Campaign Headlines
US: Protection from Sexual Violence Is a Human Right The Hill, October 29, 2012
DRC: Dr. Mukwege Who Worked With Rape Victims Survives Murder Attempt Guardian, October 26, 2012
Afghanistan: Clerics Denounce Violence Against Women Women's eNews, October 24, 2012
Pakistan: Another School Girl Threatened by Taliban; Government Is Not Protecting Her GlobalPost, October 22, 2012
DRC: Rape Numbers Rise Dramatically Guardian, October 22, 2012
Bangladesh: Violence Against Women Persists IPS, October 22, 2012
India: Violence Against Women Surging IPS, October 22, 2012
Pakistan: Girls Determined to Fight Guns With Books IPS, October 22, 2012
US: Female Perspectives on Ending Sexual Violence: Choosing Peace over Fear The WIP, October 18, 2012
Sudan: An Idealist on Death Row Foreign Policy, October 15, 2012
Commentary:
Pakistan: Malala's Next Fight
by Gordon Brown, The Daily Beast, October 15, 2012
Pakistan: Will Malala Yousafzai’s Shooting Be Pakistan’s Rosa Parks Moment? The Daily Beast, October 12, 2012
MENA: Arab Women Wage Cyber 'Uprising' Demanding Rights AFP, October 11, 2012
Commentary:
Global: Rape in War: Are We Getting it Wrong?
by Lauren Wolfe, Women's Media Center, October 11, 2012
Pakistan: Attack on Malala Yousaf Zai Will Not Shake Women's Rights Activists Association for Progressive Communications, October 9, 2012
Pakistan: Taliban Says It Shot ‘Infidel’ Teen for Advocating Girls’ Rights Washington Post, October 9, 2012
Colombia: Participation of Women Essential for Peace Talks Colombia Reports, October 8, 2012
US: Shrinking Pool of Affordable Housing Creates Hardship for Domestic Abuse Survivors RH Reality Check, October 8, 2012
Global: United Nations Resolution to Stop FGM Builds Steam Women News Network, October 5, 2012
Global: Violence Against Women: Feminist Movements Hold the Key to Change San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 2012
Syria: AUDIO: The High Price of the Conflict on Women CBC Radio, October 5, 2012
DRC: Mobile Gender Courts Nominated for Award AllAfrica, October 5, 2012
Commentary:
Global: Lift Up Women to Lift the World
by Melanne Verveer and Penny Abeywardena, CNN, September 24, 2012
UK: Changing the Definition of Domestic Violence Is Just the Start Guardian, September 21, 2012
Global: Violence Against Women, Property Rights Most Pressing Indigenous Issues UN News Centre, September 21, 2012
US: A Tribe’s Epidemic of Child Sex Abuse, Minimized for Years NY Times, September 21, 2012
Global: Who Creates Harmony the World Over? Women. Who Signs Peace Deals? Men Guardian, September 20, 2012
India: Are Women Not Part of Our Being? The Hindu, September 17, 2012
Global: World Needs to Build a Culture of Peace Says Ex-envoy IPS, September 14, 2012
Pakistan: Policeman uses paintbrush to fight crimes against women BBC, September 12, 2012
DRC: M23 Rebels Committing War Crimes Human Rights Watch, September 12, 2012
Rwanda: New Strategy to Stem Gender Violence The New Times, September 6, 2012
UAE: Only One in 10 Sex Attacks Against Women Is Reported to Police The National, September 6, 2012
DRC: Women Stitching a Community Back Together Huffington Post, September 5, 2012
Mexico: Journalist Lydia Cacho: 'I Don't Scare Easily' Guardian, August 31, 2012
Commentary:
US: More Than Lies About Rape
by Meghan Rhoad, Politico, August 31, 2012
US: Congressional Standoff Over Violence Against Immigrant Women Huffington Post, August 29, 2012
Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM Not Being Enforced Human Rights Watch, August 29, 2012
DRC: Aid Worker Diaries: CARE Assists Survivors of Sexual Violence AlertNet, August 28, 2012
East Timor: Struggle to Overcome Culture of Domestic Violence Guardian, August 24, 2012
Commentary:
US: Dear Mr. Akin, I Want You to Imagine...
by Eve Ensler, Huffington Post, August 22, 2012
Global: AUDIO: Rape Survivors: 'There Are a Billion of Us on the Planet' BBC News, August 22, 2012
Commentary:
US: Partisan Politics Hurt Women Worldwide
by Ritu Sharma, Politico, August 22, 2012
Norway: Photographing Violence Against Women NY Times, August 20, 2012
Rwanda: Gender-Based Violence Campaigns Paying Off AllAfrica, August 16, 2012
DRC: Rapes of Young Girls Still Unpunished IPS, August 16, 2012
Afghanistan: Wed and Tortured at 13, Sahar Gul Finds Rare Justice NY Times, August 13, 2012
Syria: Army Accused of Vicious, Systematic Rape Daily Beast, August 13, 2012
US: Foreign Policy, Akin-Style: How the U.S. Denies Abortions to Women Raped in War The Atlantic, August 12, 2012
US: Military Scandal: A Culture of Rape? Al Jazeera, August 4, 2012
