The creation of gender-segregated spaces to ensure women’s safety does not address the root causes of violence.
Isolated agrarian communities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu were hard hit by the pandemic, experiencing increased poverty, the diversion of savings toward healthcare, and prolonged illness, forcing families to pull their daughters out of school and marry them off. Years later, attendance rates haven't recovered, and child marriages haven't subsided.
New forms of violence have emerged with the Central American nation's militarization and suspension of due process.
Victims of military domestic violence are filing claims against the Pentagon for damage, injury, and death.
A new report documents connections between violent threats and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and legislation.
Two high-profile murders were among at least 21 femicides across Kenya in January, but amid the nation’s shock and outrage, media, members of the public, and even parliamentarians (including women) excused the murders by maligning the women as “slay queens” putting themselves in harm’s way for social media clout.
State actions to deny access to abortion show the same patterns of coercive control that women experience in domestic violence.
The nation is expected to make herstory in June when one of two leading women candidates will be elected.
Two female journalists who have been in jail since reporting on the killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini by Iran’s morality police Oct. 2022 have been temporarily released on bail.
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.
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.
How did we get to the point where some men consider rage and violence a reasonable reaction to being denied sex?
After a scathing experience in one of India's top media houses, Meena Kotwal, a Dalit journalist, founded The Mooknayak, an independent online media outlet that reports on caste oppression and systemic violence against marginalized communities across India.
While fat shaming is commonly acknowledged as a form of bullying, it is often left out of the conversation on gender-based violence.
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.
In an incredibly unsettling new trend, some TikTokers are using women’s deaths as the punchlines of jokes.
Thursday marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence in a year in which women have taken to the streets to protest rising violence and lack of state protection.
The movement had, and still has, a gaping blindspot: the influence of Scientology.
Demands to address gender-based violence have escalated after a social media movement and a brutal murder.
Jineth Bedoya Lima has been forced to investigate her own case and take it to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
On March 9, images from Mexico City showed how IWD protests turned violent between women and police officers
Supporters of the ruling party have instigated threats and violence in an effort to silence women journalists.
Iran is on the verge of passing a landmark law that will take action to outlaw sexual violence against women.
As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, a new report shows the extraordinary anti-violence efforts made by women's rights organizations globally.