WMC Women Under Siege
December 22, 2016 | Lizzie Porter | Disability, International, Violence against women
For female detainees in Syria, life after prison can be even worse

When Luna Watfa refused to reveal any information to her interrogators, they took her son, 17, and threatened to torture him. “They put my son’s hands behind his back, his T-shirt over his head and they took him,” she says.

WMC Women Under Siege
December 19, 2016 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Rape is being used for ethnic cleansing in South Sudan. But it’s not the first place, or the last.

Wars fought because of ethnic hatred often seem to be more brutal than others. This is just a personal observation, having studied many. Just look at Rwanda, whose 1994 war saw between 250,000 and half a million women raped, often with objects and often publicly, in order to spread maximum humiliation and terror.

WMC Women Under Siege
December 15, 2016 | Anna Kim, Ashley Wolfington | Health, International, Violence against women
For women in humanitarian crises, contraception is vital

The recent Lancet Series on Maternal Health confirms a well-established reality: The majority of preventable maternal deaths continue to occur in areas affected by humanitarian crisis, largely as a result of poor maternal care. But this reminder is also accompanied by a chronic offense. Contraception is not given the spotlight it deserves.

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December 07, 2016 | Elspeth Dehnert | International, Violence against women
Freeing Mosul could be a death sentence for Iraqi women: A Q&A with Yanar Mohammed
In 2003, Yanar Mohammed decided she’d had enough. The war in Iraq was picking up steam, and she didn’t want to sit idly in Canada as her home country’s women and girls were being victimized in the turmoil. So, she packed up her bags and moved back to Baghdad to find a way to help.
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