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Meet University Student ‘Counting Dead Women’ Around Kenya

When she is not at university, Audrey Mugeni is updating her spreadsheet. Every month, she adds more names. In one column, a grim question needs answering: ‘What killed this woman?’

by Louise Donovan

This article was originally published in The Daily Nation.

In Philippine Red-Light District, an Uphill Struggle to Battle Trafficking and Abuses

The Philippines sex industry and potential for continued exploitation is indirectly aided by legislative loopholes and indifference from authorities.

by Corinne Redfern

This article was originally published in The Washington Post.

‘Dumped Babies Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: The Deadly Consequences of Curbing Reproductive Rights

Abortions are illegal in Kenya. Every day, 320 women are hospitalised – and seven die – as a result of dangerous ‘quack’ abortions in Kenya.

by Nasibo Kabale, Louise Donovan

This article was published in partnership with The Nation and The Telegraph.

Bangladesh’s Child Marriage Problem Is the World’s Human Trafficking Crisis

Approximately 52 percent of girls in Bangladesh are coerced into marriage as children and left without the support they need to protect themselves.

by Corinne Redfern

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

How to Make Abortion Great Again

Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the EU. But four women, nicknamed the "abortion dream team," are pushing back.

by Anna Louie Sussman

This article was originally published in Harper’s Bazaar.

What the World Loses if Turkey Destroys the Syrian Kurds

Amid crackdowns on supporters of the Kurdish movement in Turkey, Kurdish Syria became the heart of the greater Kurdish movement.

by Jenna Krajeski

This article was originally published in The New York Times.

The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts

The program’s design is similar to universal basic income, and marks a departure from the paternalistic attitude of previous governments.

by Anna Louie Sussman

This article was originally published in The Atlantic.

‘I Need the Money But I Feel Guilt.’ How a Drought-Resistant Crop Turned Women in Kenya into Reluctant Drug Lords

Khat is one of the most popular — and lucrative — drugs in the region, bringing in $400,000 a day in Kenya alone for its primarily women sellers.

by Nasibo Kabale, Jillian Keenan

This article was originally published in TIME Magazine.

Doubts Still Linger on Kenyans’ Safety in Middle East

Stories of Kenyan women migrant workers pleading for help led the Kenya government to shut down thousands of unregulated recruiting agencies.

by Jillian Keenan, Njeri Rugene

This article was originally published in The Daily Nation.

The Living Hell of Young Girls Enslaved in Bangladesh’s Brothels

Sold by traffickers, trapped for years and raped many times a day … this is the life of tens of thousands of underage girls in Bangladesh.

by Corinne Redfern

This article was originally published in The Guardian.

Trump’s Human Trafficking Record Is Fake News

The U.S. government has just released a highly anticipated human rights report that whitewashes the effects of its own policies.

by Jenna Krajeski

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

Britain Is Making Sexual Harassment a Hate Crime

Five different times, Shana Grice reported her ex-boyfriend to the police in Sussex, England.

by Foreign Policy, Jillian Keenan

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

Only Women Can Stop the Apocalypse

Nearly three decades after the end of the Cold War, nuclear conflict remains the single greatest immediate threat to global security.

by Xanthe Scharff

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

El Salvador Kills Women as the U.S. Shrugs

Washington helped start an epidemic of violence against women in Central America. Now it’s washing its hands of the problem.

by Christina Asquith, Louise Donovan

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

Do Traffickers Kidnap Their Victims? The Myths and Realities of Human Trafficking

As awareness and understanding around human trafficking grows, so do its myths, filtered and fertilized through social media and misunderstandings.

by Melissa Brown

This article was originally published in Montgomery Advertiser.

America Never Gave Afghan Women a Chance

Washington failed at the most promising path toward stability in Afghanistan: keeping the country’s women alive.

by Sophia Jones, Christina Asquith

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

In Mosques Across Morocco, Women are Leading a Quiet Revolution

Trained and employed as clerics by the Moroccan government, hundreds of women are experts in Islamic law and tradition and wield power that allows them to promote and defend women’s rights.

by Lisa Abend

This article was originally published in ELLE.

‘Men Kill Women Because They Can’: Inside El Salvador’s Devastating Femicide Crisis

Inside El Salvador's devastating femicide crisis.

by Louise Donovan

This article was originally published in ELLE.

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