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Seven years ago, on June 12, 2016, a mass shooter killed 49 people and wounded 53 at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Tiara Parker, was there that night, along with her cousin, Akyra Monet Murray, celebrating Akyra’s graduation from high school. Tiara made it out alive. Akyra did not.  Tiara has since dedicated…

For more than 10 years, Fereshta Abbasi has investigated and documented human rights violations in Afghanistan. Currently, she is a researcher in the Asia division of Human Rights Watch. Before that, she was a legal advisor at the International Development Law Organization, where one of her duties involved the development of legal skills for Afghanistan’s…

One year ago today, following the Dobbs decision, The Supreme Court has continued to show a limited and regressive view of the rights conferred by our Constitution. It has also become clearer that opponents of equality in Congress will continue to manipulate the government to further the second-class status of women and gender/sexual minorities in…

Women’s voices continue to be globally underrepresented in mainstream media. That’s why Women’s Voices Now (WVN) hosts an annual Online Film Festival for films and filmmakers interested in exposure and advocacy of global women’s rights issues. We promote and amplify the free expression of the worldwide struggle for women’s civil, economic, political, and gender rights…

Are you stuck in your yesterday? Carrying the burden of “what was” upon your shoulders? Many tend to hang on to pain, and live their present days aching from things that happened in their past. Even at times replaying in the mind hurtful scenarios over and over again. And then you ask, why do I…

Inline with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the “year of giving” in the UAE, commenced the fourth session of  “Be an Icon” series that promotes “paying it forward” concept,  with the opening question: where do you see yourself in 30 years?  asked by Ms. Salma Sakhnini; Founder &…