‘Broken: Seeking Justice’ and ‘Canary’ show how journalists cover sexual assault — and podcasts’ potential for rebuilding trust.
The ongoing sexual violence toward Asian women is undeniably linked to widespread, hypersexualized stereotypes that have stripped Asian women of their personhood and individuality.
Any plan to rein in the pandemic and its most jarring consequences requires action to support victims and survivors.
The new administration’s actions will be crucial to reaffirming the faith of sexual violence survivors after the damage of the Trump presidency.
When Cyclone Winston ravaged the island nation of Fiji in 2016, it came with 185-mile-per-hour winds and a massive storm surge that displaced thousands, and took away the livelihoods of thousands more. Amid the downed palm trees and debris, people became hungry and desperate.
While protests have seen unprecedented participation by young women, they have also been mired by sexual and gender-based violence against young women by the police. It is time for the international community to heed the call of Hong Kong-based activists and hold the government to account for this human rights crisis.
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.
A cocktail of structural barriers with law enforcement and throughout the judicial process — such as drawn-out, humiliating investigations and trials — ensures that justice for victims remains evasive.
Media coverage of sexual violence in India, both domestically and globally, has ignored the vast majority of rapes. Obscured from public view by the media, those stories that don’t make national and global headlines face near-insurmountable hurdles to justice.
A new movement has sparked public discourse among Iranian women as they take to social media with their own #MeTooIran moments.
Safe BAE reminded us of the need for change in society, as well as the value of being an advocate for that change.
On February 28, The César Awards, which are essentially the French Oscars, awarded the Best Director honor to Roman Polanski — a man who fled the United States after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
“Believe women” has long been a rallying cry for #MeToo supporters — and a point of attack for the movement’s opponents.
The first rule of reporting on sexual assault is to get consent from survivors that you can use their name, image, or identifying details. Australian public broadcaster ABC screwed that up pretty badly when it began early embargoed distribution of a documentary that is actually about—seriously—#MeToo.
As the #MeToo movement steadily grows throughout Mexico, with thousands of actions, collectives, and ongoing projects in operation throughout the country, women are finding their power to fight back and build a society in which their lives are not in constant danger.
As the number of cases of attempted kidnappings in metro stations mount, feminist civil society is fighting to create a safe city for women, against the inefficacy of law enforcement and a city government that appear ill-equipped to address the daily reality of violence committed against them in public.
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.
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.
Several advocacy groups are charging that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' rollback of Title IX protections is unconstitutional.
For weeks now, our country’s culture of shaming and silencing survivors has once again been in the spotlight. In the wake of this revelation, many other instances of sexual assault in Hollywood have started make headlines, too.