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      Janine di Giovanni

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      Janine di Giovanni is the founder and chief executive of The Reckoning Project, an international NGO documenting war crimes and advancing accountability efforts in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. A veteran war correspondent with more than three decades of experience, she has reported from nearly every major conflict zone of the modern era and witnessed three genocides, with a career focused on human rights and civilian protection. She is the author of eight books and the recipient of more than a dozen journalistic and humanitarian awards. She has previously held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations, Yale University and Johns Hopkins University. She lives between New York City and Paris and is the mother of one son.
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      Shamsia Hassani''s art on a Kabul wall. Musical instruments are a common theme in her work, which signify women's need to use tools other than their voices to be heard. Courtesy of Shamsia Hassani
      What we don't get about women in politics and war

      Conflict reporting often distorts the nature of female influence in peace and security

      CommentOctober 26, 2020
      A scene from the documentary Lenox Hill, based on the hospital of the same name in New York City. Courtesy of Netflix
      My son and I were lucky to access the best of US health care

      'My respect and gratitude for patching up my broken son was huge. But it was these emergency doctors and nurses who were heroes to me'

      CommentOctober 20, 2020
      Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators pursue counter-protesters after a pro-Trump caravan rally at the Oregon State Capitol building on September 7, 2020. Getty Images / AFP
      Is America on the brink of civil war?

      The country is plagued by economic disparity, nationalism, extremist groups on both sides, a dire economy and the shadow of Covid-19

      The AmericasOctober 20, 2020
      A handout image made available by the White House showing US President Donald Trump working in a conference room while receiving treatment after testing positive for Covid-19. EPA
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      This is America, a dystopian city on a hill

      The US will bounce back, but we have a dreadful year and an extraordinary election to get through first

      CommentOctober 20, 2020
      Doug Hassebroek eats breakfast while on a video conference call working from home in Brooklyn, New York City, on April 24. Caitlin Ochs / Reuters
      What is the future of work from a kitchen table?

      A study says the future of work essentially boils down to entitlement and inequality

      CommentOctober 20, 2020
      Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are joint winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. EPA
      Will the 2020 Nobel Prize winners draw more women to science?

      Charpentier and Doudna, this year's recipients, are exceptions rather than the rule

      CommentOctober 20, 2020
      A teenage girl prays during a rally in support of US President Donald Trump in Clackamas, Oregon, on August 29, 2020. AP
      Will America’s Evangelicals keep faith with Donald Trump?

      The US president has delivered on the expectations of Christian voters, in his policies if not in his personal life

      The AmericasSeptember 07, 2020
      Florida teachers' unions are against their members returning to school. A car parade protest in Land O' Lakes, Florida, US on July 21. Octavio Jones/ Reuters
      'I am a teacher and I am going back'

      With my first class starting on September 4, I’ve spent two hours a day practising speaking with a mask on

      CommentAugust 24, 2020
      2C2H813 Gloria Steinem speaking at the Boston Chapter of 9 to 5 in Boston, 1982. Image shot 1982. Exact date unknown.
      What 'Mrs America' gets so hopelessly wrong

      Unlike in the show 'Mrs America', the second wave feminist movement was not about women pitted against one another

      CommentAugust 17, 2020
      A Palestinian girl covers her head with a scarf in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 22, 2020. / AFP / MOHAMMED ABED
      Why is the world unable to see Gaza's true potential?

      Living under permanent siege, Gazans have had to innovate to survive - yet their suffering has no end in sight

      CommentJuly 26, 2020
      Bosnian Muslim woman Ramiza Gurdic (R), 67, survivor of Srebrenica 1995 massacre, lost her husband and two underage sons in the Srebrenica genocide. AFP
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      Remembering Srebrenica 25 years on

      Nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered in Bosnia between July 9-12, 1995

      CommentJuly 09, 2020
      Syria's chief negotiator Bashar Al Jaafari attends the plenary session of peace talks brokered by Iran, Russia and Turkey in Astana in November 2018. AFP
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      How we can end conflict in Syria and beyond

      Track 2 diplomacy holds the key to lasting peace in the 21st century

      CommentJuly 02, 2020
      An Emergency Medical Technician dons personal protective equipment before going into Elmhurst Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Queens, New York, US, April 20. Lucas Jackson/ Reuters
      Coronavirus has made me an American 'medical refugee' in France

      Inequality in healthcare access in the US is particularly stark. I am luckier than most Americans

      CommentJune 14, 2020
      Global news events were increasingly covered by the use of technology even before coronavirus hampered foreign press from reaching them. AFP
      'Your Zoom correspondent': how Covid-19 will change journalism

      Border closures mean foreign journalists can't reach the field, but there are plenty of ways for the field to come to them

      OpinionMay 31, 2020
      The Eiffel Tower gets visitors during the first weekend after two months of strict lockdown in Paris, France, 17 May. Julien de Rosa / EPA
      Paris post the lockdown is missing something

      Paris was packed with people, perhaps walking too closely and not observing the Covid-19 rules – but there were no tourists

      CommentMay 19, 2020
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