Eve Ensler, on a tour in Central and South America for One Billion Rising, reflects on a week of conflict, violence, and terror in Gaza, Syria, and Goma and why the struggle must go on. Read More »
KARACHI, Pakistan — At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai took on the Taliban by giving voice to her dreams. As turbaned fighters swept through her town in northwestern Pakistan in 2009, the tiny schoolgirl spoke out about her passion for education — she wanted to become a doctor, she said — and became a symbol of defiance against Taliban subjugation. Read More »
That's what Arizona trial Judge Jacqueline Hatch told a woman who had been sexually assaulted in an Arizona bar.
Police officer Robb Gary Evans was convicted of sexual abuse. The felony carries a two and half year maximum prison sentence but Judge Hatch instead reduced the sentence to probation and 100 hours of community service before transferring responsibility to the victim of the crime.
Another reason to RISE - for a justice system that works to protect victims and not criminals.
Read More » Dear Todd Akin,
I am writing to you tonight about rape. It is 2 AM and I am unable to sleep here in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am in Bukavu at the City of Joy to serve and support and work with hundreds, thousands of women who have been raped and violated and tortured from this ceaseless war for minerals fought on their bodies.
I am in Congo but I could be writing this from anywhere in the United States, South Africa, Britain, Egypt, India, Philippines, most college campuses in America. I could be writing from any city or town or village where over half a billion women on the planet are raped in their lifetime.
Mr. Akin, your words have kept me awake. Read More »
Just in time for South Africa's Women's Month, The women empowerment and gender equality bill is almost ready to go to Cabinet, according to Women's Minister Lulu Xingwana.
Read the full story here.
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