“The Dobbs ruling is further accelerating an existing crisis, putting pregnant people at even greater risk of arrest, prosecution, and conviction.”
When police presence increases in response to incidents of violence, who will protect women from police?
Advocates are sounding the alarm about the risks of the new coronavirus spreading inside correctional facilities.
The Department of Homeland Security is targeting workers it should be protecting, as recent ICE raids shine a spotlight on exploitative conditions at poultry farms.
A team of scholars is investigating why women's incarceration is increasing even as overall imprisonment rates have been declining.
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.
In late November, officials from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement announced that the Law for Protection from Violence against Women, legislation women’s rights activists have advocated for since 2013, will likely be enacted in 2019.
The National Bail Out Movement is shining a light on the injustices of the bail system, while giving help to women who are often kept in jail for minor offenses.
The author, a former sex crimes prosecutor, points out that true reports of rape are all too common, false reports of rape are rare but they exist, and good investigations can tell them apart.
