The Village That Cannot Sleep / The Guardian
A nearly full moon was the only light over the village of Kavumu, in eastern Congo, on the night of 26 December 2015. Just before midnight,…
Si des petites filles âgées de 18 mois sont victimes de viols collectifs, pourquoi les suspects sont-ils libres? / The Guardian
Une fillette âgée de cinq ans est assise timidement sur son lit d’hôpital en métal alors que sa mère raconte ce qui l’a amenée à l’Hôpital…
If 18-month-old girls are being gang-raped, why are the suspects still free? / The Guardian
A five-year-old sat shyly in her metal hospital bed as her mother described what had brought her to Panzi hospital in the city of Bukavu, in…
What’s going on in Syria is about a lot more than chemical weapons / The Guardian
We’re off talk of “intervention” in Syria, and on to trying to get everyone to the negotiating table. It’s not going very well. The head of…
Sexual violence is tearing Native American communities apart / The Guardian
The Northern Cheyenne people have a saying: “A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it’s finished. No…
Sexual violence against women is the result of the cult of masculinity / The Guardian
By Gloria Steinem and Lauren Wolfe Gangs of young men rape girls. They also sometimes act as pimps that seduce a girl, then subject her to…