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Despite working hard to maintain a stable home for her children as a single mom, Kimberly Seals Allers’ son wishes for her and her ex-husband to get back together. His wish triggered shock and a slew of questions for her.
In this excerpt from Shelina Janmohamed’s new memoir, “Love in a Headscarf,” the author offers an ode to the all-important role of nylon-tunic-clad Aunties as networking powerhouses behind arranged marriage.
The Bush administration pushed marriage as a panacea for fighting poverty but a recent government study confirms the view of skeptics who say money problems must be solved first, since they destroy and destabilize relationships.
A Canadian bill that would protect the divorce rights of aboriginal women is being delayed by the suspension of parliament. Some First Nations women’s advocates oppose the proposed law as infringing on their sovereignty.
Uganda’s parliament recently passed bills on domestic violence and female genital mutilation. Now one female lawmaker hopes colleagues will approve in January long-awaited modernizations of marriage and divorce.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has joined calls for more domestic and foreign aid to reduce maternal deaths, which claim 1 in 7 women in the poorest nations. The effort launches as the Obama administration releases its first budget.
A family court activist in Michigan is training volunteers to observe family courts. The goal is to reform a system that many women who lose custody consider unjust. Latest story in our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
Watch out, tradition: online matchmaking has put power in the hands of Muslim women looking for the right man. But some are still too embarrassed to admit this route to matrimony.
Family courts traumatize battered women and hand custody to their abusers 37 percent of the time, finds a report released today by the Voices of Women Organizing Project. Latest story in our “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
Many women who surrendered their children for adoption hope to be “found.” As one of them–now thankfully reunited–I’m celebrating Jan. 1 as the day when New Hampshire joins those states with open birth records.