Dangerous Work: Female Journalists in Mexico
“We are living in a state of total impunity: there are no investigations, no one in jail, no reparations made”, says Mexican journalist Laura Castellanos.
Children Having Children in Guatemala
What follows are three stories of girls —children themselves— who have been sexually exploited by coercion or outright violence in Guatemala and become young mothers while barely in their teens.
South Africa Slow to Respond to Cases of “Corrective Rape”
The acceptance of open displays of homosexuality in Thokoza, South Africa, is a big change for a township that has seen many acts of violence against members of the LGBTI community.
Femicide in Argentina
On August 21, 2015, a news story broke in Argentina that shocked the country and received wall-to-wall television coverage. Fernando Farré, a successful executive, had stabbed his wife and mother of his three children to death.
The Bride Price Tradition in Papua New Guinea
Incidents of domestic violence are common in Papua New Guinea, a Pacific Island state of about 7 million people. But some cases are so horrific that they have made headlines in the country’s media.
Mozambique Struggles to Contain HIV Epidemic Among Young Women
Mozambique’s numbers reflect the frightening reality: Young women have become the main drivers of the region’s HIV pandemic.