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Egyptians Patrol Tahrir Square for Mob Sex Assaults

By Jessica Gray ● Uncategorized ● January 24, 2013

A massive gathering is planned today in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to mark the second anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution. Activists working to curb mob sex assaults won’t be celebrating. They’ll be watching for these assaults and victims who need help.

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Egyptian Constitution Provides Little Protection

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● January 12, 2013

A secular Egyptian woman outlines the disappointments written into the country’s new constitution, passed in late December. Women have had only one legal advance since the revolution: prosecuting sex harassment.

Pediatricians Support Plan B; Mexican Mayor Killed

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● December 1, 2012

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Schools Just Don’t Have ‘Zero’ Sex Harassment

By Linda D. Hallman ● Uncategorized ● August 1, 2012

Penn State has raised the national volume on school silence about sex harassment. But the AAUW’s Linda Hallman says many administrators still seem clueless about their legal responsibility to protect under Title IX.

‘Personhood’ Turned Back; Cain Accusers Flamed

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● November 10, 2011

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DSK Has Credibility Problems Too; Let Jury Decide

By Wendy Murphy ● Crime & Law ● July 6, 2011

Win or lose, Wendy Murphy says justice demands that a jury consider a hotel worker’s charges of sex assault against Strauss Khan and that Manhattan District Attoney Vance finish what he started.

Time to Count Street Harassment as Hostile Acts

By K.C. Wagner & Emily May ● Crime & Law ● June 23, 2011

The community around fighting street harassment is growing stronger and has pointed to its pervasiveness. K.C. Wagner and Emily May say more research is needed to lay the groundwork necessary to end this type of harassment.

Schoolgirls Can Find Protection in Title IX

By Joanne N. Smith ● Arts & Culture ● May 14, 2011

In this intro from “Hey, Shorty!” Joanne Smith recalls how the rape of an 8-year-old catalyzed the co-authors’ work to end violence against girls in public schools. The book offers a manual on applying Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in education.

Sex Crime Expert Asks Gore’s Accuser: Why Now?

By Wendy Murphy ● Crime & Law ● June 26, 2010

A long-time advocate for crime victims is torn about Nobel Laureate Al Gore and the woman accusing him now of a sexual assault in 2006. She believes her yet asks: Why was she silent for so long and why did she go public now?

Polanski, Letterman Sheltered By Casting Couch

By Sandra Kobrin ● Commentary ● October 14, 2009

Letterman and Polanski are in different quandaries, but Sandra Kobrin says they both benefit from Hollywood’s allegiance to letting powerful men get away with exploiting younger women.