California State University professor Dr. Sophia Pandya will be speaking about the impact upon women in the political chaos in Yemen, Bahrain, and Turkey, since the 2011 “Arab Spring” at Rochester College on Thursday, April 5, at 5:00 p.m. in conjunction with the Turkish American Society. Women are particularly vulnerable during political conflict, especially in patriarchal societies. They witness violence, sexual abuse, displacement, poverty, unemployment, disruption of education, and … [Read more...]