Women’s Rights | Jina Moore

Award winner, CJR, Criticism, On Media, US, Women's Rights

Documenting Domestic Violence

Wednesday, as the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act was still less than certain, Time magazine published Sara Naomi Lewkowicz’s photo essay about…

More Work, Reporting, South Africa, The Nation, Women's Rights

In South Africa, a Liberal Abortion Law Doesn’t Guarantee Access

Seventeen years ago, as apartheid came to an end and a democratically elected government took power, South Africa seemed ready to become an abortion…

Christian Science Monitor, Global Health, Liberia, Reporting, Women's Rights

Mae Azango Exposed a Secret Ritual

Todee, Liberia — It’s late afternoon in Todee, a village in rural Liberia, and the sun is starting to drop. Mae Azango settles into…

Liberia, More Work, PRI'S The World, Radio, Women's Rights

Reporter Threatened Over Female Circumcision Story

I came to Liberia to work with a newspaper reporter named Mae Azango, in the capital city, Monrovia. We were going to do a…

Women's Rights

In which I talk about women, war, peace and reproductive health at CSW today

I am not so good at the self-promotion thing, but I’m part of a panel on women in media taking place amidst the many…

Elsewhere, Women's Rights

As diplomats meet in London to talk Somalia, where are the women?

Lots of powerful men — and a few powerful women, including the American Secretary of State — are meeting in London to talk about…

Christian Science Monitor, Essay, Power, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Women's Rights

In Africa, Reporters Face Ethical Questions When Reporting on Rape

Kigali, Rwanda — But first, a quick news update: A Congolese colonel is going to jail for his sex crimes. It’s the first such…

African Great Lakes, DRC, More Work, Power, Radio, Reporting, Women's Rights, World Vision Report

In Congo, Women Fight Rape With Radios

One courageous young journalist uses her microphone to fight sexual violence — and changes a countryside, village by village. A radio feature commissioned by…

African Great Lakes, CJR, Criticism, DRC, Essay, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Women's Rights

How Not to Write About Rape

How can we make readers ethically comfortable with our journalism choices but morally uncomfortable with the horrors we have to write about?

African Great Lakes, Human Rights, UN, Women's Rights

Happy Birthday 1325, or, Why women in Burundi won’t let me be cynical about (some) UN resolutions

If you’ve never been to a birthday party for a Security Council resolution, well, get out your party shoes. Today is the 10th anniversary…