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Daniel Holtzclaw

Callie Crossley: ‘I cry for them’

Justice

No matter the court victory the victims of Daniel Holtzclaw won – and Bill Cosby’s accusers hope to win – all of them have been scarred for life, writes Callie Crossley.

women fight

Meet the Indian women trying to take down ‘caste apartheid’

Justice
Marco and Reshma

This is the face of a new beauty campaign in India. To end the sale of acid.

Justice
The World

India’s ‘Power Girls’ fight sexual violence and harassment that once made them victims

Justice
A woman shouts slogans during a demostration in Istanbul against the murder of a young woman named Özgecan Aslan.

In Turkey, sometimes it takes a hashtag to be heard

Justice
Former CBC personality Jian Ghomeshi in Toronto, March 9, 2014.

How a Canadian radio host’s firing started a global conversation about sexual assault

Media

Statistics show that rape is a crime that is rarely reported. But a scandal involving a Canadian radio talk show host has sparked a global conversation about sexual assault. Now thousands of men and women are tweeting about their experiences using the hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a news conference ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl.

The real lesson of the NFL’s scandalous September is that sports fans have power

Sports

The NFL is enduring one of its worst months in memory as stories mount about player arrests and the league’s seemingly tone-deaf responses. Still, the power of fans to force the NFL into action might be the lasting legacy of the scandals.

Nigerian parents

Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit

Conflict & Justice

This weekend, there were competing images over whether Nigeria’s government is serious about fighting Boko Haram and rescuing the girls who were kidnapped. Nigeria’s president cancelled his only planned trip to the scene of the kidnapping, but then attended a summit in Paris where he and neighboring leaders pledged to work together.This weekend, there were competing images over whether Nigeria’s government is serious about fighting Boko Haram and rescuing the girls who were kidnapped. Nigeria’s president cancelled his only planned trip to the scene of the kidnapping, but then attended a summit in Paris where he and neighboring leaders pledged to work together.

Abuja residents react as victims of a bomb blast arrive at a local hospital this week.

Why Nigeria’s government can’t prevent the kidnapping of 100 teenage school girls

Conflict & Justice

Violence in northern Nigeria took an ominous turn this week when at least 100 teenage girls were kidnapped from a school in the remote northeast. It’s thought that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram took the young women to a forest near the border with Cameroon. Omoyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters blames what he calls an “incompetent” Nigerian government.

Abuja residents react as victims of a bomb blast arrive at a local hospital this week.

Why Nigeria’s government can’t prevent the kidnapping of 100 teenage school girls

Conflict & Justice

Violence in northern Nigeria took an ominous turn this week when at least 100 teenage girls were kidnapped from a school in the remote northeast. It’s thought that the Islamist militant group Boko Haram took the young women to a forest near the border with Cameroon. Omoyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters blames what he calls an “incompetent” Nigerian government.