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The Boko Haram kidnapping of 276 girls from the Chibok boarding school in northern Nigeria on April 17th has generated more media attention than any single atrocity in recent African history. Yet long after the media blitz is over, unless Nigeria takes dramatic and sustained...... Read more
Almost 27 million viewers in the U.S. watched the country defeat Japan in a stunning 5-2 victory during the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final Sunday. This was the largest U.S. audience ever to watch a soccer match—a testament to the growing popularity and global power of women’s sports teams.... Read more
Amid the rubble of Syria, a band of women are risking prison, or worse, to report, write, and edit the civil war’s paper of record. Christina Asquith Kholoud Waleed* was startled awake by the sound of the front door being kicked in. Suddenly, her family’s...... Read more
Ozgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old college student, was the last person on the minibus traveling across the city of Mersin in southern Turkey on Feb. 11. Instead of taking her home, the driver is accused of veering into the woods and trying to rape her.... Read more
