Women

“We’ve seen a spike in women trying to do abortions on themselves,” says Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Women’s Health. “That is not in the best interests of women’s health and safety.” More → Source: U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Case | February 25...

A lawsuit claims that an airline discriminated against Renee Rabinowitz by moving her seat after an ultra-Orthodox man said he did not want to sit next to a woman. Source: She Was Asked to Switch Seats. Now She’s Charging El Al With Sexism. - The New York...

The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet was seen as a victory for American Jewish leaders and Jewish women who struggled for years for inclusion. Source: Israel Approves Prayer Space at Western Wall for Non-Orthodox Jews

For an American Muslim woman, deciding whether or not to wear the headscarf — or hijab — isn't a choice to be taken lightly. Source: American Muslim Women Explain Why They Do — Or Don't — Cover : Code Switch : NPR

Watch two more women, one a Muslim and one a non-Muslim, participate in World Hijab Day, and see what their experiences are like. Say Muslim Yasmine Ison: “Wearing the hijab [gives] me this whole other freedom that I never had. I started to notice this...

It has taken Beit Simchat Torah, once hit hard by AIDS, 43 years to be able to build a synagogue designed for its needs, in a property that it owns. On April 3, it will officially open its new home on West 30th Street. Source: Gay Congregation Celebrates...

Amid an atmosphere of mistrust about Islam, Mona Haydar and her husband had an idea: Why not open a dialogue? So, they set up a stand — "Ask a Muslim" — and brought some doughnuts. Source: Faced With Fear, A Muslim Woman Makes A Stand — By Setting One Up

Anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise, and Muslim women wearing hijabs can be particularly vulnerable. That has prompted two women in New York to organize an all-female class for observant Muslims. Source: Some Muslim Women Are Taking Self-Defense Into...

Transgender women have few opportunities to worship, as their defiance of strict gender categorization challenges conventional Muslim views about gender. Source: Transgender Muslims Find a Home for Prayer in Indonesia - The New York Times

Ms. Mernissi, a Moroccan sociologist whose work included studies of the sexual politics of Islamic scripture and a memoir of her childhood in a domestic harem, published and lectured worldwide. Source: Fatema Mernissi, a Founder of Islamic Feminism, Dies...