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API Chaya 23rd Annual Candlelight Vigil: Engaging Across Generations

by Globalist Staff

We will gather to remember the lives of Susanna Blackwell and her unborn child, baby Kristine, Phoebe Dizon, and Veronica Laureta, as well as all those who have experienced domestic and sexual violence. This tragedy organized the API community as a group of women (known as our founding mothers) came together to form the Asian […]

Placing #MeToo in Black history

by Zubeyda Ahmed

#MeToo continues to be an international movement. But not enough credit goes to Tarana Burke, who coined the phrase to empower young Black women.

When #MeToo excludes me: current movement mutes black women’s voices

by Tierra Johnson

Time's "Person of the Year" issue muted black women's contributions in the struggle against the culture of sexual violence.

Against bystanding violence

by Hollis Wong-Wear

Doing nothing — standing by — is its own violence.

Civilian police group tries to curb sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo

by Global Press News Service

Nearly 40 percent of women in Eastern DRC reported being exposed to sexual violence. Most of them said rape was the most common form of the violence.

Uganda green energy program also keeps refugee women safe from assault

by Global Press News Service

A program that produces energy-saving stoves could keep girls and women safe and has possible benefits to the environment and fighting hunger.

Mukesh Singh, convicted and sentenced to death for the 2012 gang rape of a woman in New Delhi, in a still from the BBC film "India's Daughter."

Ten things I will have to do before I watch the BBC film on the Indian rapist

by Sonora Jha

A prison interview with Indian rapist Mukesh Singh has sparked controversy around the globe. Here's why I'm in no hurry to click the link.

South Asian take on Vagina Monologues challenges sexual taboos

by Sudha Nandagopal

In a year marked by a political “War on Women” and a spate of sexual violence in India, it’s time for an open dialogue that challenges cultural taboos about sex.

Mexicans wait in limbo after failed border crossings

by Rachel Alexander

The illegal border crossing from Mexico to the U.S. can be dangerous, expensive and terrifying for thousands of Mexicans walking across the Arizona desert each year. Facing possible sexual assault and death from dehydration, the most devastating turn comes when they are picked up by border patrol and sent back over the border. Rachel Alexander […]