Hajer Naili, Author at Women's eNews

Study: Ailing Stats on Global Teen Sex Health

By Hajer Naili ● Health & Science ● December 18, 2014

Twenty years after a major conference on reproductive health urged better sexual and reproductive health for global teens, a study offers disappointing statistics. Among the remedies: responsive parents and interventions aimed at those aged 10-14.

France Pushes Abortion Rights Beyond Its Borders

By Juhie Bhatia & Hajer Naili ● Health & Science ● December 15, 2014

Last month, a French delegation went to Geneva with the European Women’s Lobby to push an abortion-related resolution at the upcoming Beijing+20 Summit. With this and other efforts France is developing a profile as a European leader on abortion rights.

5 Veiled Frenchwomen Tell 5 Stories of Harassment

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● November 10, 2014

All of them are facing stop signs of one kind or another in French society because they wear the head-covering veil or hijab. “I broke out in tears,” says one of them, recalling the day she was told she couldn’t accompany her small child on a school trip.

Muslims Say French Feminism Shuts Them Out

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● November 3, 2014

Muslim women’s rights activists say Islam and feminism are often viewed as an impossible combination in western countries. “Muslim feminists are denied existence here,” says one woman.

French Muslims Confront Menace Beneath Ban of Veil

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● October 27, 2014

For generations France made little effort to include newcomers from its former colonies in North Africa, say critics. Now, two recent bans against religious veiling put French Muslim girls and women at the center of the country’s simmering immigration debate.

French Veil Ban Is Turning Muslim Women Off, Away

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● October 21, 2014

Tired of the polarizing effects of wearing the hijab after a 2004 ban and two more that followed, Muslim women in France are struggling to cope with a scarcity of social acceptance. Among the dozen women interviewed, some are thinking of leaving for good.

Teen Recruit to Al-Qaida Branch in Syria Wants Out

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● September 24, 2014

She thought she would be taking care of orphans in Aleppo, says her brother, referring to one of the most war-damaged cities in Syria. “Now, she watches children of fighters.” In the past month, a network of jihadist recruiters have been exposed in Turkey and France.

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Study: Ailing Stats on Global Teen Sex Health

France Pushes Abortion Rights Beyond Its Borders

5 Veiled Frenchwomen Tell 5 Stories of Harassment

Muslims Say French Feminism Shuts Them Out

French Muslims Confront Menace Beneath Ban of Veil

French Veil Ban Is Turning Muslim Women Off, Away

Teen Recruit to Al-Qaida Branch in Syria Wants Out

French Teen, 14, Deserts Family, Joins Islamic State

Fertility Push Viewed as Unsexy by Young Iranians

Queer Muslims Observe a Separate, Unequal Ramadan

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