Since the collapse of the Lebanese Pound in 2019, social workers in Beirut say that migrants and Lebanese alike have turned to the sex trade to cope with the increased costs of living.
For over 20 years, women have suffered under the rule of the Taliban.
War has been raging for 11 months in Sudan. Amid the horrific wave of violence that has led many people to flee West Darfur, women and girls have described being raped, beaten, detained, and forced to witness the killings of loved ones by groups of armed men.
Between 1996 and 2000, former President Alberto Fujimori oversaw a family planning program under which more than 280,000 women and men were sterilized in Peru — mainly in poor, rural areas. Decades later, victims are still awaiting justice.
There is plenty of warranted criticism of the New York Times investigation into sexual violence on October 7, but for all the exposé’s ethical shortcomings, its greatest failure was its lack of consideration for the safety, trauma, and dignified treatment of the victims.
In the last decade, an estimated 15,000 women across the globe have been accused of abducting their own children. They are all foreigners who tried to relocate with their children — oftentimes back to their home countries — but the other parent disagreed. Not all countries criminalize abduction, but the repercussions for the child’s custody are far-reaching.
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.
The global attention of the #MeToo movement prompted the aid sector to acknowledge its own #AidToo crisis, but, half a decade later, the spotlight has dimmed, and sadly, the aid sector has seen minimal substantive changes.
After nearly two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the unchecked exploitation of Ukrainian women abroad — who are still displaced in different European countries, as well as internally, in Ukraine — is poised to create a crisis of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
In most present-day Igbo communities, caste ranking is a core concern for both families and couples.
A Colombian peace court is opening a new legal case that could bring justice for the first time to thousands of victims of gender-based crimes committed by the FARC and the military during decades of bitter conflict.
The risk of intimate partner violence is consistently higher among women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa than among those living without it — even for pregnant women, who are often first informed of their status during prenatal screenings.
The Taliban's decrees over the past two years have resulted in the severe marginalization of women and girls in all aspects of Afghan society, which they exploit to gain attention on the global stage.
Thousands of women have been leading protests in the northeastern state of Manipur, India.
At long last, same-sex marriage could soon be recognized under Indian law. As of April 18 of this year, a total of 18 petitions have now been introduced to the high court to legalize same-sex marriage.
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.
The United States joins about 80 other countries that have developed national plans; the Biden administration hopes that it will also be used to guide state and local policies.
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.
In October, the United Nations Committee Against Torture issued a final decision in Elizabeth Coppin v. Ireland that once again dashed hopes of justice for survivors of one of Ireland’s worst regimes of torture and abuse.
While abuse and discrimination against women and persons with disabilities is punishable by law in Malawi, in a patriarchal culture with a pronounced belief in the existence of witchcraft, men are at liberty to abandon their families on the basis of disability alone.
While India is one of the few countries yet to criminalize marital rape, the high court recently ruled that victims of marital rape are entitled to a safe and legal abortion, establishing in Indian law that non-consensual sex can and does exist among married partners.
In the wake of the Senate investigation, the Justice Department may expand compassionate release to victims and survivors of sexual abuse in federal prisons.
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.
Women Under Siege spoke with American anti-war activist Jody Williams, Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman, and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee about their trip with Nobel Women's Initiative to Ukraine, the stories they heard there, and how Ukrainian women are fighting for peace in their country.
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