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latest news & developmentsToxic workplaces: Are human rights organisations some of the culprits?
Some human rights organisations are enabling toxicity to harmful degrees
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews confront #MeToo claims
“Lo Tishtok” — Hebrew for “You will not be silent” — is a phrase gaining momentum among haredim, who are being forced to reckon with claims of serious crimes, including sexual…
Coko vs S ruling: The case against a subjective test on consent in rape trials
Acting judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s acquittal of a rape suspect has raised controversy, but legal experts say the fault lay with legislators and not the court
R. Kelly convicted of leading decades-long sex abuse ring
He faces up to life in prison, a dramatic fall for the singer long praised as R&B’s king
The Portfolio: Robyn Field’s recurring archetypes
For the artist, creating work helps her make sense of her feelings around complex and heated subjects
Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Editorial: Dropping celebs isn’t enough
There are not often consequences for men who are reported to have sexually abused women. But maybe, just maybe things are changing for the better.
Weinstein convicted of sex assault, rape in ‘new era’ for #MeToo
The 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal…
#MeToo in Nigeria
In Nigeria, survivors of sexual violence and workplace sexual harassment know that facts are not enough
The cost of breaking your silence is high
Those who have been violated are called on to solve the problem of gender-based violence
Sexual harassment still plagues the workplace
Institutions can set up a gender equity unit such as the one at Wits University to assist victims
Colombian football rocked by allegations girls were sexually abused
The disclosures come at a time when women’s football is experiencing a worldwide surge in popularity ahead of this year’s World Cup
Today, we are all women
Women and men must together gather the resolve it takes for change to take hold everywhere
Philippines’ Duterte under fire for saying he ‘touched’ maid
Women’s rights political party Gabriela denounced Duterte’s ‘repulsive’ comments and called for him to resign
Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime — Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege
The Congolese doctor won the Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war and is considered an expert on gang rape in conflict