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Africa
Global Voices
A Grassroots Movement Mobilizes Against Femicide in Kenya
Mar 6, 2024 Organizers are fighting for wide-ranging reforms and an end to systemic violence against women.
Protests and Celebrations Mark Women’s Day, Despite Threats
Mar 8, 2020 Tensions marred some celebrations, but women still marched en mass in cities around the world, even those affected by the coronavirus.
A Violent Epidemic Is Taking American Lives
Nov 20, 2019 Activists are working hard to raise awareness about a growing scourge of violence against against transgender and gender-nonconforming people.
Andrea Dworkin: Teller of Hard Truths
Jul 17, 2019 A new book offers an opportunity to revisit the writer's maligned but searing insights into the impact of pornography on women.
The Real Face of Prostitution
Jun 12, 2019 Johns have no problem justifying it, but women are heavily criminalized, despite evidence that many are coerced and exploited into it.
Women
A Question of Honor
May 21, 2019 Police response is out of sync with a sharp rise in so-called honor-based violence against women in the U.K.
An Alienated Culture Grooms Women for Cults
Apr 23, 2019 A society rife with loneliness puts pressure on women to be compliant and not make waves, making them ripe prey for sociopaths.
Recollections From Behind Bars: A Woman’s Tale
Jan 8, 2019 Writer Jamie Farthing recounts a memorable meeting with a fellow inmate in a New Jersey prison.
Activist Zeros In on Canada’s Indigenous Women
Dec 13, 2018 Cherry Smiley believes the government hasn’t done enough to correct conditions that resulted in nearly 3,000 murdered or missing women since the 1970s.
The Underbelly of the Sex-Trade Industry
Sep 11, 2018 Five years as a prostitute in Spain fueled one woman's passion to end trafficking and other forms of violence against women.
