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
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WMC Speech Project
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WMC SheSource
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