Posts Tagged ‘women’
Why do we still get violence against women so wrong?
This week, the American Congress finally resolved its squabbles and brought itself to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. It was a fight, as many others will tell you. But there’s another battle still to fight, and that’s how we talk about violence against women. On Thursday, TIME magazine published a photo essay by Sara [...]
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 the dire “security threat” that is now Somalia — or, in the words of Britain’s foreign minister, “the world’s most failed state.” (Because that’s a useful competition with rational metrics.) Nevermind that [...]
Cool projects by cool people
I spent last week in San Diego, at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, talking about women, media, power and peace. The three-day conference brought together a kick-ass group of creative, dedicated women from across the media sphere — traditional journalism, documentary film, crisis mapping, blogging, and more. Here are a few [...]
Calling women media-makers in East Africa!
I know media-makers is a weird term, but when I look around, I see media everywhere. Journalists are the easiest to spot, but there’s also bloggers, video artists, crowd-sources, data-mappers, citizen journalists, aggregators, Twitterers, communications officers, project field managers, and more. And we’re holding a gathering for them all! March 20-22, come join us for [...]
Postscript: Women in Egypt
I’m slowly catching up on my podcasts. My piece on the Lara Logan media tizzy included a question, “What about Egyptian women in Tahrir?” The World’s Ursula Lindsay produced a program called — get this — “The Women of Tahrir Square,” which aired Feb 10. It doesn’t touch on sexual assault, but it make the [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [