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New York: WISE to construe Koran in the feminist point of view

Lately a women council called, the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality, or WISE has come into being, aim of which would be to construe Koran in the feminist point of view and to shed the conventional belief about their religion, which states that Muslims are terrorists and Islam, oppresses women. Zainab Anwar, executive [...]

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Increase in the number of women in prison: Study

According to a report by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the number of women in US prisons and jails has mounted to 57 percent since 1995. It further revealed that the number of male prisoners has risen to 1.9 %, while the figure of imprisoned women has gone up 2.6 % in 1995. [...]

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20′s women in US surpasses men in minting money

It’s all about women power these days. Well I am not a staunch feminist as such, but it definitely is a feel good factor when women all across the world are heading towards a common goal and proving their mettle. According to a survey carried out by a demographer Andrew A. Beveridge, of the Department [...]

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