Female Perspectives on Ending Sexual Violence: Breaking the Silence

by Stephanie Koehler -USA- Stephanie Koehler is a journalist and photographer residing in California. She also is an advocate for the Rape Crisis Center. The vision of “Female Perspectives on Ending Sexual Violence” is to unite women all over the...

Posted by Stephanie Koehler on February 14, 2013 12:01 AM

One Billion Rising Against Sexual Violence: Will It Be Enough for India?

by Chryselle D’Silva Dias -India- I was a schoolgirl when I first experienced harassment on public buses in Mumbai. I still remember the red double-decker #361, the conductor with the pock-marked face and thick black moustache not moving an inch...

Posted by Chryselle D'Silva Dias on January 21, 2013 9:40 AM

Palestinian Women Are Being Failed by Refuge and Shelter Services

by Arwa Aburawa -U.K.- When I first heard about the murder of Nancy Zaboun in Bethlehem on Monday, July 30, all I could think about was that another woman had been let down by the system. A weak and underfunded...

Posted by Arwa Aburawa on October 26, 2012 12:01 AM

How Far Should CouchSurfing Go to Ensure Women’s Safety?

by Mandy Van Deven -USA- When I began to understand the immensity of the world, I felt a visceral inclination to discover all that it possessed – or at least as much of it as I could. There was, however,...

Posted by Mandy Van Deven on October 15, 2012 8:46 AM

Rape Survivors in the Military: Invisible No More

by Alexandra Marie Daniels Arts, Culture & Media Editor "If everyone knows, it can’t be a secret." - The Invisible War “If you could do one thing political this month, go see this film.” These words stay with me in...

Posted by Alexandra Marie Daniels on June 19, 2012 12:01 AM

Despite Profits, Beer Companies Do Not Provide Living Wage For Cambodian Promoters

by Michelle Tolson -Cambodia- Entertainment venues are very popular in Cambodia. They are well supplied with beer and young women to serve it. Karaoke clubs and beer gardens are frequented by Khmer men who expect women to sit and drink...

Posted by Michelle Tolson on March 13, 2012 7:51 AM

Facebook Game ‘Angry Brides’ Trivializes Grave Human Rights Violation

by Rita Banerji -India- I am on a Google alert for “dowry,” a practice that is recognized as one of the underlying causes of India’s female genocide/gendercide. Recently there was an avalanche of ‘dowry’ alerts as Indian and foreign media...

Posted by Rita Banerji on February 22, 2012 12:01 AM

Life-Skills Training to Break the Cycle of Violence in Mongolia

by Michelle Tolson -Mongolia- One night while relaxing at home after a long day of horseback riding, I heard a loud banging on a door downstairs. It was a man adamant to be let in. He was probably drunk. This...

Posted by Michelle Tolson on October 31, 2011 2:14 PM

Innovative Internet-based Projects Give Indian Women Platform to Fight Violence

by Paromita Pain -India- Gropes, stealthy fingers that pinch and leave bruises, catcalls, severe beatings, systematic starvation, emotional torture and worse – harassment against women takes many forms, and like issues of hunger and poverty, it is global in scope....

Posted by Paromita Pain on September 23, 2011 12:01 AM

Pursuit of Greener Pastures in Saudi Arabia Spells Doom for Kenyan Immigrants

by Joyce J. Wangui -Kenya- As the quest for working abroad heightens for many skilled and semi-skilled Kenyans, only a handful understand the implications of working in countries where labor laws are ignored. Media reports of brutality toward foreign laborers...

Posted by Joyce J. Wangui on July 12, 2011 12:01 AM

This International Women’s Day, Choose Love

by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor In preparation for this year’s centenary celebration, one that early reports indicate will be the largest International Women’s Day the world has ever seen, I thought a lot about my role in the movement. In...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 8, 2011 6:17 AM