May 22, 2023 | Asia, Featured
By Sophia Kulow Japan’s Cabinet recently approved a bill that would acknowledge sexual violence even without physical violence or coercion,while also raising the age of consent from 13 to 16. Sexual violence is any unwanted sexual activity, with perpetrators using...
May 12, 2023 | Eastern Europe, Featured
By Cheryl Thomas I recently traveled to Armenia and the Republic of Georgia, two countries bordering and near Russia. A familiar theme emerged in my conversations with friends and colleagues. Just as dangerous bullies terrorize women in their private lives to...
Apr 10, 2023 | Caribbean, Updates and Events, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Featured
By Sophia Kulow When media reports on conflict zones, the gender-based violence that occurs in these areas is often left out in favor of military action. The reality is that conflict zones are hotspots for sexual violence among girls and women, and gender-based...
Mar 30, 2023 | Eastern Europe, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Featured
By Hanna Nussair “Rape is being used as a weapon of war in Ukraine.” “Girls are at an increasing risk of child marriage in Afghanistan.” “Sudan’s ban on female genital mutilation isn’s enough to protect women and girls.” Around the globe, we rely on storytellers to...
Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Recent News
By Sophia Kulow In early February of this year, Biden urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the challenge against ending the expulsion policy of Title 42. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration used the expulsion policy as a way to...
Dec 5, 2022 | Featured, Recent News
By: Lynnette McIntireDecember 5, 2022 Femicide. A word that conjures fragmented images of girl baby drownings, honorkillings, stoned women labeled as adulterers or infidels. Why do we steer away from the term “femicide”? Is it because it seems like the word is removed...
