gender based violence

BuzzFeed, Cambodia, Justice, Justice & Aftermath, Reporting, Women's Rights

The Sexual Abuse of Cambodia’s History is No Longer Invisible

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In the early days of the new regime, Chan Phay lived a mostly normal life. By 1975, the Khmer Rouge…

BuzzFeed, Cambodia, Reporting, Women's Rights

In Cambodia It Isn’t Domestic Violence Until the Women Bleed

A loophole in Cambodia’s domestic violence law leaves women unprotected. Jina Moore reports from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for BuzzFeed News. PHNOM PENH — It…

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, 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…

BuzzFeed, Global Health, Nigeria, Reporting

Nigeria Prepares To Treat Rape, Sexual Trauma Of Kidnapped School Girls

“What is happening to the girls is an open secret: sexual abuse.” ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s public health officials are preparing medical support for…

Global Health, Human Rights

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…

Christian Science Monitor, Global Health, Liberia, Reporting, Women's Rights

Mae Azango Exposed a Secret Ritual

Todee, Liberia — It’s late afternoon in Todee, a village in rural Liberia, and the sun is starting to drop. Mae Azango settles into…

Liberia, More Work, PRI'S The World, Radio, Women's Rights

Reporter Threatened Over Female Circumcision Story

I came to Liberia to work with a newspaper reporter named Mae Azango, in the capital city, Monrovia. We were going to do a…

Human Rights, Journalism

The Dart Center Guide to Reporting on Sexual Violence

Given the recent conversation on this blog and elsewhere, I thought readers might benefit from this guide. Please share it freely with anyone who…