“Their stories of abuse and sexual violence are heartbreaking. They are not surprising.” But there are existing models that create true accountability.
When Egyptian feminist group Speak Up announced a partnership with Pornhub—the world’s largest website for adult content—to rapidly identify and remove non-consensual content, it received immediate backlash. Are its efforts meeting the reality of sextortion in the country, or normalizing a platform that has often hosted non-consensual and illegal content?
The federal Office for Civil Rights has closed offices, abandoned many Title IX complainants, and opened investigations that align with the current administration’s political priorities. Students in need of redress must turn to alternative routes to demand accountability.
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.
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.
I’ve since become passionate about reducing sexual harassment and assault and embarked on a mission to create positive change in our community.
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.
When thinking about the experiences of survivors, it is easy to imagine a level of finality, implying the hard part is over, and it is now time to move on. But it is not.
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.
In August, the Spanish congress passed a law that reframes the importance of consent in cases of rape and sexual assault, joining countries like Canada, Sweden, and Denmark with similar laws.
As an advocate and a survivor, I know how hard it can be for many survivors to find real joy amid the giant cloud of darkness that comes after experiencing violence.
“There is a big difference between things being fair and things being set right.”
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.
Know Your IX, a project of Advocates for Youth — a group that educates and empowers youth to fight against sexual violence in schools — created a guide to Title IX.
I have been revisiting my feelings of anger and frustration regarding why the Democrats have lacked sufficient outcry when a #MeToo incident befalls someone in their political sphere.
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.
“Because We Are Girls” follows the story of three sisters on their journey to heal from the long-buried trauma of childhood sexual abuse decades before.
Royal Bahamas Police Force report that during the pandemic, more teenage girls have gone missing than in years past, and activists say it is part of a larger pattern of abuse.
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.
On March 8, The Biden administration took an important step toward changing how schools will handle sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct cases.
As Biden calls for a review of enforcement guidelines, advocates are pushing the administration to do more than just repair Trump-era harms.
These films encapsulated the power of #MeToo before our culture had the language and collective power to name that movement.