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April 14, 2026 | Ana Avendaño | Gender-based violence
Will the César Chávez Revelations Prompt Accountability in the Labor Movement?

“Their stories of abuse and sexual violence are heartbreaking. They are not surprising.” But there are existing models that create true accountability.

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April 09, 2026 | ElsaMarie D'Silva | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Women-Only Spaces Are Not the Solution to Gender-Based Violence

The creation of gender-segregated spaces to ensure women’s safety does not address the root causes of violence.

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February 10, 2026 | Marianne Schnall | Gender-based violence, Politics, Violence against women
‘It’s Time for the Truth’: Epstein Survivors’ New PSA Demands Answers From Justice Department

In addition to releasing the viral video, the group of survivors are demanding action from Attorney General Pam Bondi as well as backing new proposed legislation to facilitate legal accountability for perpetrators.

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October 27, 2025 | Esther Warkov, Ph.D. | Education, Gender-based violence, Girls, Violence against women
When Title IX Is Weaponized, How Can We Protect Students?

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.

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May 19, 2025 | Stacy Bannerman | Gender-based violence, Politics, Violence against women
Advocates Bring Action Against Pentagon for Service-Related Domestic Violence

Victims of military domestic violence are filing claims against the Pentagon for damage, injury, and death.

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February 07, 2025 | Rochelle Davidson Mhonde, Ph.D., Jhumka Gupta, ScD, MPH | Gender-based violence, International
Femicide Is a Global Issue With Lessons for the United States

A new report from the United Nations shows the prevalence of femicide throughout the world. Two scholar-activists call for addressing root causes.

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March 12, 2024 | Meghan Joyce Tozer | Gender-based violence, Politics
Fighting Back Against Sexual Assault and Harassment in Schools

In the face of poor enforcement of Title IX protections, students are advocating for themselves when it comes to addressing sexual harm at school, off campus, and online.

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June 01, 2023 | Lisalyn R. Jacobs | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
US Creates Its First National Plan on Gender-Based Violence

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.

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December 21, 2022 | Susan Buttenwieser | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Senate Report Reveals Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in US Federal Prisons

In the wake of the Senate investigation, the Justice Department may expand compassionate release to victims and survivors of sexual abuse in federal prisons.

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November 23, 2021 | Aarti Narsee | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Activists Fuel Global Movement to Fight Violence Against Women

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.

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July 14, 2021 | Shaistha Khan | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
“I Will Not Be Silenced”: Women in Kuwait Fight Back Against Violence

Demands to address gender-based violence have escalated after a social media movement and a brutal murder.

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May 20, 2021 | Shaistha Khan | Arts and culture, Gender-based violence
Exhibit Gives Voice to Women Artists From the Arab Gulf Region

The exhibit coincides with the #LanAsket (“I will not be silenced”) movement against gender-based violence and harassment.

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March 09, 2021 | Nicole Bedera | Gender-based violence, Politics, Violence against women
The Fight to Refocus Title IX on Survivors

As Biden calls for a review of enforcement guidelines, advocates are pushing the administration to do more than just repair Trump-era harms.

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February 25, 2021 | Ruchira Gupta | Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, Media
Gaslighting, Stalking, Revenge Porn: Right-Wing Hate Fuels Attacks on Women Journalists in India

Supporters of the ruling party have instigated threats and violence in an effort to silence women journalists.

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November 24, 2020 | Inés M Pousadela | Gender-based violence, International
Women’s Groups Fight Back As Gender-Based Violence Surges During the Pandemic

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.

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May 07, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Virus-hit countries devise schemes to help domestic violence victims

Countries like Spain, France, the UK, Argentina, and Norway have devised schemes that allow women to seek help without alerting their partners.

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April 29, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Girls, Online harassment, Violence against women
Unexpected pandemic effect: Child abuse proliferates online

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive surge in child abuse material being uploaded, according to a story from the Fuller Project for International Reporting co-published with the UK Telegraph.

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March 26, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Health, Violence against women
Coronavirus prompts women stuck in abusive homes to seek ‘safe phones’

In Australia, a government-supported initiative that provides “safe phones” to women stuck in violent homes is seeing a serious uptick in requests attributed to the virus, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported Wednesday.

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March 19, 2020 | Jhumka Gupta, ScD, MPH | Gender-based violence, Health
What does coronavirus mean for violence against women?

While necessary to combat the spread of COVID-19, sheltering in place has been shown to exacerbate domestic violence.

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March 18, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Health, International
Situation deteriorates for Syrian women and girls

Stories about something that is “still” happening don’t get many eyeballs. But there is no way around what is still happening to Syrian women and girls as the conflict enters its 10th year, and the United Nations is sounding the alarm.

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March 05, 2020 | Carla Hay | Gender-based violence, Media
Athena Film Festival gives voice to “silence breakers”

Weinstein and Simmons accusers had an opportunity to speak out at a festival panel and react to Weinstein's conviction.

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February 14, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Vast number of refugee women sexually abused while awaiting UK asylum

A shocking new report from Women for Refugee Women, a UK-based nonprofit, says one-third of women they interviewed who had been raped or sexually assaulted in their home countries have faced further rape or sexual abuse while destitute in the UK.

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January 30, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Girls and women face increased violence due to climate change

A study published Wednesday confirms “extensive direct links” between environmental pressures and gender-based violence.

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January 09, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Indian court sets hanging date for men convicted in Dehli gang rape

A court in India issued a death warrant Tuesday for four men convicted of gang-raping a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in 2012. They are set to be hanged on January 22.

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December 27, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
South Korean ‘comfort women’ denied appeal on deal with Japan

Korean women are still—nearly 75 years later—fighting to gain restitution from the country that forced them into sexual slavery, despite a “final and irreversible” deal reached between Korea and Japan in 2015.


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