Women in the Muslim World
By Saman Hussain, AAC&U summer intern and University of Virginia senior
Muslim women” and “oppression” are linked words that have blared through radio speakers, TV screens, and even movie theatres, until they have become inseparable, almost synonymous. As the submissive and secluded echoes of a backward Middle East, Muslim women have been under the spotlight of Western attention more so today than arguably ever before. Images of chador-clad women, adorned in copious amounts of cloth trailing silently behind their male companions flash through one’s head. Yet just how gloomy is the condition of these women today?

A Historical Perspective on the State of Women's Education in the Caribbean Region
By Lillian A. Miller, Ph.D. Candidate, Union College
In order to arrive at an accurate picture of women in the higher education institutions of the Caribbean, it is important to understand the nature of education and its history in the context of colonialism. Therefore, this article will attend first to the colonial period and the construction of education in the region. The article will then explore the status of Caribbean women throughout the conceptualization and establishment of Caribbean higher education..