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From Victim to Victor: Surviving Sexual Assault in Uganda

By: Tabitha Mpamira-Kaguri | April 14, 2019

As a survivor myself, I can tell you that there is no greater gift to rape survivors than to be believed and validated.

Let’s Give the Flag a Hand

By: Lori Sokol, Ph.D. (Women's eNews) (Executive Director) | October 8, 2018

I’m asking all supporters of gender equality to consider placing your right hands over your mouths, instead of your hearts, when the national anthem plays.

Super Bowl Weekend – Where Sex Traffickers Win

By: Vednita Carter | February 1, 2018

This weekend, as fans gather for the Super Bowl to enjoy the game, others will be present–not to enjoy, but to be enjoyed. These are the unseen girls and women in the commercial sex trade.

Teen Voices

Girls Take Self-Defense Courses to Prepare for College

By: Michelle Xiong | July 3, 2017

These girls in Connecticut are taking classes to make sure they can defend themselves in college. “Going to college and being on your own, just the idea is kind of scary,” one participant said.

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This Father’s Day, Men Must Continue to Call Out the President’s Misogyny

By: Rob Okun | June 16, 2017

Men need to explicitly reject Donald Trump’s misogyny and model a sensitive, aware manhood, not what’s being expressed at the White House. This includes asking women and women’s organizations how best to support them.

Teen Voices

Massachusetts School Club Takes Aim at Assaults in Boarding Schools

By: Adeleke McMillan | April 20, 2017

Boarding schools don’t have to comply with Title IX regulations that protect students from an unsafe school environment. One student said victims at boarding schools deal with sexual assault “any way they can, but the administration makes that hard when it’s such a taboo subject.”

Education

Betsy DeVos Confirmation Will Weaken Campus Sexual Assault Response

By: Olympia Duhart | February 6, 2017

Trump’s secretary of education nominee refused at her confirmation hearing to state a firm commitment to using Title IX to respond properly to sexual assault on college campuses. That’s reason for concern.

Rape
Anti slut shaming protest

All Points Callout: We Need to Build a Culture of Consent

By: Sevonna M. Brown | June 7, 2016

We can all take steps to spread the ethos of consent among children and adults. A Planned Parenthood survey of male-female attitudes about sex, along with numerous recent incidents, shows why everyone has to be involved.

Reproductive Health
Reproductive health, Planned Parenthood, immigrant women, sexual assault, migrant women

Planned Parenthood Is Crucial for Immigrant Women

By: Edna Meza Aguirre and Anna Ochoa O'Leary | September 1, 2015

The current controversy over fetal tissue research has clouded the work this organization does to improve the quality of life for the impoverished women they assist in both the United States and 10 other countries.

Campus safety

Harvard’s Female Prez Shuts Down Meeting on Rape

By: Lisa E. Paige | June 26, 2014

Despite being the first female president of Harvard, Drew Faust isn’t pushing for rapid policy change on the issue of on-campus sexual assault. To make schools safer for students, we as alumni and parents must keep pressing ahead.

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