Millions of women tolerate abuse every day due to fear of the cultural stigma of getting help and lack of access to resources available to help them.
Millions of adolescents in the U.S. are victims of physical, emotional, psychological, or verbal abuse from a dating partner each year.
For over 20 years, women have suffered under the rule of the Taliban.
By the end of the first month of our “relationship,” my life had changed.
Protests in response to Hernández’s murder were carried out in more than 70 cities in Brazil and in other parts of the world after her death.
Thousands of women have been leading protests in the northeastern state of Manipur, India.
In a world plagued by oppressive social norms, pervasive violence, and unjust laws, the plight of women all over the world demands our unwavering attention.
We need to give students these lessons earlier so that, when they go to college, it’s not the first time they’re hearing it.
Incidents of sexual assaults on college campuses seem to be returning to pre-pandemic levels at a number of colleges and universities, according to new reports.
Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Indonesia’s state-owned railway company, announced on June 21 that it will now blacklist sexual harassers from using its services
While I am grateful that the legal system believed my account of what happened, I am still deeply hurt that the only punishment my perpetrator received was essentially a slap on the wrist rather than a jail sentence or other long-lasting consequence.
On April 11, the trial in a defamation lawsuit between actress Amber Heard and actor Johnny Depp began in Virginia.
Indonesia’s fight against sexual violence welcomed a long-waited new chapter this week when its Parliament passed a landmark bill aimed at providing legal framework for victims to seek justice.
In an incredibly unsettling new trend, some TikTokers are using women’s deaths as the punchlines of jokes.
Culture and attitude must shift to a place where cis and trans Black women and girls always feel safe, where we are given credit for our immeasurable contributions and we are valued for who we are.
That experience opened my eyes to how vulnerable young women are in so many situations.
Nearly half of students in grades 7–12 report facing sexual harassment.
The movement had, and still has, a gaping blindspot: the influence of Scientology.
There is a danger even in the framing that rape and assault and kidnap and battery are things that happen to women rather than acts of violence that men commit.
Iran is on the verge of passing a landmark law that will take action to outlaw sexual violence against women.
I decided it was time to tell my complete story so that other survivors wouldn’t be trapped with their abusers for no other reason than that they feel alone and fear they won’t be believed.
Mexican investigative journalist Lydia Cacho hosts a new podcast called The Red Note, which breaks down the multiple layers of Juárez’s government and culture that have allowed these killings to continue without justice for victims or their families.
J.K. Rowling immediately received backlash after sending a tweet that implied only women menstruate.
On June 7, Iran passed a new law criminalizing the emotional and/or physical abuse of a child — the first of its kind in the nation.
These three categories — sexual projets, sexual citizenship, and sexual geographies — comprise a radically new framework for thinking about sex.