Cora Engelbrecht

Contributor

Cora Engelbrecht is a contributor to the RIGHTS blog. She recently received her BA in nonfiction writing from Wesleyan University, and now works in New York as a freelance writer, researcher and graphic artist. Her interest for human rights and global conflict stems from her time spent researching and writing abroad in Tanzania and South Africa.

Global activists fight to end factory fires in Bangladesh garment industry

July 31, 2016Conflict

After yet another fire breaks out at a Bangladesh factory, labor rights groups spring into action.

Sexual assault victims and journalists scared into silence in Somalia

July 31, 2016Conflict

Egypt’s women revolt against mass sexual assaults

July 31, 2016Conflict

Will this woman be Afghanistan’s next president?

July 31, 2016Conflict

Dispatches from CSW: A conversation with Layla Alkhafaji

July 31, 2016Conflict

Dispatches from CSW: ‘It’s time to move forward’ says UN

July 30, 2016Conflict

The RIGHTS blog’s coverage of the 57th annual Commission on the Status of Women continues.

Dispatches from CSW: Protecting the rights of Egypt’s women

July 30, 2016Conflict

Tahrir Square has become notorious for violence against women. Egyptian activists spoke out at the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women.

Dispatches from CSW: Will there be an agreement today?

July 30, 2016Conflict

According to UN sources, the ‘unholy alliance’ of Iran, Egypt, Russia and the Vatican could hold up a meaningful agreement on ending violence against women and girls.

Bahrain’s ‘inconvenient revolution’ grows impatient

July 30, 2016Conflict

Q&A: Self-exiled human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja says the opposition has taken a violent turn as dissident blogger Ali Abdulemam makes a daring escape.