September 7, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Melissa Turley
While South Africa celebrated women during official "Women's Month," organizations that provide counseling, support and shelter for female victims of rape and domestic violence struggled to stay open...
September 5, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Melissa Turley
HIV-positive women in South Africa are coming forward, reporting they have either been forcibly or coercively sterilized because of their HIV status.
August 31, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Melissa Turley
South African sex workers say it isn’t the clients they service they are most afraid of – it’s the police. Abuse is rampant and includes assault, exploitation, and bribery.
August 31, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Melissa Turley
Some South African women express dismay after President Zuma airs his thoughts on marriage and motherhood.
August 30, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Adam Janofsky
For decades, hundreds of thousands of Burmese have sought refuge in Thailand, a country with an economy highly dependent on illegal workers. But once there, they face a life of indentured servitude.
August 29, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Jenna Krajeski
While Turkey's Kurds see hope across the border in Iraqi Kurdistan, the region's veteran transplants remain skeptical about the future of Kurdistan.
August 29, 2012 /
Vanity Fair
Austin Merrill
As former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo awaits his fate before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, his country remains violently divided.
August 27, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Andre Lambertson
Rosean Andre, a rape victim who works for KOFAVIV, an organization established by—and for—rape survivors, struggles to stay afloat in post-quake Haiti.
August 27, 2012
Andre Lambertson, Lisa Armstrong
Almost three years after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, women in Haiti’s crowded tent cities continue to face yet another threat: sexual violence.
August 24, 2012 /
Untold Stories
Tracey Eaton
Questions linger about the death of two prominent Cuban political dissidents in an automobile crash.