Shaista Aziz

Bio:

Shaista Aziz is a freelance journalist specializing in race, gender, and humanitarian emergencies. She tweets @shaistaAziz.

WMC Women Under Siege
October 25, 2016 | Shaista Aziz | International, Violence against women
Hungry and isolated, women who survived Boko Haram face new nightmare

Yagna Ibrahim is a woman who has a presence that is difficult to ignore. She strides into the room with grace and confidence, pulls out a chair, and sits down next to her friend and fellow women’s rights activist, Rabia Musa.

Recent Articles
WMC IDAR/E
Will Mexico’s First Presidenta Turn the Tide Against Gender Violence?
WMC Climate
Women’s Income Loss From Climate Change Is Much Higher Than Men’s
WMC features
New Documentaries By Women Put Spotlight on Systemic Child Abuse
WMC Women Under Siege
Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Pushes the Most Vulnerable Into the Sex Trade
WMC FBomb
Why Gender Reveal Parties Are Problematic
WMC Live
WMC Live #438: Sex, Lies, and Patriarchy. (Original Airdate 4/21/2024)
WMC Speech Project
What women politicians’ online harassment tells us about degraded democracy
WMC SheSource
Experts on new student loan forgiveness plan, Trump's abortion statement, 400 aid trucks enter Gaza,  possible tariffs on China's green exports, Russia and Ukraine feud over attack on nuclear plant, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month 
WMC Unspinning
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