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Jul 28, 2024 | moretoherstory.org | Taina Bien-Aime

For decades, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa worked as a war correspondent throughout Southeast Asia. Yet nothing, she said, prepared her for the onslaught of violent sexist abuse that she and her female colleagues endured online. A 2022 study by UNESCO and the International Center for Journalists found that almost 75% of women journalists surveyed in 125 countries said they experienced online threats of violence, rape, or death. These attacks are often tolerated and facilitated by Big Tech.

Mar 14, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Taina Bien-Aime

This article was originally published by PassBlue, a women-led nonprofit newsroom that covers the U.N. and global women’s rights. The United Nations working group on discrimination against women and girls published a paper last year that not only fails to address the widespread human rights violations caused by prostitution and pornography, but also advocates for policies that will endanger women and girls.

Mar 13, 2024 | passblue.com | Taina Bien-Aime |Dawn Clancy |Mona Khalil |Ian Martin |Maithili Pai |Francisco Perez | +2 more

The United Nations working group on discrimination against women and girls published a paper last year that not only fails to address the widespread human rights violations caused by prostitution and pornography, but also advocates for policies that will endanger women and girls.

Mar 11, 2024 | womensenews.org | Taina Bien-Aime

A man in Florida was charged last month with sex trafficking a 29-year-old woman whose mental abilities were at the level of a 15-year-old girl. He sold her to men who specifically enjoyed sexual acts with women of diminished intellectual capacity.  Abusers seek easy prey. Targeting individuals with vulnerabilities they can exploit is a low-risk, high-profits game.

Aug 4, 2023 | womensenews.org | Lori Sokol |Yawen Yuan |Taina Bien-Aime

It’s easy to forget the labor and wage struggles happening this summer —  the Writers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, hospitality workers —  when watching women kick and score on a foreign pitch; but it wasn’t easy for the women who arrived to play in the top tournament in their sports. Most the actions included in #HotStrikeSummer encompass all genders. Because women have made some headway in their fight for equality, work stoppages are rarely single gender any more.