Lori Silberman Brauner

Lori Silberman Brauner is an editor and writer at New Jersey Jewish News. In addition, she is a freelance writer and editor and a New York-area contributor to the Jerusalem-based Times of Israel. She received a B.A. in political science from Muhlenberg College and has an M.A. in international affairs from Drew University and an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She was one of 10 North American journalists who took part in a ICFJ-UN Foundation Reporting Fellowship in September 2016 to explore the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Lori Silberman Brauner

Ending Female Cutting: Cause for Celebration or Worry?

February 15, 2016

by Lori Silberman Brauner

It is not often that the word “clitoris” is uttered in public forums of the United Nations. Yet participants in the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation at UN headquarters recently heard that word repeatedly, along with poignant stories of survivors of the painful, bloody and sometimes-fatal procedure at an event marking …

Gender-Based Violence, Women

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The Legal Push to End Genital Cutting of Girls in the US and Abroad Progresses

August 11, 2015

by Barbara Crossette

Almost 20 years have passed since the genital mutilation of girls has been outlawed in the United States, but the traditional practice has continued to grow ever faster in recent years with increased immigration from parts of Africa where it is most common. It is estimated that more than 500,000 girls and women in …

Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights, Women

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UN and US Congress Act to Curtail Female Cutting Globally

December 23, 2012

by Barbara Crossette

Only four days before Christmas, when many minds were fixated on the year-end holidays, two important steps were taken almost unnoticed to combat female genital mutilation globally, raising hopes that millions of girls might be spared the excruciatingly painful and harmful yet persistent practice. In what Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called “historic” UN action, the …

Africa, General Assembly, Health and Population, Human Rights, Middle East, Women

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The UN General Assembly Takes Up a Once-Taboo Topic

October 12, 2012

by Amy Lieberman

A growing movement within the United Nations to ban female genital mutilation globally has led to the first resolution to be written on the issue in the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which will vote on the matter this month. Two Francophone countries in West Africa, Burkina Faso and Benin, have proposed the draft …

Africa, General Assembly, Women

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Paying Attention to the Hidden Strengths of Rural Women

March 5, 2012

by Dulcie Leimbach

Rural women are worse off than their urban counterparts and their male neighbors. They are generally poorer, less educated, discriminated against and left with limited health care choices and jobs, yet they are classic behind-the scene doers, often performing most of the unpaid work at home and on farms, while producing a majority of …

Human Rights, Women

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Lori Silberman Brauner

Lori Silberman Brauner

Ending Female Cutting: Cause for Celebration or Worry?

The Legal Push to End Genital Cutting of Girls in the US and Abroad Progresses

UN and US Congress Act to Curtail Female Cutting Globally

The UN General Assembly Takes Up a Once-Taboo Topic

Paying Attention to the Hidden Strengths of Rural Women

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