In November 2008, 13 year old Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was raped by three men. When her father reported the rape to the local Somalian authorities (actually a rebel militia), Aisha was arrested for adultery and sentenced to death (although it is not clear what the judicial process involved in this "sentencing" was, if any ( Read more... )

 
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In Liberia, sexual predation during the civil war was “normal.” One major survey found that 75 percent of women had been raped - mostly gang-raped, with many suffering internal injuries.

The incidence of rape has dropped since then but is still numbingly high. An International Rescue Committee survey in 2007 found that about 12 percent of ( Read more... )

Courtney over at Feministing writes:

"I'm always interested in the ways in which feminists and other activists (myself included) struggle to make the leap between our ideas and our daily lives. [...] It's one thing to realize that you are performing your gender when you shave your pits and that you don't want to do it anymore; it's another to ( Read more... )