Hajer Naili, Author at Women's eNews

Video: Sexy Guys Do Pin-Ups for Women’s Safety

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● March 18, 2013

Male models and others involved with the Hunks4Hope calendar project talk about the need to end domestic violence and help survivors. Footage was taken on March 10, in neighborhoods around New York.

Arab Women Say Time for Saying ‘Spring’ Is Over

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● March 14, 2013

In sideline panel events at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, talk was of working for further transformation in everything from the Egyptian constitution to the safety of women throughout the uprisings.

Women Seen Paying Heavy Price for Sequestration

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● February 27, 2013

If $85 billion in across-the-board automatic federal budget cuts hit on Friday–and stay in place–women across the country will lose jobs, rental assistance, nutritional support, domestic-violence services.

VAWA Passes Senate, Turning Attention to House

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● February 12, 2013

With Senate passage assured ahead of time, focus falls on the 22 all-male GOP lawmakers who voted against passage. From here the bill moves to the real battleground in the House, where GOP ranks are at least somewhat divided.

Female Ordination Group Sees a ‘Holy Shakeup’

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● February 11, 2013

Advocates for female ordination in the Catholic Church welcomed the news on Monday that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning.

Muslim Model in N.Y.C. Says Gig Is Freeing

By Hajer Naili ● Commentary ● January 29, 2013

Belonging to a breakthrough Muslim fashion agency doesn’t require me to display my skin or be a certain size or shape. For many reasons–political as well as personal–that’s a really good fit for me.

Egyptian Constitution Provides Little Protection

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● January 12, 2013

A secular Egyptian woman outlines the disappointments written into the country’s new constitution, passed in late December. Women have had only one legal advance since the revolution: prosecuting sex harassment.

Liberian Journalist Threatened for FGM Coverage

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● December 26, 2012

Mae Azango has won international acclaim for her work, but faces ongoing criticism and death threats at home for challenging her own culture. If she were a white woman, she says, her work would not have hit such a nerve.

MomsRising Leads Push for Gun-Stopping Action

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● December 18, 2012

MomsRising began pressing for gun-control regulations the day of the Newtown, Conn., massacre. Mayors and a U.S. senator with an “A” rating from the NRA are also leading the effort.

Two Years Later, Arab Women Weigh Ongoing Risks

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● December 14, 2012

Two years after the start of the Arab Spring, Hajer Naili interviews three post-revolutionary women about the increasingly radical Islamist forces that are smothering their hopes. “I don’t even know what their aims are,” says one woman.

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