Cora Engelbrecht is a contributor to the RIGHTS blog. She recently received her BA in nonfiction writing from Wesleyan University, and now works in New York as a freelance writer, researcher and graphic artist. Her interest for human rights and global conflict stems from her time spent researching and writing abroad in Tanzania and South Africa.
Q&A: Self-exiled human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja says the opposition has taken a violent turn as dissident blogger Ali Abdulemam makes a daring escape.
Fawzia Koofi talks to GlobalPost about her fight to end violence against women in her conservative, patriarchal homeland.
They've finally had enough. After years of women being raped and abused in Tahrir Square, the women of Egypt are pushing back — joined by supporters around the world.
The trial of a rape victim and the journalist who reported on her has wider implications in troubled Somalia.
After yet another fire breaks out at a Bangladesh factory, labor rights groups spring into action.