Traditions Archives – Women's eNews

Greater Investment in China’s One-Child Daughters

By Melissa Ludtke & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● July 26, 2015

As children, these young women were more valued by their families than daughters in the past generations and they’ve achieved more than women who came before them in their towns. But pressures on them to get married remain strong.

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Holiday Stress, Like Holiday Magic, Is Home Made

By Dawna Ballard & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● December 29, 2014

What gets us in trouble is the unexamined belief that various holidays and other special dates are magic time containers of our shared values: Just add water (in the form of perfectly timed and elaborate preparations) and mix.

Video: Why I Lived as a Boy in Afghanistan

By Léa Bouchoucha ● Arts & Culture ● December 7, 2014

While in New York recently, Faheema reflected on what drew her to the longstanding but little-documented practice in Afghanistan of “bacha posh,” a Farsi expression meaning “dress up as boys.”

Women’s eNews Is a Garden, Bearing Fruit of Change

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Arts & Culture ● November 27, 2014

This season, my father’s gardens filled our home with hard work, nutrition, hopes for the next season and thankfulness. For me now, gratitude comes for the support for our work in journalism, one that grows a harvest of positive change.

Fertility Push Viewed as Unsexy by Young Iranians

By Hajer Naili ● Health & Science ● August 5, 2014

Skeptics wrinkle their brows at the Ayatollah’s push for larger families and the government’s efforts to restrict family planning and provide incentives for childbirth. Iran’s youth want to be free, says a scholar of the Iranian women’s movement.

Euro Court’s Ban on French Veil Is Biased

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● July 4, 2014

France expresses no concern over cyclists who race naked or sunbathe naked on certain beaches, yet is concerned by women who wish not to show their skin and face? I call that a blatant double standard.

Indian Baby Showers Add Iron-Rich Nutritional Gift

By Melody Wilson ● Health & Science ● November 25, 2013

The ancient custom of celebrating a forthcoming child is changing in some communities as India struggles to reduce child mortality and malnutrition.

Women of Color Question Notions of Solidarity

By Crystal Lewis ● Arts & Culture ● November 13, 2013

When it comes to twerking, why is the trend now about Miley Cyrus and not the black origins of the dance? With help from Twitter, women of color are talking more about their missing intersections with mainstream media and feminism.

Placenta Spiritually Revered, But Not in the West

By Y.W. Loke ● Uncategorized ● July 28, 2013

This afterbirth has spiritual and religious significance in different parts of the world, says Y.W. Loke in this excerpt from “Life’s Vital Link.” But perhaps it’s overlooked in Western culture since birth has “become so cold and clinical.”

Women Who Are Judged Mentally Ill Might Just Be Mad

By Daniel Freeman & Jason Freeman ● Uncategorized ● July 20, 2013

Feminists have been raising red flags over the discrepancy between men’s and women’s mental health since the 1970s, say Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman in this excerpt from “The Stressed Sex.” One blames it on misdiagnosis and mistreatment.