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WMC Women Under Siege
February 11, 2019 | Angelika Albaladejo | Feminism, International, Violence against women
Three generations of Colombian women rap to transform Medellín

From grandmother to granddaughters, the Yepes women use "conscious rap" to retake their community in Medellín from the image and legacy of Pablo Escobar. 

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October 24, 2018 | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | International, Misogyny, Politics
Women are globally underrepresented in politics. Why?

Why women remain outside the doors of political power is more nuanced than simply attributing it to sexism.

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October 11, 2018 | Linus Unah | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
How women are reconstructing their lives after the horrors of Boko Haram

Programs for those affected by Boko Haram's insurgency provide economic opportunity for Nigerian women, but they aren't without their flaws.

WMC Women Under Siege
August 31, 2018 | Daniel Howden | Immigration, International, Politics
Looking past outrage and violence to see the border

Coverage of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border has stirred outrage. But is what's happening new?

WMC Women Under Siege
August 16, 2018 | Katharina Natter, Hein de Haas | Immigration, International, Politics
There’s no hard right–soft left divide on migration policy

Governments’ political orientation does not determine whether they pursue more or less restrictive migration policies. New research from Katharina Natter and Hein de Haas debunks accepted wisdom on the politics of migration.

WMC Women Under Siege
August 10, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Gender-based violence, International, Online harassment
A Brazilian YouTuber brags about rape. Women are not amused.

Rape "jokes" made by a YouTube star are stirring controversy in Brazil, where a rape takes place every 11 minutes.

WMC Women Under Siege
August 03, 2018 | Akila Radhakrishnan, Pari Ibrahim | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Yet again, the world is failing genocide victims

As the genocide of Yezidi people at the hands of the Islamic State continues, survivors and their allies are still waiting for justice.

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July 19, 2018 | Philip Obaji Jr. | Economy, Girls, International
The Nigerian schoolgirls helping trafficked women rebuild their lives

When a group of schoolgirls from northeast Nigeria met trafficked women who were struggling to survive after returning home, they knew they had to do something. Now they raise funds to help those women launch their own businesses and rebuild their lives.

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July 05, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | Feminism, International, Violence against women
The World Cup’s green and yellow mark of shame

A video of Brazilian supporters harassing a Russian woman during the Soccer World Cup shows the ugly side of machismo.

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June 29, 2018 | Anush Avetisyan | Gender-based violence, International
How Russia oppresses women

Russia's decriminalization of domestic violence in 2017 is just one example of the many ways the country's leadership undermines and endangers women.

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June 22, 2018 | Akila Radhakrishnan, Michelle Onello, Esq. | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Attorney General Sessions violates international law

In yet another example of the Trump administration’s callous treatment of women, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a decision last week that all but eliminates the possibility of asylum in the U.S. for victims of domestic violence.

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June 08, 2018 | Elizabeth Wanja Gathu | Gender-based violence, Health, International, Politics, Violence against women
Learning ways to convict rapists in Kenya—other than by checking a survivor’s hymen

A multi-pronged approach that encourages Kenyan magistrates, prosecutors, doctors, clinicians, and government chemists to work together in pursuit of justice has helped fast track sexualized violence cases and bring justice closer to survivors.  

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May 25, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | International, Media, Misogyny
Fired for having a baby

Brazilian TV star Barbara Thomaz says she was fired after taking maternity leave and reporting harassment by one of her superiors. Her experience isn't unusual.

WMC Women Under Siege
May 09, 2018 | Natalia Bonilla | Gender-based violence, International, Politics
Misogyny stalls progress for women in Colombia post-peace accords

Despite the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia People’s Army being the first in the world to acknowledge the different realities and disadvantages women and the LGBTQ population face, advocates say deeply entrenched misogyny is stalling progress.

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April 25, 2018 | Wana Udobang | Arts and culture, Body image and body standards, International
The women selling beauty secrets from a region best known for Boko Haram

ABUJA, Nigeria—Masturah Musa kneads a ball of halawa with her fingers. As it begins to soften, she spreads the sticky caramel across her customer’s leg, then pulls it upward.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 19, 2018 | Gabriel Leão | International, Politics, Violence against women
Decades later, brutal violence of Operation Condor lingers in Brazil

Operation Condor, a France and U.S.-endorsed campaign of torture in South America, is long over. But the brutality it wrought still echoes today.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 06, 2018 | Viviana Waisman | International, Politics, Violence against women
An alternative obituary for Efraín Ríos Montt

Obituaries of Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt only tell part of the story. Here's the rest.

WMC Women Under Siege
March 20, 2018 | Christobel Hastings | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
#IWillGoOut: Undoing a narrative of fear for women in India

Indian women are reclaiming their sense of safety in public spaces and taking on the patriarchy...one nap at a time.

WMC Women Under Siege
March 06, 2018 | Ayesha Ahmad | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Afghan women will only be ‘empowered’ when they are free from violence

Many international donors want to invest in Afghan women’s economic potential. But the country needs to transform its entire gender infrastructure to really change women’s lives, writes Ayesha Ahmad.

WMC Women Under Siege
February 26, 2018 | Annie Hylton | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Study: 85 percent of Yazidi women interviewed describe unethical journalism practices

In a new report, a troubling pattern in which journalists paid little mind to ethics and consent when interviewing survivors of sexualized violence emerges. 

WMC Women Under Siege
February 15, 2018 | Ana P. Santos | Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Politics
Teen ‘widows’ of Duterte’s drug war face a bleak economic future

They are the hidden cost of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war in the Philippines: single, teenage mothers whose partners have been killed by police or vigilantes. And without a job or government support, it’s near impossible for them to support their children.

WMC Women Under Siege
February 08, 2018 | Shayera Dark | Education, Girls, International
Attitudes shifting to include girls' education in African refugee settlements

For many refugee children, especially girls, paying for and staying in school is a challenge. This program in a Ugandan refugee camp is working to change that. 

WMC Women Under Siege
February 05, 2018 | Sophie Mbugua | Economy, Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Violence against women
The village that gave up FGM and gender taboos—because of economics

When the women of Rwandit village learned how much initiation ceremonies for girls and boys were really costing them—in terms of money and lost education – they radically reformed their traditions, giving women and girls more power in the process.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 31, 2018 | Rossalyn Warren | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
No longer a ‘private’ matter, rape in Somaliland may soon be criminalized. But women say there’s still a long way to go.

“Women in Somaliland, especially younger women and girls, are now beginning to have hope for a better future,” 25-year-old Ahmed said of the bill, which is the country’s first piece of legislation to address sexualized violence.

WMC Women Under Siege
January 11, 2018 | Rumbi Chakamba | Disability, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Women accused of witchcraft face assault and death in Tanzania

Each year, hundreds of people—most of them women—have been killed for being suspected witches. Rights activists say raising awareness and investing in development can help stop communities from turning on their elders.


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