by HEART Team | May 4, 2016 | Guest Bloggers, Safe Communities, Sexual Violence
by Sobia Ali Faisal To best understand the relationship between misogyny and sexual health I’ll begin this piece with a comprehensive definition for each term. Misogyny: “[M]isogyny is primarily a property of social systems or environments as a whole, in which...
by HEART Team | May 4, 2016 | Building Safer Communities, Sexual Violence, Survivor Support
by Nadiah Mohajir The act of reporting is one of the single most courageous acts ever. The revictimization is so overwhelming, the social, emotional and physical consequences can be so overwhelming, that many find it nearly impossible to report. Because of this, the...
by HEART Team | May 4, 2016 | Sexual and Reproductive Health, Youth
by Sameera Qureshi “Well, how do you know if you and your future spouse are sexually compatible if you don’t have sex before marriage? What if he’s a dud in bed?” I did a double take at the text message, let out a sigh of exasperation, and...
by HEART Team | May 4, 2016 | Sexual and Reproductive Health
By Anonymous For the past few years, I have struggled with pain associated with vaginal intercourse. I visited doctors but none could provide me with the answers I was looking for. “Have more sex, it’ll open up…it is supposed to hurt…try different...
by HEART Team | Jan 14, 2016 | Building Safer Communities, Sexual Violence, Survivor Support
by Amina Darwish Imam Tirmithi narrates a hadeeth where Abu Bakr [may God be pleased with him] said: “O Messenger of Allah! You have become gray.” He said: ‘I have gone gray from (Surat) Hud (11), Al-Waqi`ah (56), Al-Mursalat (77), `Amma...
