Cora Engelbrecht

Contributor

GlobalPost

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.

Bahrain's 'inconvenient revolution' grows impatient

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.

Bahrain's 'inconvenient revolution' grows impatient

Dispatches from CSW: Will there be an agreement today?

Dispatches from CSW: Will there be an agreement today?

Dispatches from CSW: Protecting the rights of Egypt's women

Dispatches from CSW: Protecting the rights of Egypt's women

Dispatches from CSW: 'It's time to move forward' says UN

Dispatches from CSW: 'It's time to move forward' says UN

Dispatches from CSW: A conversation with Layla Alkhafaji

Dispatches from CSW: A conversation with Layla Alkhafaji

Will this woman be Afghanistan's next president?

Fawzia Koofi talks to GlobalPost about her fight to end violence against women in her conservative, patriarchal homeland.

Will this woman be Afghanistan's next president?

Egypt's women revolt against mass sexual assaults

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.

Egypt's women revolt against mass sexual assaults

Sexual assault victims and journalists scared into silence in Somalia

The trial of a rape victim and the journalist who reported on her has wider implications in troubled Somalia.

Sexual assault victims and journalists scared into silence in Somalia

Global activists fight to end factory fires in Bangladesh garment industry

After yet another fire breaks out at a Bangladesh factory, labor rights groups spring into action.

Global activists fight to end factory fires in Bangladesh garment industry