Marissa Escajeda's Page

War has continually plagued the DRC for almost 15 years and has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Congolese people; the most devastating aspect of this war is the brutal and violent rapes that occur every day. In understanding rape as a weapon of war, especially in the Congo, one must understand the theories behind wartime rape. Jonathan Gottschal explains rape in the time of conflict in the Journal of Sex Research. He explains that the effects wartime rape has on…

Continue

In the mist of all the terrible things going on around the world: starvation, murder, rape, child soldiering, domestic abuse, and modern day slavery, sometimes we lose sight of the positive and uplifting things individuals are doing all over the world. Today, I came across a news report by CNN on a women who started her own orphanage in Ethiopia.

Some call her 'Africa's Mother Teresa' and she has proven herself to be nothing short of a… Continue

"In November 2007, Nazia flew to Saudi Arabia to visit her father, an

Indian citizen who worked there. But after she arrived, he wouldn't let her leave."



According to the Saudi Arabia guardianship system, men make all the decisions in the women's lives. Women cannot board planes, leave the country, have major surgeries, attend school, or marry without their male gaurdian's permission.



For Nazia, traveling to visit her father in Saudi… Continue