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…
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“South African Violence” Only Explains Pistorius If You Think He’s Not Guilty
There’s a please-click-thru-six-screens cover story just published by TIME about the shooting, by track athlete Oscar Pistorius, of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, if…
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Don’t Blame the Victim, or the Photographer
This week, the Internet got angry at Sara Naomi Lewkowicz. The 30-year-old photographer had the audacity to photograph domestic violence – and to publish…
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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…
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A preliminary PEPFAR roundup (and come add your ideas)
On Wednesday, the Congressionally-mandated evaluation of PEPFAR — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — was released. It’s nearly 700 pages long, and I haven’t but skimmed its…
Read MoreARVs made easy in Uganda?
Here’s something that piqued my interest: Yesterday, Ugandan drug manufacturer Quality Chemicals announced that it’s going to manufacture a single pill to replace the…
Read MoreFarewell, sweet guinea worm
In one of the most charming bits of writing I’ve come across of late, Carl Zimmer offers up a “fond obituary” for the guinea…
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Why Have Well Intentioned Foreigners Done So Little About Haiti?
The numbers are not inspiring: Six months after the United States pledged $1.15 billion to Haiti in response to the 2010 earthquake, not one…
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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…
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From Cote d’Ivoire, a Happy New Year dance
This is irresistible, and the Aaninka dance troupe is fantastic. Makes me want to move to Cote d’Ivoire and apprentice myself to those women….
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