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Being a Refugee Doesn’t Stop Political Engagement
Dec 7, 2017 Part II of this investigative series explores the ways organizations are combating violence against women and creating programs to help Syrian women living in Lebanon.
Pity the Nations: Women Refugees in Lebanon
Dec 6, 2017 Syrian women and girls living in Lebanon face violence and sexual exploitation as they are used as a form of currency in military ventures.
The Women Who Are Staring Down Duterte
May 5, 2017 In addition to his ruthless anti-drug policies, the Philippines president is known for undermining women, but they continue to defy him. (Pictured, Vice President Leni Robredo, a Duterte critic.)
Filipino Women Are Key in Resistance to Duterte
May 4, 2017 The first installment of a two-part series investigates the brutality and rampant misogyny that the Philippines president has visited upon his country.
The Best We Could Do
Apr 8, 2017 I thought graphic novels were kid stuff -- and there is no better book to prove me wrong than this turbulent memoir of a Vietnamese family.
Women Seeking Refuge: a Crisis Within a Crisis
Sep 24, 2016 Sexual violence is part of the price many women and girls fleeing their countries for Europe must pay. This crisis—notably dire for Africans—can be mitigated if refugee aid agencies give priority to specific female-centered measures.
France’s ‘Non’ to the Notion of ‘Sex Work’ Is a Blow Against the Exploitation of Women
Apr 12, 2016 The passage of a law that criminalizes sex buyers and decriminalizes those who are prostituted sends a powerful rebuke to Amnesty International, which has taken a misguided stance on an issue of human rights.