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Thomson Reuters Foundation - U.S. men avoid spending time with female colleagues in the wake of #MeToo
May 07, 2019
Business Insider - The Trump administration decided not to defend a 20 year old ban on female genital mutilation
May 07, 2019
Euronews - #MeToo: How Georgia pioneered women's rights movement in former Soviet states
May 07, 2019
Politico SL - ECOWAS Court sits today to look into Sierra Leone Govt action against pregnant school girls
May 06, 2019
Public Radio International - The US movement against female genital mutilation is at a crossroads
Apr 30, 2019
Front Page Africa - Liberia: Woman, 25, Forcefully Taken to Sande Bush for Genital Mutilation
Apr 29, 2019
The Independent - Girl beaten to death by brothers for refusing to marry man who offered family 40 cows
Apr 19, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Runaway Saudi sisters in Georgia hope to move to third country for safety
Apr 13, 2019
The London Economic - Women led the overthrow of Sudan's leader, but they are far from safe
Apr 12, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - U.S. government backs off case of female genital mutilation
Apr 12, 2019
Inter Press Service - Civil Society, Press Freedom & Human Rights Under Attack in Africa
Apr 04, 2019
Inter Press Service - Women Activists Protest Torture & Imprisonment Under Repressive Regimes
Apr 01, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - U.S. woman says strict Christian parents subjected her to FGM
Mar 30, 2019
Medium - Leaders of Muslim countries urged to denounce the persecution of women's rights defenders
Mar 28, 2019
Euronews - How to fight sexism in the #MeToo era? Council of Europe starts with defining it
Mar 26, 2019
The Guardian - Cherie Blair claims 'most African women's first sexual experience is rape'
Mar 25, 2019
Refinery29 - Gucci Announces Changemakers Council
Mar 21, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - 'When is it going to stop?' Malaysia's marital rape victims ask
Mar 20, 2019
UN Women - UN Women and partners launch new initiative to repeal discriminatory laws worldwide
Mar 19, 2019
The Independent - Men see sexual harassment as less of a problem than when #MeToo started, poll finds
Mar 18, 2019
The Glow Up - 'This Is a Movement': Dapper Dan and Gucci Announce Global 'Changemakers' Program
Mar 14, 2019
Global Citizen - This Country's First-Ever March Against Sexual Violence Just Broke an Abusive Silence
Mar 13, 2019
Front Page Africa - Liberia: Advocacy Group calls on Pres. Weah, Gov't to push for Permanent Anti-FGM Law
Mar 09, 2019
IFEX - Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of Saudi rights defenders
Mar 08, 2019
Elle - Angel Haze and Dorothy Release 'Freedom,' A Powerful International Women's Day Anthem
Mar 08, 2019
Variety - Linda Perry Label Artists Team Up for International Women's Day: 'We're in This Together'
Mar 07, 2019
Los Angeles Times - Margaret Atwood books livestream event for 'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel
Feb 28, 2019
The Independent - German national in Uganda being 'hunted by police for sexually abusing girls in his care'
Feb 27, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Women have only three quarters of economic rights of men, finds World Bank
Feb 26, 2019
Maven Round Table - Imagine being denied the right to pass your citizenship onto your children
Feb 26, 2019
Time Magazine - 'I Knew This Was Injustice.' Saudi Sisters Describe the Oppressive Society They Left Behind
Feb 23, 2019
India Times - Over 5,000 Sexual Assault Survivors Walk 10,000 Kms To Delhi To Spread Awareness About Rape
Feb 22, 2019
Global Citizen - Why Sexual Assault Survivors Just Marched 10,000 Kilometers Across India
Feb 20, 2019
The Independent - Women in India walk 10,000km across 24 states to raise awareness about rape
Feb 16, 2019
Feminist Current - The UK needs to ensure its immigration laws don't harm trafficked women
Feb 15, 2019
This Is Africa - Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal: Three African countries providing solutions in fight against FGM
Feb 13, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Google, Apple face calls to pull Saudi app allowing men to monitor wives
Feb 11, 2019
Global Times - Equality Now Applauds President Bio
Feb 06, 2019
Euronews - Female Genital Mutilation Zero Tolerance Day: can the practice ever be eradicated?
Feb 05, 2019
Devdiscourse - Kenya to end Female Genital Mutilation by 2030 anyhow, urges Margaret Kobia
Jan 29, 2019
Harpers Bazaar - Gucci continues the fight against gender inequality with new Chime for Change chapter
Jan 29, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Missing the market: Adverts out of step as consumers call for strong women
Jan 26, 2019
Maven Round Table - US government proposes changes that make it harder for sexual assault survivors
Jan 25, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - U.N. investigating 'surge' in female genital mutilation in Uganda
Jan 17, 2019
Inter Press Service - Survey on UN Sexual Abuse Shifts Focus on Virtual Fugitives from Justice
Jan 17, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Post-Soviet countries urged to fix laws that let rapists off hook
Jan 16, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Britain to jail people for taking photos up women's skirts
Jan 08, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Saudi teen asylum seeker spotlights 'strangling' male guardianship
Jan 07, 2019
Global Citizen - Saudi Arabia Will Notify Women by Text if Their Husbands File for Divorce
Jan 06, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Saudi women to be told of divorce by text message under new law
Jan 04, 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation - School girls in Kenya undergo compulsory tests for pregnancy, female genital mutilation
Dec 22, 2018
Folha de S.Paulo - NGO fights laws that promote rape and mutilation of women in the world
Dec 13, 2018
Capital News Kenya - AU meeting on rights of women and girls takes place in Addis Ababa
Dec 12, 2018
Global Citizen - Child Marriage in the US Still Exists, and This Coalition Wants to End It
Dec 07, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Act now or face 100 more years of child marriage, economists warn
Dec 04, 2018
The Independent - Margaret Atwood warns 'French Revolution' is inevitable if US political system does not change
Nov 29, 2018
BuzzFeed News - Two Girls Had Their Genitals Cut, But A Judge Dismissed Their Case — Here's Why
Nov 29, 2018
Virginia Mercury - Equal Rights Amendment campaign sets sights on General Assembly session
Nov 29, 2018
BuzzFeed News - Two Girls Had Their Genitals Cut, But A Judge Dismissed Their Case — Here's Why
Nov 29, 2018
Los Angeles Times - Margaret Atwood reveals more about why she's writing a sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Nov 24, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - European countries urged to scrap 'outdated, harmful' rape laws
Nov 22, 2018
The Guardian - ‘US is moving backwards’: female genital mutilation ruling a blow to girls at risk
Nov 21, 2018
Vice News - Judge drops charges against doctors who performed female genital mutilation on 9 girls
Nov 21, 2018
The New York Times - Federal Ban on Female Genital Mutilation Ruled Unconstitutional by Judge
Nov 20, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Debunk rape myths to deliver justice in Northern Ireland - judge
Nov 20, 2018
Detroit Free Press - Judge dismisses female genital mutilation charges in historic case
Nov 20, 2018
The Hill - Facebook allowed South Sudan family to auction off 16-year-old girl as child bride: report
Nov 18, 2018
RFI - World Bank will be funding Tanzania, but not yet clear if pregnant girls still excluded from school
Nov 16, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Why are women in Saudi Arabia wearing their abayas inside out?
Nov 15, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Freeze aid to Tanzania over rights violations, campaigners say
Nov 13, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Facebook auction of South Sudan child bride could inspire other families - activists
Nov 08, 2018
Thomas Reuters Foundation - FGM rates are falling in Africa but we mustn’t be complacent
Nov 07, 2018
Thomas Reuters Foundation - Squeamish, divisive and trad - campaigners' verdict on UK sex education
Nov 02, 2018
The Mirror - Why Chief Constable Sara Thornton is wrong to say police should 'focus on crime, not misogyny'
Nov 01, 2018
The Guardian - Thousands ‘living in fear’ after Tanzania calls on public to report gay people
Oct 25, 2018
RFi - Ethiopia: Ecstatic over naming of female president because women’s rights haven’t been respected
Oct 18, 2018
Forbes - Performer Sarah Jones' Timely One-Woman Show Looks At The Exploitation Of Women
Oct 11, 2018
KTN (Kenya) - Where Kenya has failed in promoting the girl child #International Day of the Girl child
Oct 10, 2018
The London Economic - 'I was subjected to FGM. Now I want to help girls by being our first policewoman'
Oct 07, 2018
New Kerala - Women's Rights Organisations Speak Out in Defence of Sexual Assault Survivors
Sep 29, 2018
The London Economic - Victim shaming under the spotlight as Trump forced to order FBI to probe Brett Kavanaugh
Sep 20, 2018
The Wire India - Separate Law Necessary to Eliminate Practice of Female Genital Mutilation: Activists
Sep 18, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Campaigners demand anti-FGM law as girls bleed to death in Somalia
Sep 14, 2018
New Monitor Uganda - EA child rights activists to form coalition on ending child marriage
Sep 12, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - New Moroccan law fails to protect women from forced marriage - activists
Sep 04, 2018
US News and World Report - Women Are Still Underrepresented in Parliaments Around The World
Aug 24, 2018
The Metro - Girl, 19, who stabbed husband as he raped her facing new calls for death penalty
Aug 23, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Sierra Leone wants more girls in school - but not if pregnant
Aug 17, 2018
The Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s prosecutor appeals to reinstate death sentence against Noura Hussein
Aug 16, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - With new U.S. law, trafficked children no longer need to testify in court
Aug 15, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - INSIGHT"Put up and shut up": polygamy breeds poverty for Kenyan women and children
Aug 14, 2018
Newsy - National News Partner Tunisian Women's Rights Activists Push For Change On Inheritance Laws
Aug 10, 2018
The London Economic: "Change will come,soon it will come" activists pledge abortion laws will change in Argentina
Aug 06, 2018
Inter Press Service: “Outrage is Appropriate, Surprise is Not”: Tackling Sex Abuse in the Aid Sector
Aug 02, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Woman punched in Paris hits back with anti-harassment campaign
Aug 02, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Do more to close 'obscene' gender pay gap, British businesses told
Aug 01, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Reversing Burundi's Pregnant School Girl Ban Is Not Enough, Activists Say
Jul 31, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Burundi reversing school pregnancy ban not enough to protect girls - campaigners
Jul 30, 2018
AlHurra - World Day against Trafficking in persons
Jul 26, 2018
Al Bawaba - Somalia Makes Legal History by First-Ever Trial of Female Genital Mutilation
Jul 14, 2018
Al Jazeera - The problem with male feminists
Jul 12, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Sudan teen jailed for killing 'rapist' husband appeals for 'unconditional freedom'
Jul 11, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Turkish photographer praised for his shot to stop child marriage
Jul 06, 2018
The London Economic: Watch - How The Handmaid's Tale reflects the real experiences of women and girls
Jul 04, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Burundi school ban on expectant teens 'skewed' against girls' education
Jun 28, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - 'Black Magic' Nurse guilty in landmark British slavery case
Jun 07, 2018
RFi Kenya - Investigation into schoolgirl rapes should have moved more quickly, says rights advocate by RFI
Jun 01, 2018
A Plus - Swedish Girls Who Are At Risk Of Forced Marriage Are Being Told To Hide Spoons In Their Underwear
May 21, 2018
Bustle - The First Female Genital Mutilation Prosecution In America Is A Chilling Reminder It Happens Here, Too
May 17, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Regional court to judge Sierra Leone schools ban for pregnant girls
May 12, 2018
The Good Men Project Magazine - An International Legal Response to #MeToo, Rape and Sexual Abuse Is Needed
May 11, 2018
The Independent - Women candidates brace themselves for Iraq's election after race marked by smears and harassment
May 10, 2018
The Guardian - Teenager who killed husband after he raped her is sentenced to death in Sudan
May 10, 2018
Global Citizen - Palestine Is the Latest Middle Eastern State to Repeal ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law
May 07, 2018
The Guardian - Film hailing Saudi progress on women's rights branded 'dreadful propaganda'
May 04, 2018
The Conversation - An international legal response to #MeToo, rape and sexual abuse is needed
Apr 29, 2018
Al Bawaba - 'Gift of a Rapist': Taking The Fight over Marriage Laws to the Streets of Baghdad
Apr 12, 2018
New York Minute Magazine - Ashton Kutcher Provides Platform For Sex Trafficking Survivors
Apr 09, 2018
CNN - Quest Means Business
Apr 08, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Force Feeding Burdens Obese Mauritanian Girls With Diabetes, Heart Disease
Apr 03, 2018
Inter Press Service - Africa, UN’s Highest Policy-Making Body To Break Male Domination— Momentarily
Mar 29, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Will Iraq be next to abolish controversial 'marry your rapist' law?
Mar 23, 2018
Buzzfeed - Craigslist Just Took Personal Ads Offline Because Of A New Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill
Mar 22, 2018
The London Economic - Historic Vote Stops Internet Companies Using Loophole To Sell Women And Children Online For Sex
Mar 08, 2018
Newsweek - After The #MeToo Movement, Could This International Women's Day Be The Most Pivotal Yet?
Mar 07, 2018
Sakshi Post - Flawed Laws Let Rapists Off The Hook
Mar 07, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Is #MeToo a viral buzz or a tipping point for social change?
Feb 21, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - ‘Award-winning UK film on witch-hunts in Zambia hoped to curb attacks on women’
Feb 06, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - ‘What is Female Genital Mutilation? Where Does It Happen?’
Feb 05, 2018
Voice of America - ‘Seeking Fair Elections, Sierra Leone Bans FGM During Campaign Season’
Feb 01, 2018
Global Lead - ‘Surviving the Sex Trade’
Jan 31, 2018
Global Citizen - 'The Most Important Resource for The Future of Humanity' May Not Be What You Think
Jan 25, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Is women's inheritance next on reformist Tunisia's rights agenda?
Jan 25, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Liberia bans female genital mutilation - but only for a year
Jan 23, 2018
FivethirtyEight - To Combat Female Genital Cutting In The U.S., We Need More Information
Jan 22, 2018
The Punch - Police arrest five pregnant students
Jan 18, 2018
The State -Trump administration cites questionable data on immigration and violence against women
Jan 17, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - Former slaves are key to warning women of trafficking risks - campaigners
Jan 17, 2018
The London Economic - Landmark court case considers whether to decriminalise street prostitution
Jan 17, 2018
Politico - AGs take net neutrality to court
Jan 12, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation - No School, Period! Menstruating Girls Banned From River Crossing
Jan 05, 2018