Wednesday, April 24, 2024
In June 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, restricting women’s access to surgical abortion clinics in certain states. Some states, like New York and New Jersey, however, still provide access to women who wish to have an abortion. Starting as soon as this month, another option for accessible […]
The Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a discussion panel on Monday to address the recent protest movement in Iran. The panelists included professor of political economy Dr. Behzad Yaghmaian, assistant professor of IT management Dr. Fariba Nosrati and special guest Atieh Babakhani, a Ph.D. candidate from the Criminal Justice and […]
Following Valentine’s Day, it is important to acknowledge the violence that all women face on a daily basis, especially young girls. For many, Valentine’s Day is happily spent with their domestic partners, but for others, the day reminds them of the physical or emotional violence suffered within their intimate relationships. […]
This past June, the United States faced a shocking change: the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Women across the country were shaken as their right to abortion was put in the hands of individual state governments. From that point, many states diverged onto different paths of how to handle this […]
Photo courtesy of Monica Melton, Unsplash Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault “Not all men,” a saying that victims have been hearing for way too long. With the recent abduction and murder of Sarah Everard, the phrase has somewhat resurfaced. However, women are refocusing the message on how 97% of women […]
Photo courtesy of Lunar Caustic, Flickr On Wednesday evening, the Women’s Center sponsored a “When People Can’t Have Abortions” discussion covering the lack of abortion access across the nation. Nat Dahl, the Women’s Outreach Coordinator opened the discussion by introducing Dr. Amanda Roberti who presented a “My Choice Series” PowerPoint […]
Photo courtesy of The White House, Wikipedia Saudi Arabia’s reputation has long been stifled by corruption and oppression, which is why Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s latest endeavors to rebrand Saudi Arabia seem, at first glance, like a good thing. According to NBC News, Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS as […]
Photo courtesy of Ken Teegardin, Flickr The Women’s Center celebrated Latina Equal Pay Day on Nov. 2 to bring awareness to two very important facts about the unfairness of Latina women’s pay in the United States. The first issue is that Latinas make 54 cents to a white man’s dollar […]
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Last week, Mike Pence led a panel on women’s empowerment. It closed out a month in which the Trump administration worked to honor women’s contributions to America. He said all the right words, hit all the right beats, displaying him and the Trump administration as crusaders […]
Photo by Grace Maute On Jan. 21 at 5 a.m., a coach bus carrying about 50 Ramapo College students, faculty and staff set off to Washington D.C. for the Women’s March on Washington. As the buses passed one another, you could see the windows lined with posters, one reading “Pussy […]
