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No More Moments of Silence

October 11, 2012

Tags: St. John's Keynote, gender, women's rights, rape

On October 4, I gave the keynote address at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, for “Take Back the Night,” an international yearly march that began in the 1970s to protest violence against women. This is a version of that address.

Good evening. I’m honored to speak with you about violence. And the thing I want to tell you most is (more…)

Speaking Out: An Interview with Lauren Wolfe

April 27, 2012

Tags: Women Under Seige, Lauren Wolfe, Gloria Steinem, rape, war, sexualized violence

What is the mission of Women Under Siege?

Our mission is to document and analyze how sexualized violence is used as a tool of war—inherent in that is advocating against it. Women Under Siege’s founder, Gloria Steinem, wanted to ensure that we never again ignore what happened to women in (more…)

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