PBS News Hour

How this advocate fights gendered Islamophobia in medicine

Muslim women in the U.S. experience discrimination in many aspects of their lives, including health care. Sahar Pirzada has made it the mission of her work at a national nonprofit to fight the medical mistreatment Muslim women experience. She gives her brief but spectacular take on why gendered Islamophobia matters in the larger conversation around reproductive justice.

How this advocate fights gendered Islamophobia in medicine

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