The Voices of Displaced Women & Girls Must Be Heard
For years, female migrants and asylum seekers in Greece have contended with pervasive and consistent sexual and gender based violence (SGBV). On repeated...
October 6th, 2018 
Marie-Helene RousseauAn Interview with Fatma el-Mehdi: Western Sahara Peace & Women’s Rights Activist
Fatma el-Mehdi is a Western Saharan activist who has been a refugee in Algeria for more than forty years. She is the secretary general of the National Union of...
October 1st, 2018 
Frank Elbers
Lisa SöderlindhUN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Reveals Horrifying Extent of Atrocities
On September 18, 2018, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar released its full report to the UN Human Rights Council, documenting the...
September 29th, 2018 Is Morocco’s New Violence Against Women Law Enough?
On Wednesday, September 12, Morocco enacted what is locally known as the Hakkaoui law, a new piece of legislation criminalizing “harassment, aggression,...
September 17th, 2018 
Nicolette TetaThe New York Times Pays Tribute to Egyptian Feminist & Activist Doria Shafik
Doria Shafik, born in Tanta, Egypt, in 1908, spent her life fighting for the political and social rights of Egyptian women. She used journalism, hunger...
August 25th, 2018 