Source: Associated Press By DAVID CRARY NEW YORK (AP) — Advocates of ordaining women as Roman Catholic priests cite the church’s unfolding sex abuse scandals as powerful arguments for their […]
Source: Religion & Politics By Elisabeth Becker “It’s difficult to avoid the elephant in the room,” says Faiza Ali, a 33-year-old New Yorker. “Walking the streets of New York, you can’t […]
I’ve worn a hijab for decades. Here’s why I took it off. Source: Washington Post While the Hijab Can Help Make a Woman, It Can Break Her, Too By Saba […]
Source: BBC News A Swedish Muslim woman has won compensation after her job interview was ended when she refused a handshake. Farah Alhajeh, 24, was applying for a job as […]
Source: BBC Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is caught up in a bitter row over racism. Ms Faruqi, […]
Australia senate appoints first Muslim woman amid race row Source: BBC News Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is […]
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions Source: Reuters TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people […]
Boris Johnson, a ‘Burqa Storm’ and Perhaps Some Populist Calculations Source: The New York Time By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura LONDON — The gibe, ridiculing burqa-wearing Muslim women as “letter boxes” and […]
Source: Vox By Li Zhou Former state Rep. Rashida Tlaib is on track to become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress, after winning the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 13th […]
Michigan Democrat likely to be first Muslim woman elected to Congress Source: Time Rashida Tlaib will likely be the first Muslim woman elected to Congress after CNN has projected her […]
Source: The Guardian Inquiry into Islamophobia in Tory party called for amid condemnation for likening Muslim women to letterboxes By Jessica Elgot Boris Johnson said in his Telegraph column […]
He’s a Superstar Pastor. She Worked for Him and Says He Groped Her Repeatedly. Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. — After the pain of […]
U.K. Court Can Dissolve a Muslim Marriage, Judge Rules Source: The New York Times By Richard Pérez-Peña LONDON — A Muslim woman can have a British court dissolve her religious marriage […]
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Jim Dalrymple II BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on July 31, 2018, at 11:11 p.m. ET George Frey / Getty Images A Mormon woman attending church in […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Taking on positions as clergy in a tradition where women have never been clergy before, they have adopted a variety of titles. Some […]
Source: The Guardian Papal declaration that artificial birth control is inherently wrong continues to affect lives of the most vulnerable BY Harriet Sherwood Religion Correspondent Pope Francis dismayed health educators on […]
Source: Time By ALICE PARK July 23, 2018 In the U.S., two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s disease are women, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. For decades, experts have explained the gender divide by […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON When should women who want to advance professionally have children? The public is split — 36% say that having kids early in her career […]
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN The number of women who have a heart attack during pregnancy, labor or in the weeks following birth appears to be rising. In a new study, published Wednesday […]
Source: The Guardian By Calla Wahlquist A Victorian judge has banned a woman whose husband is facing terrorism charges from wearing a niqab in court, saying it posed a potential security […]