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Guatemalan Double Standard Limits Femicide Courts

By Louisa Reynolds & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● June 15, 2015

Male infidelity is widely accepted in Guatemala, but also more likely to get a woman killed than in any other country in Latin America. That’s a challenge for the new femicide courts, which are battling a culture of impunity for violence against women.

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French Journalists Say Harassment Part of the Job

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● June 8, 2015

Given the likelihood of being harassed by any particular male source, one journalist says she cultivates many political contacts. “If you get upset with one of your sources, you can go to the others,” she told Women’s eNews. “You need to have a big Rolodex.”

Obama Pressed to Act on Post-Rape Abortion Aid

By ALANA ESPOSITO ● Politics ● June 4, 2015

Religious and human rights advocates are calling on Obama on June 4 to take executive action to ensure access to abortion for women and girls raped in conflict. “We know he is listening,” says one organizer.

In Mali, Grocer Wages War on FGM from His Closet

By Juliet S. Sorensen & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● June 2, 2015

This tireless fighter told a contingent of visitors that if we wanted to truly engage in the struggle, we must see FGM take place. Then he showed us a video on his computer.

Tribal Law on Domestic Violence Takes Effect

By Miranda S. Spivack & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● May 13, 2015

The law passed under the latest reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act is designed to expand the jurisdiction of tribal courts and quell a major cause of injury and death among Native girls and women.

Mayweather Blues: Why #BlackWomensLivesMatter

By Christen A. Smith, Alysia Mann Carey & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● May 7, 2015

Without question, we desperately need to expand our discussions of #BlackLivesMatter to honestly include black women. Not only are black women killed by the police, black women are also threatened by interpersonal violence. And the two are intimately intertwined.

For Abortion, Some Teens Cut School, Go to Court

By Tatyana Bellamy-Walker & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● May 5, 2015

In 38 states, teens must require parental consent to get an abortion. To conceal the procedure from their parents some seek “judicial bypass.” Here, a woman in Wisconsin looks back on what that entailed 11 years ago, when she was 17.

For Survivors of Sexual Assault, Self Comes First

By Tanya Morshed & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● April 30, 2015

Sexual assault awareness month is ending, but we should keep expanding our understanding of this horribly widespread trauma. If you are a survivor, remember, you are worthy of love, including from yourself.

For Victims of Wartime Rape, Abortion Out of Reach

By ALANA ESPOSITO ● Politics ● April 28, 2015

Here’s what one Kenyan woman says about being forced to carry through a pregnancy that resulted from a rape during a conflict period. Obama could end such suffering by clarifying that U.S. law actually does allow abortion funding in such circumstances, a health activist says.

Report: Latinos Standing Up to Domestic Violence

By Maham Javaid & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● April 21, 2015

Findings of the April 21 report on domestic violence and sexual assault will inform the launch of “NO MÁS,” the first national awareness campaign engaging Latinos to end domestic violence and sexual assault.