{"id":9,"date":"2025-05-21T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saracincurova.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:04:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saracincurova.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df14fb4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df14fb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e0a693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e0a693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65718b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65718b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/saracincurova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/275227079_667310157850759_8737133402310086774_n.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saracincurova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/275227079_667310157850759_8737133402310086774_n.png 172w, https:\/\/saracincurova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/275227079_667310157850759_8737133402310086774_n-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430b6e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"430b6e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"opis sirka306 pd-top1 bocnalinka \"><div class=\"italic\"><p>Sara Cincurova is a Slovak-born, Ukraine-based journalist whose reporting on global issues, conflict, human rights, and rape as a weapon of war has been featured in\u00a0<i>The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC News, Al Jazeera English, Der Spiegel, Foreign Policy, New York Magazine<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Ms. Magazine<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Newsweek,\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0Women Under Siege,\u00a0<\/i>among other outlets. A former Agence France-Presse correspondent, she has reported from more than 20 countries, bringing to light some of the world\u2019s most urgent crises: documenting the use of rape as a weapon of war in Ukraine; reporting on sexual violence in Libya and the trafficking of refugee women across Europe; covering the plight of refugees from inside Belarus; and investigating Venezuela\u2019s humanitarian collapse between 2019 and 2025.<\/p><div>Fluent in Slovak, English, French, Ukrainian, Russian, and Spanish, Cincurova brings a rare cross-cultural perspective to frontline reporting and war crimes investigations. Educated at the Sorbonne, Cincurova&#8217;s work has earned international recognition, including nominations for the\u00a0<i>One World Media New Voice Award\u00a0<\/i>(2022, 2023) and the\u00a0<i>Hans Verploeg Award<\/i>\u00a0(2023). She was also named runner-up for the prestigious Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship with the\u00a0<i>International Women\u2019s Media Foundation,\u00a0<\/i>or\u00a0<i>IWMF (2023).<\/i><\/div><div><i><br \/><\/i>As of 2026, Cincurova is a Journalism Fellow with the\u00a0<i>Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Bridging Divides<\/i>\u00a0at Toronto Metropolitan University, and was a Scholar in Residence at the\u00a0<i>Institute for Documentation and Exchange (INDEX)<\/i>\u00a0in Lviv, Ukraine.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdf024a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cdf024a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab3548 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eab3548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected Writing: Rape and Gender-Based Violence in Russia's War Against Ukraine<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea809bc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea809bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f8076c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7f8076c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"selected-writings ukraine-only\"><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/20\/world\/europe\/russian-soldiers-sexual-violence-ukraine.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQFjHVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeVouo-OSYOodskqivdpUWinnPLLSwlCrKqhW9WNA9SZ6pHtxuGpJ_Q8PA0K4_aem_fj-SZ2LH0q6JHQGZ4CHtEQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Violence by Russian soldiers<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/01\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-women-sumy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleeing Domestic Violence, and the Russian Advance<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/open-arms-the-exploitation-of-ukrainians-in-the-european-union-a-83327326-3692-4663-92f3-85a26731c0c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian Refugees Report Cases of Exploitation in Europe<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>Der Spiegel<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/msmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stronger Together: Older women who experienced wartime rape in Ukraine form a network of survivors who speak out<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>Ms. Magazine (Summer 2025 Edition)<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moretoherstory.com\/stories\/three-years-after-buchas-liberation-ukrainian-women-still-struggle-for-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Years After Bucha\u2019s Liberation, Ukrainian Women Still Struggle for Justice<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>More To Her Story<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/conversationalist.org\/2025\/06\/12\/single-mothers-ukraine-russia-war-conflict-frontlines-violence-motherhood-widows-vulnerable-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motherhood on the Frontlines<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>The Conversationalist<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/women-under-siege\/sex-for-aid-the-ongoing-invisibilized-sexual-exploitation-of-ukrainian-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sex for Aid<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>Women&#039;s Media Center<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/women-under-siege\/how-women-respond-to-war-an-interview-with-three-nobel-laureates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Women Respond to War: An Interview with Three Nobel Laureates<\/a> \u2013 <strong><em>Women\u2019s Media Center<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96be1fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96be1fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2857ee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2857ee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected Writing: Global Reporting and Human Rights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb0e6d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb0e6d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bca4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"3bca4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"selected-writings\"><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/23\/world\/europe\/slovakia-fico-government-media.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As Slovakia\u2019s Prime Minister Remains Hospitalized, Politics Return to a Boil<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/01\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-women-sumy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleeing Domestic Violence, and the Russian Advance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/03\/world\/europe\/czech-treasure-gold-discovery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hikers Stumble Upon a Pile of Gold Coins, Igniting a Historical Hunt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/18\/world\/europe\/slovak-prime-minister-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovak Prime Minister Is Improving After Second Operation, Official Says<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/05\/world\/europe\/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-speech.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slovak Prime Minister Speaks Publicly for First Time Since Assassination Attempt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/16\/world\/slovakia-prime-minister-fico-shot#slovakias-officials-appeal-for-calm-in-a-deeply-polarized-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspect Is Charged in Attempted Killing of Slovakia\u2019s Leader<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/may\/22\/parents-risk-childrens-lives-the-alternative-is-worse-on-board-a-migrant-rescue-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Parents risk children\u2019s lives \u2013 the alternative is worse\u2019: on board a migrant rescue ship<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/aug\/11\/child-rape-survivors-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child rape survivors face extraordinary barriers in states with abortion bans<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>Al Jazeera English<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/12\/31\/i-hear-shelling-every-night-war-stalks-life-in-eastern-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018I hear shelling\u2019: Fear grips Ukrainian villages near Russia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/14\/please-save-us-refugees-face-death-at-poland-belarus-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Please save us\u2019: Refugees face death at Poland-Belarus border<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/2\/2\/we-wont-survive-elderly-ukrainians-on-frontlines-loose-hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elderly Ukrainians: \u2018I was born in a war and will die in war\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/11\/we-are-dying-here-despair-on-the-belarus-poland-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fears grow for child refugees stranded on Belarus-Poland border<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2022\/1\/26\/holocaust-remembrance-day-letters-from-slovakia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holocaust Remembrance Day: Letters from Slovakia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2021\/11\/21\/photos-on-ukraines-front-lines-europes-forgotten-war-grinds-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Pictures: Europe\u2019s forgotten war grinds on<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2022\/2\/6\/photos-near-ukraines-front-lines-women-endure-the-war-alone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos: On Ukraine\u2019s front lines, women endure the war alone<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/8\/19\/taliban-takeover-a-trigger-for-child-refugees-in-greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taliban takeover \u2018a trigger\u2019 for child refugees in Greece<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/22\/refugees-crossing-polish-border-recite-tales-of-horror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The devastating ways women suffer at the Poland-Belarus border<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/5\/3\/venezuela-arbitrarily-detaining-reporters-covering-covid-19-cpj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venezuela arbitrarily detaining reporters covering COVID-19: CPJ<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>BBC<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/disability-56197682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018I wasn\u2019t allowed to look out of the window\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/ukrainian\/articles\/cr78nkem88vo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;\u041d\u0430\u0439\u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u044e\u0441\u044f, \u0449\u043e \u041a\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u0420\u0456\u0433 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0444\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043c&#8221;. \u042f\u043a \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0456\u0442\u0438 \u0437 \u0456\u043d\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044e \u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>Der Spiegel<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/ausland\/ukraine-krieg-gefluechtete-an-der-grenze-zur-slowakei-das-nadeloehr-von-vysne-nemecke-a-5dd669f6-5232-4b96-ab83-bbbd8a1453a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(S+) Flucht aus der Ukraine: Das Nadel\u00f6hr von Vy\u0161n\u00e9 Nemeck\u00e9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/europe-s-brutal-and-illegal-approach-to-migration-our-orders-are-clear-nobody-gets-through-a-2b65b102-46ce-4160-b8c4-7970cf631229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Orders Are Clear. Nobody Gets Through.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/open-arms-the-exploitation-of-ukrainians-in-the-european-union-a-83327326-3692-4663-92f3-85a26731c0c2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian Refugees Report Cases of Exploitation in Europe<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/ausland\/wie-fluechtlinge-aus-der-ukraine-in-der-eu-ausgebeutet-werden-a-c8e19702-8cca-4182-a5f3-dea572b10d8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wie Ukrainerinnen in Europa ausgebeutet werden<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>Lighthouse Reports<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousereports.com\/investigation\/europes-funding-of-eu-banned-pesticides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe\u2019s funding of EU-banned pesticides<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>The New Humanitarian<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/news-feature\/2025\/10\/09\/maduro-cracks-down-aid-organisations-find-it-harder-assist-and-fear-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As Maduro cracks down, aid organisations find it harder to assist and fear worse is to come<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/news-feature\/2022\/07\/13\/Venezuela-COVID-fallout-leaves-children-dying-and-the-poor-scavenging-for-food\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nowhere left to turn, part 1: Venezuela\u2019s COVID fallout leaves children dying and the poor scavenging for food<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/news-feature\/2020\/06\/04\/coronavirus-data-Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The challenge of collecting COVID-19 data in Venezuela<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/opinion\/2023\/02\/27\/ukraine-reporters-diary-ukraine-war?utm_content=buffer86740&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine reporter\u2019s diary: \u2018The desperation I saw was hard to process\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/news-feature\/2023\/02\/22\/what-happens-when-ukrainian-refugees-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What happens when Ukrainian refugees return?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/news-feature\/2021\/7\/27\/women-rescued-at-sea-reveal-scale-of-alleged-libya-abuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women rescued from the Med tell of Libya detention centre abuse<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>The Cut<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2022\/03\/my-journey-out-of-ukraine.html?fbclid=IwAR1KUhuFSCmCb3bYhFuyjHVhyNc6PVCHegYuxqLd98fT2BM5pfB3zopdjzk#_ga=2.186915307.271539526.1647915685-1455618531.1647915683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Journey out of Ukraine<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>Foreign Policy<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2022\/02\/17\/ukraine-russia-crisis-invasion-children-kindergarten-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine\u2019s Kids Are Literally on the Front Line<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/i-was-victim-sexual-abuse-deepfake-nudes-ruining-lives-1883990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Was a Victim of Sexual Abuse\u2014Deepfake Nudes Are Ruining Lives<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>The Conversationalist<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/conversationalist.org\/2025\/06\/12\/single-mothers-ukraine-russia-war-conflict-frontlines-violence-motherhood-widows-vulnerable-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motherhood on the Frontlines<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/conversationalist.org\/2025\/12\/03\/venezuela-dictatorship-activist-adreina-baduel-raul-isaias-caracas-prison-political-persecution-sairam-rivas-jesus-armas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fight to Free Venezuela\u2019s Political Prisoners<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"medium-title\"><em>Women\u2019s Media Center<\/em><\/h3><ul class=\"writing-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/women-under-siege\/all-i-can-do-is-pray-elderly-and-disabled-women-left-behind-in-eastern-ukraine?fbclid=IwAR2iuJhVpp2aFmNHcFG8nI71SAV9v991iRGmFWdNNv9nlYqDqh5lAre_KjM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018All I Can Do Is Pray\u2019: Elderly and Disabled Women Left Behind in Eastern Ukraine &#8211; Women\u2019s Media Center<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/women-under-siege\/i-have-seen-tyranny-venezuelan-women-activists-recount-physical-and-sexual-violence-by-security-forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018I have seen tyranny\u2019: Venezuelan Women Activists Recount Physical and Sexual Violence by Security Forces &#8211; Women\u2019s Media Center<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/women-under-siege\/hidden-in-plain-sight-a-venezuelan-survivor-of-incest-speaks-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidden in Plain Sight: A Venezuelan Survivor of Incest Speaks Out<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensmediacenter.com\/women-under-siege\/less-than-a-number-how-european-policies-leave-pregnant-refugees-to-die-in-the-mediterranean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Less Than a Number\u2019: How European Policies Leave Pregnant Refugees to Die in the Mediterranean<\/a><\/li><li><a 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