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Vibrant Networking Keeps the Door Open for Arab Women

December 9, 2014August 26, 2013 by Barbara Crossette

Women in Cairo protesting sexual harrassment

Throughout the media coverage in recent months of the tumultuous events in Egypt, little attention has been paid to Egyptian women, who may have the most to gain or to lose in any new political order that emerges in the country. Social media and dedicated Web sites are filling the gap for many women eager … Read more

For Muslim Women, a Careful Script to Combat Violence

December 9, 2014September 17, 2012 by Barbara Crossette

Egyptian women protesting sexual harrasment and violence.

The saddest stories told by vulnerable women in villages or slum shacks across the developing world most often involve violence or subjugation that they must bear because they don’t know how, or don’t have the means, to escape a bad situation. In the poorest countries, women talk of being assaulted or intimidated at home, in … Read more

Vibrant Networking Keeps the Door Open for Arab Women

For Muslim Women, a Careful Script to Combat Violence

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