladesh after three years last month, and although the trip was personal and I try to make a point not to work, I was too honored to turn down an invitation to speak at the Fortnightly Anannya’s auditorium in Dhaka. The publication, amongst its many other social contributions, also manages a
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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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A new report by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body of former world leaders and top legal, human rights and HIV experts, released on the eve of the London Summit on Family Planning, has labeled the global response to the AIDS epidemic as “stifled.” The ground-breaking account, “HIV and the Law: Risks,
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