UA to Host Conference on Gender-Based Violence
The University of Arizona's first Conference on Gender-Based Violence will focus on survivorship. The conference will address the complex...
Lori Harwood | UA News
Oct 31, 2017
Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.
By Dionne Searcey "They said to me, ‘Are you going to sleep with us, or do you want to go on a mission?’”AISHA, 15 “I didn’t want a...
New York Times 1
Oct 25, 2017
My Interview With a Rohingya Refugee: What Do You Say to a Woman Whose Baby Was Thrown Into a Fire?
By Jeffrey Gettleman Rajuma this month at the refugee camp in Bangladesh, to which she escaped in late August.CreditSergey Ponomarev for...
New York Times 1
Oct 19, 2017
Globally Girls Struggle for Rights
What does child marriage mean for girls’ lives? And why does child marriage persist? Child marriage and a lack of access to quality...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 11, 2017
ISIS’s Other Victims
By Belkis Wille A woman fleeing the fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces in Intisar neighbourhood in eastern...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 9, 2017
“They Said We Are Their Slaves”
Josephine, 28, said she fled her home in Bangui with her husband and five young children due to fighting in the city in October 2014....
Human Rights Watch
Oct 5, 2017
Sexual Violence as Weapon of War
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war across the country during nearly five...
Human Rights Watch
Oct 4, 2017
Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws
In recent weeks, the Tunisian, Jordanian, and Lebanese parliaments have repealed provisions in their penal codes that allowed rapists to...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 24, 2017
For a Yazidi Woman, Justice for ISIS Crimes Is Still Elusive
Iraqi Yazidis who escaped the Islamic State from Sinjar enteing Dohuk Province, in Iraqi Kurdistan, from Syria in 2014. Kurdish fighters...
New York Times 1
Aug 17, 2017
Jordan Moves to Repeal Marry-Your-Rapist Law
Women calling for the repeal of a law in Jordan allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims stood outside...
New York Times 1
Aug 2, 2017
Tunisia Takes a Big Step to Protect Women From Abuse
By Lilia Blaise A hair salon in Tunis. A new law aimed at protecting Tunisian women has been lauded by human rights groups....
New York Times 1
Aug 1, 2017
To escape sexual violence at home, female migrants must risk sexual violence on the way to Europe
Women on their way to Italy sit on the deck of the rescue vessel Golfo Azzurro, after being rescued by Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms...
Rossalyn Warren | The Spoken Man Review
Jul 6, 2017
