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.
For the first time in history, white men constitute a minority of people running as Democrats for seats in the House of Representatives, according to an analysis published Tuesday by Politico.
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.
“I don’t think there is any reason whatsoever to charge me with hate speech toward anyone,” says Russian feminist Lyubov Kalugina.
A group of world-class photographers are using the power of photography to impact the lives of women and girls around the world.
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.
The targeting of a member of parliament has shed light on everyday violence against women.
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.
Advocates staged protests across the globe on Thursday, including in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in London, to protest the kingdom’s continued detention of three prominent human right activists.
The latest report on diversity and inclusion in film shows little progress over the last 11 years. Marcie Bianco explores why there has been such stagnation, and what it will take to move the needle.
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.
Germans may soon be able to select a third gender option on their official identity records.
Human rights activists fear the worst after two young Malaysian women were convicted of engaging in a prohibited sex act and sentenced to six strokes of caning.
The Janus ruling that dealt a blow to public-sector unions will have a disparate impact on women.
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