Sherizaan Minwalla is an immigration and human rights lawyer specializing in gender-based violence. She has spent eight years living in Iraq and working with NGOs on these issues.
The Trump administration couched its executive order on refugees in language about gender based violence, the same week it vowed to cut funding for women's clinics and the same day its favorite country Russia voted to decriminalize domestic violence.
The public’s interest in knowing explicit details of sexual violence must not outweigh these victims’ urgent need for safety and privacy.
The U.S. started bombing ISIS to save the Yazidis, many of whom served the U.S. Army during the American occupation as interpreters. What happens to them now?
