Sign inGet started
Latest
Women’s Voices in Meknes
Member preview

Women’s Voices in Meknes

Three women in a dark room with a leaky ceiling, trying to learn to sew and cook, was a sight that drew Prof. Ouafae Bouzekri, a formidable…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
A Voice in Meknes

A Voice in Meknes

“Because education is provided for free, we don’t get to question things,” says Kaddar, “such as a teacher giving a better grade to a girl…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Empowering Women
Member preview

Empowering Women

Samira initially joined APMF for a break from constant household duties. An amateur seamstress, she also wanted to learn how to create…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
In Search of Freedom, Inshallah

In Search of Freedom, Inshallah

I have an agenda for creating this film. It is to encourage a social initiative to create awareness of the need for gender equality and…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Latest
The Anatomy of Oppression
Member preview

The Anatomy of Oppression

If a woman from California can learn about sexual liberation from a woman in Egypt, then the paradigm of the liberated Western woman…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Who Else but the Women?
Member preview

Who Else but the Women?

As the adoptive mother of a Chinese girl who was abandoned on a wintry street in Hefei when she was just a few days old, I have always told…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Women’s Voices: Why Now?
Member preview

Women’s Voices: Why Now?

Fighting toward women’s legal and social right — without fear — to have a voice, to exercise unfettered freedom of speech and expression…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Welcomed in Al-Maghreb
Member preview

Welcomed in Al-Maghreb

Women and people as a whole have different definitions of what freedom is. The meaning of freedom in my society is understood by most girls…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Honor Crimes in Jordan
Member preview

Honor Crimes in Jordan

Honor crimes are nothing new, and neither is the manipulation of religion to justify these crimes.
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Girls’ Soccer in the Taliban’s Wake
Member preview

Girls’ Soccer in the Taliban’s Wake

I was only nine years old when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996, changing my life and the lives of many others forever. I fell…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Women in Muslim-Majority Societies
Member preview

Women in Muslim-Majority Societies

I would say that as girls were buried alive before the advent of Islam more than 1,400 years ago, they are being systematically and…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Islam and Women’s Rights
Member preview

Islam and Women’s Rights

Apologetic literature struggles, and seldom succeeds, to reconcile the gross abuse of women in many Muslim-majority societies with claims…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Media and the Law
Member preview

Media and the Law

In Morocco, the laws will have to adjust to deal with the fact that women are building and supporting households, equal to their male…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
The Bride Price in Afghanistan
Member preview

The Bride Price in Afghanistan

The bride price sparked competition between Zeba’s mother and aunt. Whose daughter was worth more? Zeba’s mother won the battle this round…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
When Women Break Down
Member preview

When Women Break Down

In conflict, every fiber of a mother’s sense of being shudders into protective overdrive. She will push herself across her limits in order…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Feminist Films
Member preview

Feminist Films

To reach the masses, films representing women should neither adopt an elitist approach nor opt for a mundane, superficial, and banal way of…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Dark is Divine
Member preview

Dark is Divine

Dark Is Divine aims to rid society of the mindset that beauty comes only in white. It is a campaign that aims to transform Asia into a…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
The Journey to Freedom
Member preview

The Journey to Freedom

It is known throughout Iran that one is not allowed to argue with the morality police, such a transgression can lead to imprisonment or…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
Making Muted Voices Heard
Member preview

Making Muted Voices Heard

During the weekly shuras between U.S. forces and village elders, whenever questions on the status of women in the villages arose, tension…
Go to the profile of Women's Voices Now
Women's Voices Now
About The WVoiceLatest StoriesArchiveAbout MediumTermsPrivacy