Category: Current Events

Why Amish Women Need Feminism & Important Way...

Posted by H.J., Intern - Amish Heritage Foundation | Mar 22, 2023 | Current Events | 0 |

Why Amish Women Need Feminism & Important Ways You Can Help

by H.J., Intern - Amish Heritage Foundation | Mar 22, 2023 | Current Events | 0 |

We have to stop thinking about Amish women and children as property of the Amish — and separate from us — and start thinking of them as fellow members of society. Empowering Amish women starts with our advocacy, and it relies on their education.

Why Wisconsin v. Yoder Makes COVID-19 Worse and Why Science Matters

by V.B., Summer Intern | Oct 8, 2021 | Current Events, Wisconsin v. Yoder | 0 |

COVID-19 has shown us that we’re all interconnected and that the actions of one community affects everyone else. The Amish aren’t self-sufficient and separated from the modern world: they go to the grocery store, sell things, interact with the non-Amish, and depend 100% on the outside world to survive.

Think the Taliban Are Cruel? Amish Women Legally Have No Rights Either

by Althea Chokwe | Sep 19, 2021 | Current Events | 0 |

The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Amish Church in America are unified in the fight against women’s rights. E.g., the Wisconsin v. Yoder verdict is eerily similar to the Taliban mandate of no schooling for females.

What Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Launched to Empower Working Women

by Althea Chokwe | Sep 3, 2021 | Current Events | 0 |

Education is the first logical step towards mentoring and empowering Amish women. How would I have turned out without the support of academic and industry figures?