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Is Deportation a Death Sentence for Salvadoran Women?

What will happen to the girls and women deported from the U.S. to Central America? Many fear the answer. The Trump administration said last week that, by September 2019, it will deport 200,000 Salvadoran…

by Xanthe Scharff and Dánae VílchezJan 16, 2018

This article was originally published in Newsweek.

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.

Women in Ghana Battle a U.S.-Owned Gold Mine for Land and Livelihood

Yaa Konadu wasn’t at the farm when the men came to take it away from her. “Come,” said one of her workers, who called the 74-year-old grandmother at her home in town with the bad…

by Sophia JonesDec 14, 2017

This article was originally published in Sierra Magazine.

Why Child Marriage Persists In Mexico

A dozen young women sit in a stuffy, gnat-filled room in a community center in Coatecas Altas, part of Mexico’s Oaxaca state. At first they’re shy. But it doesn’t take long for them to start…

by James Fredrick and Natasha Pizzey-SiegertNov 23, 2017

This article was originally published in NPR.

The Dangers of Forcing Gender Equality in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Sitting cross-legged on the floor of a sparsely decorated Kabul apartment, the young, bubbly woman told me why she lies to her neighbors. She tells them she’s a nurse when they…

by Sophia JonesNov 21, 2017

This article was originally published in The New York Times.

Nigerian girls often still drop out of school to work, despite the country’s increasing wealth

When their mother was well and in their home in Lagos, Nigeria, 15-year old twins Kehinde and Taiwo Oni thought that they, like their mom, would finish secondary school. But when she had to…

by Ijeoma NdukweJul 27, 2017

This article was originally published in PRI.

Trump Pulled Out of the Paris Climate Agreement—And Women of All Ages Will Feel It

This afternoon President Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, a widely endorsed agreement that unites 195 countries around the effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and make other environmentally friendly…

by Christina AsquithJun 2, 2017

This article was originally published in Glamour.

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.

‘You Cannot Have Peace If You Don’t Listen to Women’

KIGALI, Rwanda – Marie shuffled seven chairs to fit around the table in her courtyard, placed down a tray of tea, and poured water into glasses. When her friends arrived, she hugged each of them.…

by Rossalyn WarrenMar 21, 2017

This article was originally published in The New York Times.

‘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.

This Is How Trump’s Abortion Policy Will Curb Life-Saving Health Care

“Many are going to die,” warned one impoverished 17-year-old Kenyan woman who nearly lost her life to a back-alley abortion. Quinter Atieno was 13 years old when she first sought out a back-alley abortion.…

by Sophia Jones and Neha WadekarFeb 1, 2017

This article was originally published in ELLE.

The World According to Men

ISTANBUL—For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, women war correspondents were rare creatures—considered intellectual oddities, more likely to be fetishized than taken seriously as news gatherers. Even as recently as 2002, Vanity Fair…

by Christina AsquithMar 7, 2016

This article was originally published in The Atlantic.

The “Gang of Girls” Risks Their Lives to Report From Inside a War Zone

Amid the rubble of Syria, a band of women are risking prison, or worse, to report, write, and edit the civil war’s paper of record. Kholoud Waleed* was startled awake by the sound of the…

by Christina AsquithMay 5, 2015

This article was originally published in Elle.

Why Turkey won’t say the G-word when it comes to the Armenians

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) – Sitting on a sunny bench in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, Fadime Gurgen dismisses the controversy surrounding the 100th anniversary Friday of the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire with a wave…

by Christina Asquith and Audrey PenceApr 24, 2015

This article was originally published in CNN.

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