Media silence as gang rape survivor from northern Iraq wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oh please. Harkness of The Daily Signal chastising 'feminists' for failing to be effective advocates for rape survivors at the UN? And why complain about the lack of activity by 'feminists'? Are we the only ones who have a responsibility to fight against sexual violence inflicted on women and children in countries at war? By the way, after literally millennia of rape being treated as an insignificant by-product of war, who does she think finally brought the UN to declare rape as a weapon of war? l'll tell you - it was primarily women. Or should I say 'women'?

In any event, she doesn't really care much about the alleged under-reporting of the Nobel Peace Prize being given to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. There's no evidence at all it's been under-reported. It seems to have been covered quite extensively in the US by all the mainstream media, including Fox news, for which she is a commentator. The article quoted above continues:

“While any comparison between Nadia’s story and the accusations leveled against newly minted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would be completely unfair,” Harkness continued, “it is fair to wonder how news of uncorroborated allegations of gang rape brought by porn lawyer Michael Avenatti can overshadow a gang rape survivor-turned-women’s advocate being honored with the most prestigious award in the world.”

[sarcastifont on]Oh bad, bad feminists! Or maybe, bad, bad journalists? Or bad, bad, accuser of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh who didn't suffer nearly enough to warrant any media attention when you weigh (as of course it is necessary to do) what she suffered against what Nadia Murad suffered? But above all, bad, bad Stormy Daniels and Michael Avenatti who got a lot of publicity, which somehow means the (a) Nobel Laureate for Peace didn't get enough media attention, and (b) they were the reason the Nobel Laureate for Peace didn't get enough media attention. [sarcastifont off]

I think it's more that, for most people outside the Middle East, Iraq is "a far away country about which we know very little". It's natural that Americans will have a greater focus on events in the USA; but even for non-Americans, the pervasiveness of US media means that its politics get outsized attention in the news compared to the rest of the world.

It's also a factor that gang rape is only one part of the genocide against the Yazidi people. Working to "end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war" is a noble aim, but rape has an almost grim inevitability in situations like this, where a population has been so thoroughly dehumanized by its enemies. It cannot be separated from the other brutalities and massacres that have been perpetrated on these people, and it won't be stopped until ISIS are defeated, or all Yazidis are either dead or living somewhere other than ISIS-led regions.

What Ketzel said, just more swearing.

Women have not ceased to discuss rape at the U.N., and it's not difficult to google up examples.

Condoleezza Rice 2008.

Whether member states actually give a flying you-know-what is another matter entirely.