The web site will be called Tujulinde, which means protecting or defending ourselves in Swahili. Can't wait to see it.

Uganda's Daily Monitor weighs in on the real consequences of the Bahati Bill.

$250 USD for the winner, plus runner-up prizes.

"Who are we giving these cameras to? Victims who report past rapes, on the assumption that they will soon be raped again? People who appear to be promising candidates for future rapes? Or, is the American government going to go back in time and hand out cameras to documented rape victims so they can be ready to hit "record" when the violence begins?"

the connection between speedboats, the financial crisis and human trafficking

"Kenya's women are on strike. Sex strike, to be precise. The strike was called by a coalition of Kenyan women's organizations in the hopes that a week without sex might inspire the (male) members of Kenya's shaky coalition government to quit bickering amongst themselves and get down to some actual governing."

If you read one story this month, this should be it.

haaaaate.

A KU study abroad brochure warned that "women studying abroad in Egypt should expect to face moderate to high levels of sexual harassment, including unwanted verbal and physical attention from strangers." What a lovely sociocultural experience.