Women’s Rights | Jina Moore

BuzzFeed, Reporting, Somalia, Women's Rights

Peacekeepers in Somalia Accused of Raping and Exploiting Women and Girls

Troops from Uganda and Burundi, deployed under a United Nations mandate to stabilize Somalia, are allegedly exploiting medical services and aid for sex. NAIROBI…

BuzzFeed, Ebola, Reporting, Women's Rights

Meet Some of the Hidden Heroes of Liberia’s Ebola crisis

Nobody asked Jonathan Enders to turn his school’s kitchen into a cafeteria for Ebola’s first responders. It simply needed to be done. MONROVIA, Liberia…

BuzzFeed, Power, Reporting, Sweden, Women's Rights

In Sweden Being a Prostitute is Legal — But Paying One Isn’t

The “Nordic model” is becoming ever more influential around the world. But public health officials and some human rights workers wonder if Sweden is…

BuzzFeed, Kenya, Reporting, Women's Rights

Five Accused Rapists Are Still Missing As High-Profile Kenya Case Begins

A 16-year-old known only as “Liz” was gang-raped and thrown in a latrine last year. But it’s taken the government a year to catch…

African Great Lakes, BuzzFeed, DRC, Nigeria, Reporting, Women's Rights

Star-Studded London Summit Won’t End Sexual Violence Without Survivor Voices, Nobel Winners Say

Survivors, Nobel laureates and foreign ministers launch a new project to improve governments’ response to sexual violence. Survivors of sexual violence from six countries…

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

After the Uproar

A photographer’s continued work on domestic violence Earlier this year, photographer Sara Lewkowicz caught a moment of domestic violence on camera. Lewkowicz had been…

Al Jazeera America, Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Reporting, Women's Rights

The Republic of Congo’s Revolution in Maternal Health

The rate of women dying in childbirth has fallen significantly – in part because of free Caesareans BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo – At…

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

Happy International Women’s Day!

I wish I was in Bukavu today, where I’ve met so many strong, amazing women fighting against not only the horrors (rape) we often…

Award winner, Criticism, South Africa, The Atlantic, Women's Rights

“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…

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

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…