The discussion around Rep. Katie Hill's resignation has mostly missed the truths about the crime that was committed against her.
In a country as staunchly anti-abortion as Argentina, Sunday’s presidential election outcome signals a potential sea change for women’s rights in the notoriously restrictive country.
The new transitional house offers holistic support for survivors trying to regain agency of their lives in a city where resources are still severely limited.
Despite a peace agreement, sexual violence is on the rise in Mali’s conflict. But the International Criminal Court in The Hague is considering an unprecedented case for the prosecution of sexual violence.
Hundreds of thousands of rape cases in the United States are stalled as the evidence kits remain untested, sometimes for years. The HBO documentary I Am Evidence sheds light on the impact on victims and survivors.
The deadline is approaching for public comment on the administration's latest proposal, which is already having a damaging impact on immigrants.
Every day last year, an average of 137 women across the world were murdered by a family member or an intimate partner, according to research published Sunday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on Sunday. At right: Tamara O'Neal (Mercy Hospital)
Saudi Arabia has executed an Indonesian woman who was living in the country as a domestic worker. Tuti Tursilawati, a mother of one said to be in her early 30s, killed her employer in 2010 as he tried to rape her, according to multiple news reports.
In Greek refugee camps, migrant women endure horrific conditions and sexualized violence, a new report finds.
McDonald’s employees made history today, as cooks and cashiers in 10 cities across the country walked off the job to protest the company’s failure to address groping, propositions for sex, indecent exposure, and other inappropriate and illegal conduct in its stores.
The administration's deportation practices are sending women and LGBTQ would-be asylum seekers back to dangerous situations, where threats, violence, and even death may await.
Women who are survivors of sexualized violence experience more vivid memories than women who have endured other traumatic, life-altering events, according to a new study.
Over the course of the past week, feminist activists on the internet and in the real world expressed outrage and frustration about the latest #MeToo development: Louis C.K.’s return to the public stage.
A shocking 94 percent of Native American and Alaskan Native women in Seattle have been raped or coerced into sex, according to a survey conducted in 2010 that was finally released to the public on Thursday.
DOJ representatives told the Miami Herald they are looking into whether the Florida Department of Corrections has done enough to address complaints of sexual misconduct perpetrated against prisoners at Lowell Correctional Institution.
In a ruling on Tuesday, the court of cassation in Rome determined that suspects cannot be prosecuted using aggravated circumstances if the victim voluntarily drank alcohol before the attack.
This summer, the question of sexualized violence at the running of the bulls has been front and center. On Friday, hundreds of Spaniards protested across the country, indicating a growing spirit of resistance against the assaults.
India is the most dangerous country in the world for women, according to a nee survey of experts. The results come amid a worsening climate of sexual and communal violence in India, including the January rape and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl.
Adding to a long string of accusations stretching back decades, yet another woman has come forward with claims against R&B singer R. Kelly, alleging that he coerced her into sex, mentally and physically abused her, and deliberately infected her with herpes.
Early Monday morning, six armed men robbed a Tijuana shelter where transgender women were staying. On May 8, the shelter was set on fire. Advocates voiced concern about the harassment of the trans women at the shelter and attributed this week’s violence to prejudice.
In late March, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that closes a legal loophole in an attempt to ensure domestic abusers are required to surrender all firearms, not just handguns.
A new survey offers an idea of just how extensive the issue of sexual harassment is in the philanthropy world.
About 40 percent of employees in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) report experiencing some kind of harassment, one the highest rates of all agencies in the Interior Department.
LGBTQ murders went up 86 percent in 2017, but remain vastly under-covered in cable and broadcast TV.
Thousands of people are feeling the immediate impact of the decision to force thousands of immigrants to leave the U.S.