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The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Rape is ‘the most neglected war crime,’ sexual violence expert says
A woman sits with her legs folded on the ground in a pose of shame and exhaustion.
Sexual violence
For sexual assault victims in Ghana, justice is expensive — and elusive
Video still from a Tik Tok video
Sexual violence
This teen’s TikTok video takes on Malaysia’s toxic culture of misogyny
A woman stands in an abandoned building with light coming through the window.
Critical State
Sexual violence in conflict: Part II
A man wearing jeans and sweater throws a rock near a fire burning outside
Critical State
When it rains, it wars: Tracking intersecting security threats, Part I
A man rides a bike by a slogan pasted on a wall reading "Avoid a rape trial: Become chief of police," in Paris, Saturday, July 11, 2020.
#MeToo
France’s 2nd #MeToo movement reckons with incest, child rape 
a woman gestures at police officers
Long before #MeToo, women in many parts of the world organized successful campaigns against sexual violence
A woman protestor holds a sign that says protect our women and girls
Justice
Survivors of sexual violence in South Africa are finally finding their voices
What Will the Kavanaugh FBI Investigation Look Like?
Full Episode
Demonstrators shout slogans during a candlelight vigil in Delhi
India has a sexual assault problem that only women can fix
Saint Patrick Catholic Church is seen in York, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 2018
Religion
A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal
Hundreds of ‘Predator Priests’ and Decades of Sexual Abuse Covered Up in Catholic Church, Report Reveals
Full Episode
Razia, who has an intellectual disability and difficulties with speech, is depicted with her back to the camera looks out and wearing traditional patterns from India.
Women & Gender
‘Give her a voice’: Activists say women with disabilities in India need independence
Film producer Harvey Weinstein, surrounded by NYC authorities, arrives at the 1st Precinct in Manhattan.
Conflict & Justice
Movie producer Harvey Weinstein surrenders on sex assault charges
Dep’t of Education Stops Investigating For-Profit Colleges
Full Episode
Migrant Caravan Denigrated by President Trump Arrives in California
Full Episode
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Conflict & Justice
‘Wolf Pack’ gang-rape verdict spurs thousands to protest in Spain
Asia Argento arrives for the Women In The World Summit in New York City
Culture
Asia Argento on relearning how to live her life after sexual assault
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Conflict
Modi silent as rapes spark fury, protests in India
Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, and his defense attorney Matt Newburg stand during Nassar's sentencing hearing in the Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Michigan, Feb. 5, 2018.
Justice
What’s the difference between sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment and rape?
Syrian refugee girl rests inside the Spanish rescue vessel Astral after being rescued by the Spanish NGO Proactiva off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea.
Conflict
Migrants desperate to flee Libya’s detention camps are being turned back at sea
European Parliament member Terry Reintke (C) holds a placard with the hashtag "MeToo" during a debate
Global Politics
EU institutions face scrutiny for how they deal with sexual assault
Who Will Live on the Islands of Trash?
Full Episode
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh talks to the media about his movie "MSG — The Messenger of God" in 2015.
Justice
Violent protests break out in India as a court convicts religious guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of rape
A Catholic nun signs a banner during a rally to show solidarity with a nun who was raped during an armed assault on a convent school, in Kolkata.
Justice
A 10-year-old rape victim in India has given birth
Abu-Baker Sebeela stands in a tavern holding up a pamphlet
Conflict
Why violence is linked to the rising rate of HIV in South Africa’s young women
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Global Politics
Lebanese women fight to overturn law that protects rapists
A Global Hunger Crisis, Fighting for Religious Freedom, Comedian Todd Barry
Full Episode
Kids and the Election, Russia Tension, Analyzing ‘Locker Room Talk’
Full Episode
Global Politics
When a rape isn’t a rape: FBI statistics ignore many cities’ rapes
American Rape Culture, The Internet as Art, Bringing Down the KKK
Full Episode
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Justice
Callie Crossley: The NFL has an ‘UnSuper’ record on sexual assault
Daniel Holtzclaw
Justice
Callie Crossley: ‘I cry for them’
A woman carries a baby as she talks with other women at a food distribution in Minkaman, South Sudan.
Conflict
Where’s the outrage over mass rape in war-torn South Sudan?
Predator Cops, Crowdsourcing Diseases, Losing Control of the GOP
Full Episode
Justice
India’s ‘Power Girls’ fight sexual violence and harassment that once made them victims
Drugs, Fame, and Bill Cosby, Justice for Sale, Pretty Pluto
Full Episode
YouTube
Media
India blocks the release of controversial Delhi gang rape documentary — on Indian TV and on YouTube
Many students attended a demonstration demanding laws that make India safer for women and children.
Justice
Two years after New Delhi’s brutal gang rape, many say not enough has changed
Jamaicans take part in a demonstration against the rape of three children and two women in Kingston in 2012.
Justice
Caribbean rape culture is back on display
Members of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress {arty, carry placards that read, "The country is covered in shame..."  The women were protesting the rape of a female passenger by an Uber taxi driver in New Delhi.
Justice
An alleged rape by an Uber driver is one more sign of India’s gender violence problem
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) speaks about pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 4, 2013.
Justice
This senator says the Pentagon is still a ‘complete failure’ on protecting sexual assault victims
Alanah Pearce is a game reviewer on a web TV show called Button Bash
Culture
This journalist replies to young boys who send her rape threats on Facebook by telling their mothers
Bill Cosby attends the American Comedy Awards in New York on April 26, 2014. Jian Ghomeshi attends the Canada for Haiti telethon at the CBC studios in Toronto on January 22, 2010. Rolf Harris arrives for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court in London on Ju
Justice
Bill Cosby is unlikely to face rape charges in court, but that wouldn’t be the case in other countries
Former CBC personality Jian Ghomeshi in Toronto, March 9, 2014.
Media
How a Canadian radio host’s firing started a global conversation about sexual assault
Delhi protests May 29 2014
Conflict & Justice
Why the vast majority of middle-class Indians didn’t protest after the latest gang rape and murder
India rape case
Development & Education
New rape case in India is not just about gender, but caste too
India rape case
Development & Education
New rape case in India is not just about gender, but caste too
Conflict & Justice
Illinois to set standard for sex crimes DNA testing
A demonstrator holds a placard as she attends a candlelight vigil to mark the first anniversary of Delhi gang rape, in New Delhi December 16, 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Indian politicians are changing their attitudes toward rape
United Nations, Security Council hall.
Conflict & Justice
Part V: The UN Security Council tackles the issue
Domitilla Mukantagwanza
Conflict & Justice
Part IV: Little justice for Rwanda’s rape victims yet
A genocide survivor and her children.
Conflict & Justice
Part III: Born of genocide
Conflict & Justice
Part II: Responding to the crisis
Housing for patients at Panzi hospital.
Conflict & Justice
Part I: Healing the victims
Conflict & Justice
India plans to sell a handgun designed for women
Pop singers Sona Mohapatra and Swanand Kirkire attending the rally
Conflict & Justice
A year after Delhi’s gang rape, it’s no longer OK to blame the victim
Julia Simon imagines what's going through the mind of a man harassing her on the street in Cairo.
Lifestyle & Belief
So, how long have you been harassing women like this?
Conflict & Justice
In India, activists work to change mindsets and empower other women
Conflict & Justice
Protests in Kenya aim to spur outrage over violence against women