Global women’s rights activists react to Trump
NAIROBI — You’ll forgive the global women’s rights movement while it catches its breath. “I’m shellshocked. I have no words. I don’t even know…
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Good News & Bad News for Global Women’s Health Under Trump
First, the bad news. “Mr. Trump does not have a track record on health and reproductive rights so there’s not a lot we know…
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From the Department of Gentle Suggestions
Apparently all of us have had a lot to say since Paris. I’ve not had so much to say, until a couple days ago,…
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Women Refugees in Europe Are Told Rape “Is Definitely Not the Problem”
I thought this story was going to be straightforward: The United Nations and the big crisis response groups have been talking forever — even…
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An Aid Worker Fights for Justice After Being Raped in South Sudan
Megan Nobert is a 28-year-old lawyer with an expertise in sexual and gender-based violence. Last year, she went to South Sudan hoping to help its…
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All of Uganda’s Free Emergecy Contraceptives Are About to Expire
NAIROBI — Uganda’s entire public stock of emergency contraceptives will expire by Wednesday, leaving women — especially survivors of rape — in the lurch.
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The Sexual Abuse of Cambodia’s History is No Longer Invisible
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In the early days of the new regime, Chan Phay lived a mostly normal life. By 1975, the Khmer Rouge…
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How Rwandan Women Got Their Power
Twenty years after Rwanda’s genocide, the country’s women have made huge strides in politics and law. But culture changes more slowly. KIGALI, Rwanda —…
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Terrorized Kenyan Town Loses Doctors, Nurses
The bodies of the students killed at Garissa University, in Kenya’s most deadly terrorist attack in nearly 10 years, had all been flown to…
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“I Even Ran Barefoot”: Survivors of Kenya College Attack Struggle With Terror’s Aftermath
“There are still people there, sleeping in the forest.” Survivors of Kenya’s worst terrorist attack in years describe fleeing al-Shabaab militants. BuzzFeed News’ Jina…
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