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Women Under Siege is a project documenting & investigating gendered/sexualized violence in conflict. Pitch us: frances@womensmediacenter.com

Joined November 2011

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    Victoria’s Secret defined femininity for millions of women. But inside the company, 2 powerful men presided over an entrenched culture of misogyny, bullying and harassment, a New York Times investigation found.

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    Can a woman win the presidency? Even asking the question discourages women from running: When women run, they win as often as men do. So why don’t more run?

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    From Threats of Gang Rape to Islamophobic Badgering, Indian Women Politicians Face High Levels of Online Abuse, Says Report

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    Jan 23

    The desperate and opportunistic "rough sex" defense

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    Jan 23

    The fact that so many people told us all that this case was pointless, that it would never happen, or that it would fail, makes today’s ruling at the ICJ all the more special. Justice is coming for the . Even the twitter trolls have been unusually quiet today.

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    Jan 20

    I am an immigrant. My family fled El Salvador with death pounding on our door. The terror, the loss, the injustice of this experience shaped everything about me. I see no part of myself reflected in , a book white critics are hailing as the great immigrant novel.

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  7. “My daughter will get justice. This hanging will restore the faith of the country’s women.”

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    Jan 9

    The surveillance video taken from outside Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell on the day of his first apparent suicide attempt has been permanently deleted because video from the wrong floor was saved due to a clerical error, federal prosecutors claim.

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    This is reproductive coercion. This is what we are talking about reproductive justice and why we must talk about pregnancy decision-making beyond abortion. Some never had a choice and anti-abortion advocates have a vested interest in ensuring Black and Brown stay that way.

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    “People really see me, an openly trans woman expressing my femininity, as an open invitation to mock, harass, catcall, touch and abuse, when just like any other human, I deserve to have autonomy and ownership over my body.”

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    Jan 7

    ‘Don’t Arab and Iraqi women weep when their children die? Doesn’t bombing strengthen their determination?’ — This iconic 1998 anti-war speech from former British MP Tony Benn is more relevant than ever

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    26 Dec 2019

    ‘We are sending more foster kids to prison than college’

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    Would you like to be a big part of a small team with a real impact? WPR is hiring an associate editor to manage our award-winning in-depth channel:

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    Jan 2

    The only thing greater than the human cost of war is the inequity of who ends up paying it.

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  17. How to report on sexualized violence in the era: 10 do’s and don’ts, by our forever-leader

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    When we learned that a UN inquiry into attacks on protected sites in Syria would be limited and may never be made public, we decided to do our own investigation. Here’s what we found.

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    Special Report: How murder, kidnappings and miscalculation set off Hong Kong’s revolt

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    20 Dec 2019

    the stories of rape and sexual abuse & coercion of women and children in haiti by UN "peacekeepers" are well-documented, with more coming out by the year. that they would seek to paper over this is disgusting.

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