Speaking engagements:
Speaker on two panels at the International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy, April 24-28, 2013
“Safety of Women Journalists,” speaker at the United Nations as part of a panel by UNESCO for the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, New York, March 6, 2013
“Feminicidio y nuevas formas de guerra: representación mediática ética y política,” keynote speaker at a conference on femicide sponsored by Asociación de Mujeres de Guatemala AMG, Madrid, February 17-20, 2013
“Sexual Violence in the Recent Conflicts in Libya & Syria,” panelist at University of Toronto Faculty of Law symposium, Toronto, February 8, 2013
“Global sexualized violence: From epidemiology to action,” co-host/moderator of daylong symposium at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, New York, January 25, 2013
“Witnessing Human Rights: Past, Present, and Future,” panelist at The Paley Center for Media, New York, December 11, 2012
“Preventing sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict situations,” speaker presenting WMC’s Women Under Siege’s mapping of rape in Syria to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, G8 ambassadors, UN and global NGO representatives, at Wilton Park, UK, November 14, 2012
“Discussion on suffering of Syrian women,” keynote speaker for National Press Club panel sponsored by the Syrian Expatriates Organization, Washington, October 5, 2012
“Charting the global women’s rights agenda,” moderator at Amnesty’s “XX Factor,” Washington, October 4, 2012
“Is it possible to stop rape in conflict?” moderator for the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict, featuring three Nobel Prize laureates, New York, September 24, 2012 (photo above)
Testimony on WMC’s Women Under Siege’s findings on rape in Syria, at the United Nations, New York, July 18, 2012 (photo above)
“Safeguarding Democracy: Innovations in Human Rights & Technology,” panelist at Netroots Nation, Providence, June 9, 2012
“Wireless activism,” panelist at CTIA Wireless 2012, New Orleans, May 9, 2012
“Innovations in Gathering and Sharing News,” panelist, sponsored by IREX at UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day, Tunis, May 4, 2012
Selected TV and radio:
BBC World Service (radio), May 19, 2013, “Syrian women refugees struggle at Zaatari camp”
Australia’s “The Wire” (radio), May 14, 2013, “Live-tracking rape in the fog of war”
Click below for an April 5, 2013, CNN International appearance about our new findings about the rape of women and men in Syria:
BBC World Service (radio), April 3, 2013, “BBC An unreported dimension of the Syria war: ‘Women Under Siege’ says soldiers using rape as a tool”
BBC World Service (radio), March 17, 2013, “Poor media coverage of the Steubenville rape case: Part 1 and Part 2”
Deutsche Welle (radio), February 13, 2013, “A conversation about global rape culture and media”
CTV “Canada AM” (TV), February 8, 2013, “Sexual assault in Syria tracked through social media”
NPR “All Things Considered” (radio), February 5, 2013, “Through Social Media, Tracking Rape In Syria”
Click below for an January 10, 2013, CNN International appearance about the killings and rape of women in Syria:
Click below for a January 9, 2013, appearance discussing the roots of rape on HuffPost Live:
BBC World Service (radio), January 8, 2013, “A gang-rape in Tanzania and beyond”
Click below for an December 17, 2012, HuffPost Live appearance about tracking Syria’s crimes:
CTV News (TV), October 9, 2012, “Many Syrian women raped”
CBC (radio), “The Current,” October 2, 2012, “The high price of the Syrian conflict on women”
CNN (radio), August 21, 2012: “Akin’s remarks deemed ‘harmful’ to rape survivors”
Click below for an August 14, 2012, CNN appearance about sexualized violence in Syria:
BBC World Service (radio), July 11, 2012: “How rape is being used as a weapon of war in Syria”
Click below for a June 2, 2012, “On the Media” radio segment on NPR about the difficulties of covering rape in Syria:
BBC World Service (radio), May 29, 2012: “Launch of UK initiative to stop rape in conflict, Syria”
ORF (Austria radio), May 2, 2012: “RadioRadiokolleg – Technologien im Dienste der Menschenrechte“
Danish Radio 24seven, April 10, 2012: “Globus 12.07 10-04-2012”
Free Speech Radio News, April 5, 2012: “Effort to document sexual violence in Syria uses online tools to gather evidence”
NPR/WNYC (radio), “The Takeaway,” April 4, 2012, “Crowdsourcing Sexual Violence Data in Syria”
Radio New Zealand, March 29, 2012: “Mapping rape in Syria”
Radio Ireland, “NewsTalk,” February 13, 2012: “Are atrocities inevitable?”
PBS, “NewsHour” (TV), July 4, 2011: “Female journalists facing more risks, intimidation abroad”
NPR/WHYY “Radio Times” (radio), June 20, 2011: “Sexual violence against journalists”
Pacifica/KPFA Women’s Magazine (radio), June 13, 2011: “The unspoken risk of sexual violence against women journalists”
CNN International (TV), June 8, 2011: “Female journalists under attack”
CBC (radio), “The Current,” March 25, 2011: “Reporters & sexual assaults”
Selected coverage of work on rape in conflict:
Dagbladet (Norway), “Blir bundet fast og tvunget til å se på mens kone, søstre og døtre blir voldtatt” (Being tied up and forced to watch while wife, sisters and daughters are raped), April 5, 2013
Taz die Tageszeitung (Germany), “Auf dem Sofa im Krieg,” March 28, 2013
Foreign Policy, “Study: Government forces responsible for majority of rapes in Syria,” April 3, 2013
The Globe and Mail (Canada), “Live-tracking sexual violence in Syria,” April 3, 2013
VICE magazine, “Using mapping and Twitter to fight rape in Syria,” March 4, 2013
Foreign Policy, “Why Is It So Hard to Identify the World’s Rape Capital?,” March/April 2013
The Guardian, “Sexual assault crisis tempers euphoria over end of combat ban,” January 25, 2013
Voice of America, “Sexual Violence A Factor in Syrian Refugee Crisis,” January 21, 2013
Time magazine, “Is the Syrian Regime Using Rape as a Tactic of War?” July 12, 2012
CBS News, “Syria forces reportedly using rape, sexual torture in fight against opposition,” July 12, 2012
Corriere della Sera, “Lo stupro come arma di guerra in Siria,” July 12, 2012
Reuters, “Rape, assault are weapons of war in Syria – rights group,” July 11, 2012
Al-Arabiya, “Rape, assault are weapons of war in Syria,” July 11, 2012
The Jerusalem Post, ”Crowd-sourced map highlights rape by Syrian army,” July 14, 2012
The Independent (UK): “Women under siege: The use of rape as a weapon of war in Syria,” Sima Barmania, June 19, 2012
The Wild magazine: “Women Under Siege Puts Women on the Map,” June 18, 2012
El Mundo (Spain): “Cartografía de la tortura por violación en Siria,” June 16, 2012
Women’s Views on News: “Putting rape in Syria on the map,” May 28, 2012
CTV News: “A Conversation with Lauren Wolfe, Director, Women Under Siege,” May 15, 2012
Al-Arabiya, “International women’s group begins mapping sexual violence in Syria,” April 1, 2012
Mother Jones, “New Map Helps Women Track Down Rapists in Syria,” Erika Eichelberger, March 31, 2012
Mashable, “Crowd-Mapping Sexual Violence in Syria,” Sonia Paul, March 30, 2012
New Scientist, “Syrian crowdmapping project documents reports of rape,” Niall Firth, March 30, 2012
Reuters, “New Tool Helps U.S. Group Track Sex Crimes in Syria,” March 28, 2012
The Washington Post, “Syrian uprising: Imam tells rape victims they deserve to be honored,” Elizabeth Flock, March 28, 2012
Ms. Magazine, “Future of Feminism: Ending Rape as a Tool of War,” Aviva Dove-Viebahn, March 2, 2012
Toronto Star, “Fighting rape with words: Gloria Steinem launches website to combat sexual violence in war,” Debra Black, February 12, 2012
The New York Times, “What We Are Reading: Women Under Siege,” C.J. Chivers, February 9, 2012
The Guardian, “Why has it taken 65 years to recognise that rape is a weapon of war?,” Jane Martinson, February 9, 2012
USA Today,“Column: Finally, some hope for central Africa,” Kirsten Powers, October 18, 2011
Selected coverage of work on sexualized violence and journalists:
The Washington Post, “On International Women’s Day, reflections from women journalists in war zones,” Emily Wax, March 8, 2012
Women’s Media Center, “Exclusive: In Egypt, Women Reporters Still at Risk,” Josh Shahryar, November 28, 2011
St. Petersburg Times,“A reporter and a mob’s sexual assault,” Eric Deggans, November 14, 2011
The Gender Report, November 5, 2011: “Journalists and sexual violence”
MediaBistro/TVNewser, November 4, 2011: “Lara Logan’s Attack Inspires Other Women Journalists to Come Forward”
Poynter/Romenesko, November 4, 2011: “CBS’ Logan: ‘My attack was retribution against the free press’”
American Journalism Review, September 2011: “Out of the Shadows”
El Mundo (Spain), June 10, 2011: “Violencia sexual, tabú periodístico”
Die Standard (Austria), June 8, 2011: “Mauer des Schweigens bei Journalistinnen”
Journalism.co.uk, June 8, 2011: “CPJ report brings sexual assaults on journalists to light”
The Huffington Post, June 8, 2011: “Sexual Assault Of Journalists: Committee To Protect Journalists’ New Report”
Feministing, June 8, 2011: “New report on sexual violence against journalists”
EFE/Univision, June 7, 2011: “CPJ da a conocer informe sobre violencia sexual contra los periodistas”
Inter Press Service, June 7, 2011: “Female Journalists Break Silence on Sexual Violence”
Poynter.org, June 7, 2011: CPJ report: “Sexual assault is ‘the silencing crime’ for journalists”
The Washington Post, June 7, 2011: “Female journalists face sexual threats abroad, report says”
Other mentions:
Poynter.org, March 25, 2013: “Why asking & answering readers’ tough questions is helpful when covering rape”
Women’s eNews, March 19, 2013: “Journalist of the Month: Lauren Wolfe Crowdsources Rape, Sex Assault Data”
Poynter.org, March 18, 2013: “CNN’s Steubenville coverage called too sympathetic to teens found guilty”
Poynter.org, January 14, 2013: “Why journalists are covering rapes differently in New Delhi & Steubenville”
Fast Company, December 21, 2012, “Social Influencers Who Are Changing The World Through Twitter”
Poynter.org, August 17, 2012: “10 ways to get traumatized sources to share their sources”
The Levo League, December 14, 2011: “A Seat at the Table: a Twitter-ful list of women crucial to foreign policy”