Category: Features & analyses
Written by Arielle Kandel Two weeks ago, the Speaker of the New York City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, officially announced the launch of the Young Women’s Initiative, the “first initiative in the nation to specifically target and address systemic disparities faced by young women.” This project is described as a multiplatform coalition that will aim at “supporting young women in New York City and combating chronic racial and gender inequality in outcomes when it comes to healthcare, education, involvement in...
Written by Sabrina Axster Most people in New York have, at some point in late September, run into a roadblock. Parts of Midtown were on complete lock-down for several days. Why? Like every year, hundreds of world leaders — including Barack Obama and presidents, prime ministers, and majesties from countries all over the world — came to take part in the General Debate of the UN General Assembly. Many of them joined the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit which...
Written by Edil Cuepo “Do you have a bank account?” It’s a question that most college students and young and middle-aged professionals in New York would roll their eyes at. Who doesn’t have a bank account, right? I thought the same thing — but I was stunned when I saw the numbers. A significant number of adults in New York City go “unbanked” (or without a bank account) every year. According to a survey by the New York City...
Written by Sabrina Axster Every month, New Women New Yorkers features a summary of the most important national and local immigration news in a news digest. And, after nearly a year of compiling and reading the information that appears in the news about immigrants and immigration, I noticed a few common factors emerge. I decided to take a look at what the mainstream US print and online media actually covers when it comes to these issues to see where the...
