Shaina Shealy is an American freelance journalist living in Jerusalem. Find her @shainashealy. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bfshaina-shealy/rss en Health Reproductive Rights Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:11:23 +0000 Shaina Shealy https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/08/03/women-cross-from-israel-to-the-west-bank-to-choose-their-babies-sex https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/08/03/women-cross-from-israel-to-the-west-bank-to-choose-their-babies-sex Traffic across Israeli checkpoints for medical procedures usually goes one way – towards Israel – but some women are moving in the opposite direction in order to choose the sex of their babies at West Bank hospitals. Crisis and Conflict Health Thu, 11 May 2017 11:49:29 +0000 Shaina Shealy https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/11/first-domestic-abuse-survivor-to-speak-up-inspires-change-in-palestine https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/05/11/first-domestic-abuse-survivor-to-speak-up-inspires-change-in-palestine By speaking out about how she was abused by her husband, a Palestinian domestic violence survivor helped launch a conversation about the need to reform the Palestinian Penal Code to protect women.