September 22, 2024

Human Rights, Uncategorized, Women's Rights

The New Yorker, September 22, 2024 For the first time, the International Criminal Court has concluded that an armed group specifically targeted women. By Jina Moore Ngarambe and J. Lester Feder In the spring of 2012, members of a militia known as Ansar Dine seized control of Timbuktu, in Mali. The militia, which was working with […]

Italy Is Ground Zero For The War On Women — Which Is Why These Far-Right Groups Are Meeting There

March 28, 2019

Far Right, Women's Rights

An alliance of far-right Italian politicians, Putin-affiliated Russians, and anti-LGBT activists from the US are gathering in an Italian city at the heart of the war on women.

This Is How 23 Countries Around The World Feel About Abortion

June 4, 2015

Human Rights, Women's Rights

The results of a BuzzFeed News/Ipsos poll are in, including a snapshot of the world’s views on abortion. Among the findings: seemingly popular support in Ireland for changing its abortion laws.

The Rise Of Europe's Religious Right

July 28, 2014

Far Right, LGBTQ, Women's Rights

“For too long a time in Europe, pro-life people did not really say clearly and directly what they believe." After years on the margins of European politics, social conservatives are learning to fight back.

The Hidden History Of Same-Sex Marriage In Asia

October 26, 2013

Human Rights, LGBTQ, Women's Rights

Marriages around the region show that the desire to wed is not just a part of the Western LGBT rights struggle.

J. Lester Feder

Journalist and photographer

The Pursuit of Gender Justice

Italy Is Ground Zero For The War On Women — Which Is Why These Far-Right Groups Are Meeting There

This Is How 23 Countries Around The World Feel About Abortion

The Rise Of Europe's Religious Right

The Hidden History Of Same-Sex Marriage In Asia

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