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Author: Christina Asquith

Christina Asquith is former editor for Across Women’s Lives at PRI’s The World and founder/editor in chief of the Fuller Project for International Reporting, which contributed this story and which works with Peace Is Loud on women, peace and security issues.
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  • Violence & Harassment

This Week in Women: Calling Out Sex Abuse in the Church and the Classroom

Christina Asquith

It’s hard to believe that sexual asceticism and celibacy rules have nothing to do with what’s going on in the Church—along with a perverted male toxicity whose outlet isn’t in machismo, but rather shame, deviance and exploitation.

  • Global

This Week in Women: Fighting Sexism at the World Cup

Christina Asquith

Soccer has come a long way in shaming and ending what was once widespread and accepted racism among fans in the sport. Where’s the push to stop sexism?

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  • Immigration
  • Violence & Harassment

This Week in Women: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Shameful Immigration Policies

Christina Asquith

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his mostly-male team characterized domestic violence as a “private” problem this week when reversing a policy that allowed DV survivors to seek asylum in the U.S. This matters.

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This Week in Women: The Fight Against Sexism in Politics Worldwide Goes On

Christina Asquith

Women in the U.S. and around the world are shaking up the political system—but institutional sexism still persists.

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This Week in Women: Why Gender Matters on the Campaign Trail and in the C-Suite

Christina Asquith

Women’s collective power in politics is only growing. But in financial power circles, women are still absent.

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  • Violence & Harassment

This Week in Women: Pushing Back on the Political Debates Over Women’s Lives

Christina Asquith

Immediately after New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman resigned over domestic abuse allegations, we saw a “debate” emerge in media over who is worse to women: Democrats or Republicans. But is this really a political story?

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This Week in Women: These Headlines are Proof That Gender Matters in Global Policy and Politics

Christina Asquith

The importance of gender in politics and policy-making came to the front this week—in the U.S. and around the world.

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  • Violence & Harassment

This Week in Women: It’s Long Past Time We Took Gender-Based Crimes More Seriously

Christina Asquith

An Islamist in Mali is being tried by the International Criminal Court in a “groundbreaking case” for forcing hundreds of women into sexual slavery. Meanwhile, Trump is going the other direction.

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  • Violence & Harassment

This Week in Women: Violence Against Women Hurts Communities Around the World

Christina Asquith

Where domestic violence and violence against police intersect, India’s “acute national shame” over a muted response to rape and a staggering number of sexual assault complaints from immigrant detainees made headlines this week.

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  • Immigration

This Week in Women: What Trump (and the Mainstream Media) Got Wrong About Immigration and Rape

Christina Asquith

Once again, control of and concern for women’s sexuality played a central role in a major news story this week—but more as a political football than as an issue of true value in and of itself.

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