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Jessica Mack

Jessica Mack is a freelance writer and gender consultant, specialising in reproductive health and rights. She is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand and you can find her on Twitter @fleetwoodjmack

September 2013

  • Indian women demonstrate outside the New Delhi police headquarters after a brutal gang rape on a bus

    Redefining what it means to 'be a man'

    Jessica Mack

    Jessica Mack: A UN survey of Asian men reveals how widespread violence against women is and how it starts young

August 2013

  • Gilgo Beach Long Island

    'Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery' is a tribute to five prostitutes

    Jessica Mack

    Jessica Mack: There is something wrong with a society in which human beings can disappear and no one seems to care

March 2013

  • Philippines' One Billion Rising call to end violence towards women

    Poverty matters blog
    Violence against women won't just disappear – but progress is possible

    Jessica Mack
    Jessica Mack: The Commission on the Status of Women is meeting at a time of heightened awareness of gendered violence worldwide

January 2012

  • Residents of Africa's largest slum watch

    The US is out of sync on contraception

    Jessica Mack

    Jessica Mack: Across Africa, leaders are starting to recognise that birth control saves lives. But the US still treats it as a political football

October 2011

  • Bridget Jones

    Women can be independent and intimate

    Jessica Mack
    Jessica Mack: Kate Bolick's article on a crisis in relationships is black and white. Many women are happily existing in the grey in-between