by HEART Team | Apr 30, 2014 | Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual Violence
A collaborative effort between the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, HEART Women & Girls, the Rahma Network, and Karamah, Engaging Muslim Communities in Ending Sexual Exploitation: A Toolkit and Resource Guide targets groups within Muslim communities...
by HEART Team | Apr 14, 2014 | Mental Well-Being, Sexual Violence
by Nadiah Mohajir originally published on altmuslimah.com ******trigger warning******* Just having returned from an intense karate class, Rania* reflected on her anger, and how tired she felt upon the release of her anger. “I just hate him,” she thought. “I really...
by HEART Team | Apr 10, 2014 | Sexual Violence
By Sameera Qureshi originally published on muslimsistah-sq.blogspot.ca I woke up suddenly at 6:00am from a bad dream, wondering how men could do this, trying to understand the twisted psychology behind their behaviour. No matter how hard I thought, I couldn’t...
by HEART Team | Apr 3, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Sexual Violence
by Sarah Hasan The other day I was looking up local Sexual Assault Awareness Month events and thinking about ways to get people from our (‘our’ in this case = Muslim) communities to come out and participate. I started to imagine people who came to my mind first and...
by HEART Team | Mar 25, 2014 | Media Literacy, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Youth
by Nadiah Mohajir As we’ve collected stories for the past four years, we have met countless women who struggled with some aspect of their sexuality. We met Farah*, a young woman who had been married a couple of years, struggling to consummate her marriage due to...
