WMC Women Under Siege
October 23, 2017 | Lauren Wolfe |
Gender-based violence,
International,
Politics,
Violence against women
In latest publicity stunt—and humanitarian nightmare—Trump sends Haley to Africa
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is going to Africa. South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia, specifically. She says in an October 22 CNN op-ed that President Trump is sending her “to get a first-hand picture of what can be done.”
WMC Women Under Siege
September 29, 2017 | Lourdes Medrano |
Economy,
Gender-based violence,
Immigration,
Misogyny,
Violence against women
U.S. guest-worker programs systematically discriminate against women
Just out of graduate school in Mexico City, Lissette Marquez longed to travel the world on an American cruise ship. She was thrilled to obtain a guest-worker visa that allowed her to join a ship crew in California. But instead of the ideal job she had envisioned, Marquez said she found herself toiling long hours, earning less than a $4 hourly wage, and feeling isolated.