Author Archive for Emine Dilek

Emine Dilek is a journalist/writer, radio host, and a women’s rights activist. She works as a columnist for PALM BEACH woman, a business magazine for women. She is also a contributing editor for Women's Views on News, a UK based news magazine covering women's news from around the world. She has two blogs where she writes about women’s issues and translates poetry. She has covered UN Women events and interviewed high profile guests such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Many of her articles have been published in The New Agenda, The Vibe, W.E.A Women @ Work, Amazing Women Rock and ICAHK. She also produces and hosts a radio program called Women’s Voice to connect women around the world so that they can share their expertise, support each other’s causes and understand the root causes of problems at local level. She has been an active member of NOW (National Organisation for Women) for years. She is also a member of WOW (Women for Women International), The New Agenda, Women’s Refugee Commission, Dynamic Diaspora: Women and Immigration, and many other women’s organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management

America’s Bargained Democracy

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The staggering scope of privatization of our government’s services and duties started by Eisenhower and accelerated with George W. Bush, has created a shadow government that in size has never been foreseen in the history of industrialized world.

The Tea Party’s Dejection Philosophy

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So I appeal to all the candidates who are aspiring to be the next President of our country; please stop the dejection philosophy but adopt a ‘can do’ attitude. Tell us that you want to improve, how you intend to better our education system, our health care system, our regulatory systems, instead of telling us you will simply ‘get rid of’ them.