Blog: January 2012

Posted by Jennifer McCleary-Sills on Monday, January 30, 2012

Laying Down Arms, Picking up the Pieces

Meeting the unique needs of both women and men in post-conflict Republic of Congo

Although the conflict in the Republic of Congo officially ended almost a decade ago, the tough business of mending broken lives is still underway. As is true in many wars, women's lives were deeply affected.
Posted by Brian Heilman on Friday, January 20, 2012

Define the Problem

Ending sexual violence requires more than words

The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its definition of rape. But new definitions alone will not change behavior -- not without the cultural and social will to meet them halfway.
Posted by Gillian Gaynair on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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Eyes That Haunt

Life as seen by an Ethiopian child bride

She married at 15 and became a mother soon after. ICRW’s senior writer Gillian Gaynair reports from Ethiopia’s remote central highlands on life as seen through the eyes of a child bride.