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Home Still Far Away for Immigrants With HIV

By Amy Lieberman ● Uncategorized ● May 23, 2013

Few female immigrants have enjoyed the benefit of the travel ban on people with HIV lifted three years ago Financial hardships, fear of stigma in their homelands and uncertainties about their U.S. legal status all block the way.

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Migration Has Bright Spots for Girls, Female Teens

By Hajer Naili ● Employment ● May 14, 2013

Sex trafficking and exploitative employers are serious hazards. But a May 14 report also finds that families free daughters from early marriage when households depend on them for remittances.

Obama, It’s Time to Protect Immigrant Women

By Mallika Dutt ● Politics ● July 15, 2012

Obama reached out a hand to “DREAM” youth. Now it’s time to help immigrant women, especially mothers. After the passage of laws like Arizona’s SB 1070 and its copycats, many women and their families are struggling to survive in a dangerous underground limbo.

Immigrant Health Messengers Jump the Culture Gaps

By Amy DePaul ● Health & Science ● July 6, 2012

Community health workers seek out women in immigrant communities on their turf and in their language. In some Vietnamese neighborhoods that means going to cosmetology trainings to meet workers headed for nail salons.

‘Papers Please’ Arizona Clause Alarms Advocates

By Sadiya Ansari ● Crime & Law ● June 25, 2012

The Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to upheld a clause of Arizona’s immigration law disappointed women’s groups who see it chilling legal services for victims of domestic violence.

Kurdish Female Migrants Meet Isolation in Istanbul

By Jennifer Hattam ● Politics ● May 6, 2012

Life isn’t easy for the female migrants continually flowing into Istanbul from Turkey’s Kurdish region. Those who are illiterate or unable to speak Turkish can face particularly intense isolation from basic services.

Healthy-Eating Teachers Target Cultural Taste Buds

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● April 9, 2012

Diabetes and obesity are big problems for Hispanic women in New York, particularly those in low-income areas such as the South Bronx. Nutritionists say lessons in healthier eating and cooking begin with a cultural understanding of food.

Family and Work: An Immigrant Woman’s Dilemma

By Zaira Cortes ● Uncategorized ● January 27, 2012

Midnight passes and it is intensely cold on Roosevelt Avenue. On the corner of 82 Street, Maria Gomez, a-39-year-old Mexican, carefully cleans the space occupied by her food cart.

With water and "jabón Roma," she brushes the fat off the stove that comes from the meat she cooks to prepare tacos.

Jump in U.S. Deportations Leaves Moms Stranded

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● November 15, 2011

The United States deported a record-breaking number of people in the past year. Many of these deportees are parents of U.S.-citizen children, leaving some mothers suddenly struggling to support their families.

Rape Definition Expands; Female Detainees Abused

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● October 22, 2011

The Uniform Crime Report Subcommittee of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services voted on Oct. 18 to expand its definition of rape, reported Ms. Oct. 19.