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What Colombia's New President Means for Justice for Women

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Eve Ensler: Men Need to Join the Fight to End Violence Against Women

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Why So Many Mass Shooters Have Domestic Violence in Their Past

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These Are the Places With the World's Top Female Murder Rates

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Indonesia to Chemically Castrate Child-Sex Offenders

New punishments for child-sex offenders also include a maximum penalty of death

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Indonesia: Brutal Rape Puts Spotlight on Sexual Violence

Outraged women's groups are urging the government to pass the long-awaited Elimination of Sexual Violence Bill

By Yenni Kwok

LGBT Advocates Say Bathroom 'Predators' Are Red Herring

'It’s like Jell-O. It’s so hard to fight this because it’s such nonsense'

By Katy Steinmetz

Why Amber Rose’s SlutWalk Was for Everyone — Even Prudes

The decisions that any of us make about our bodies and sexuality should never be based in fear of abuse or judgment

By Erica Williams Simon

U.N. Report: Cyber Violence Is Equivalent to Physical Violence

73% of women have experienced cyber violence, according to a new report

By Charlotte Alter

Violence Against Women at 'Alarmingly High Levels'

"Uneven progress" 20 years after the landmark Beijing conference on gender equality

By Nolan Feeney

Delhi Gang-Rape Convict Blames Victim for Brutal Attack

One of the group of men convicted for raping and murdering a 23-year-old medical student on a bus in New Delhi in late 2012 has suggested that the brutal assault was to teach the young...

Someone is Finally Starting to Count 'Femicides'

Domestic violence has been long documented, but one woman in the UK is starting to count all women killed by men--not just current or former partners

By Charlotte Alter

Egypt Fails to Protect Women, Watchdog Says

Efforts to protect women from systemic violence have been largely symbolic, human rights group says

By Charlotte Alter

Watch a Grown Man Ask a Little Boy to Hit a Girl

This Italian domestic violence PSA has been viewed more than 33 million times on Facebook

By Charlotte Alter

The Killing of This Student Teacher Has Galvanized Germany

More than 141,000 people have signed a petition demanding a posthumous medal for Tugce Albayrak, a 22-year-old student teacher

By Catherine Mayer

Violence Against Women 'Epidemic,’ Study Says

Governments need to step up their game to protect women, says extensive new research

By Charlotte Alter

Why Self-Defense Needs To Be Part of the Violence Against Women Conversation

There's something we could be doing while we stumble over laws and misogynistic culture

By Tim Larkin

Watch Tulane Football Players Take a Stand Against Violence Toward Women

And call on others to “take the pledge” and make their own videos

By Denver Nicks

20 Years of Change: Joe Biden on the Violence Against Women Act

VAWA, which changed our national conversation on abuse and brought safety to more women, is my proudest legislative accomplishment

By Joe Biden

Women Are Most Likely to Be Killed by a Man in These States

A new report list the ten states with the highest rates of male on female homicide

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