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Gender-Based Violence

Rebels With A Cause: The All Female Motorbike Squads Tackling India’s Rape Problem

  A woman is raped every 13 minutes in India. As the situation reaches desperate proportions, one police commissioner thinks there might be an answer. In the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, a new, all-female police…
by Louise DonovanJun 26, 2018

This article was originally published in ELLE.

Colombia Was Just Starting To Deliver Justice To Women. Will A New President Get In The Way?

  With the election of a new president Sunday, Colombia threw the future of its peace deal into uncertainty. Conservative candidate Ivan Duque has repeatedly pledged to roll back parts of the landmark 2016 peace…
by Lucy SheriffJun 19, 2018

This article was originally published in TIME.

The War on Drugs Failed. It’s Time for a War on Abuse.

Two days before she was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head on May 3 of this year, Anako Lumumba told police that her ex-boyfriend was stalking and threatening her. This wasn’t the…
by Natalie Schreyer and Jessica KleinJun 15, 2018

This article was originally published in CNN.

Welcome To Puntland: Where Many Men Don’t Consider Rape A Crime

  Every morning, 28-year-old Officer Shamis Abdi Bile rises before dawn to make breakfast for her three young children. She bustles around the house, taking part in a few of the traditional tenets homemaking, something…
by Neha WadekarApr 26, 2018

This article was originally published in ELLE.

Domestic Abusers: Dangerous for Women — and Lethal for Cops

  Linda Pope faced a flood of red and blue lights as she arrived at the hospital on the night her husband was killed. Cincinnati Police Officer Daniel Pope had been shot in the head…
by Natalie ShreyerApr 10, 2018

This article was originally published in USA Today.

A Lethal Combination

The names Nikolas Cruz, Devin Kelley, Omar Mateen, Stephen Paddock and Adam Lanza invoke the terror of the U.S.’ seemingly innumerable mass shootings. These rampages—in places like schools, churches, nightclubs and concerts—have rattled the nation…
by Natalie ShreyerFeb 23, 2018

This article was originally published in Ms. Magazine.

Trolling The Patriarchy With Photos Of Battered Women – One Woman’s Quest To Change Russia’s Domestic Violence Laws

  ‘The punishment for beating your wife now feels like paying a parking ticket’ – Alena Popova MOSCOW – For Russian women’s rights activist Alena Popova, battling the patriarchy is a full-time job. The 35-year-old…
by Amie Ferris-RotmanFeb 22, 2018

This article was originally published in ELLE.

Russia’s Disappearing Women

  New legislation in Russia means that men can avoid criminal prosecution for domestic violence. As the death toll rises to a reported one every forty minutes, how do we stop countless women from vanishing…
by Amie Ferris-RotmanFeb 7, 2018

This article was originally published in ELLE.

My Husband Sold Me To A Brothel

Over the course of seven months, journalists Corinne Redfern and Allison Joyce followed the lives of sex workers in Bangladesh as part of an exclusive investigation into internal trafficking across the country. This is Moyna’s…
by Corinne Redfern, photos by Allison Sarah JoyceJan 10, 2018

This article was originally published in ELLE.

Femicide The Rallying Cry For Families Of Girls Killed In Guatemalan Orphanage Fire

  Lawyers claim the disaster that killed 41 girls at the San José Pinula children’s shelter reflects wider state failings on the protection of women in Guatemala Outside Palacio Verde, in the centre of Guatemala…
by Rossalyn WarrenMay 4, 2017

This article was originally published in The Guardian.

Women are Dying in Turkey

  On a quiet November evening in 2014, Eda Okutgen left her apartment in the coastal Turkish city of Izmir and ran for her life. She didn’t get far. Her ex-husband, Ugur Buynak, had already…
by Sophia JonesApr 27, 2017

This article was originally published in Foreign Affairs.

Turkish Women Rising

Turkish women risk peril in demanding their rights. Protestors face police tear gas and water cannons, courting detention and jail time for demonstrating against the government or in support of issues like LGBT rights. But…
by Christina Asquith and Sophia JonesApr 26, 2017

This article was originally published in Ms. Magazine.

‘Fake news’ fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it’s being used again

Exiled journalists tell of how decades of balanced post-conflict reporting is being dismantled by President Nkurunziza. As a journalist, it is Aline’s job to report on her country and president, but she doesn’t know how…
by Rossalyn WarrenMar 1, 2017

This article was originally published in The Guardian.

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