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Nathalie Vilgrain, sixth from left, is the head of Marijàn, a feminist organization in Port-Au-Prince that is sheltering about 150 women who have been displaced by sexual violence.
Sexual violence
In Haiti, sexual violence is devastating women and girls
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
At a playground in San Francisco, Deisy Ramírez reflects on how she found safety here after fleeing captivity in Guatemala
Women & Gender
For immigrants fleeing gender-based violence, it’s a long road to asylum in the US
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
The World Health Organization (WHO) sign at its headquarters.
Human rights
Sexual abuse during humanitarian operations still happens. What must be done to end it?
A woman surrounded by other people writes on a white placard
Sexual violence
Protesters in India call for justice for Dalit women who are victims of sexual violence
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
Greek Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou poses for a photograph during an interview for The Associated Press, at Agios Kosmas marina in southern Athens, Feb. 4, 2021. Bekatorou is the most successful female athlete in Greek sporting history who rece
#MeToo
Greece ‘finally’ has its #MeToo moment 
People gather in a memory of seven-year-old Fatima Cecilia Aldrighett, who went missing and whose body was discovered inside a plastic bag, at an anti-femicide monument, in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 19, 2020.
Thousands join march to fight against femicide in Mexico
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
This is a combined composition with two portraits: Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad on the left and Denis Mukwege on the right.
Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize for combating sexual violence
Demonstrators shout slogans during a candlelight vigil in Delhi
India has a sexual assault problem that only women can fix
sign
Conflict & Justice
‘Wolf Pack’ gang-rape verdict spurs thousands to protest in Spain
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?
A migrant carrying a child waits to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, Oct. 19, 2015. Women face assault, harassment and sexual violence at every step of the way along the European migrant trail, including on European soi
Conflict
As the European migrant trail has gone underground, the threat of sexual violence has increased
Irina Bedavi is an activist who works with migrant women escaping abusive and violent relationships in Germany. She is standing at a bus stop where she has met girls who left their abusive husbands. She asked that her identity be hidden for her own safet
Justice
Germany is taking a harder look at child marriage
Part of a flyer from Inclusión México.
Justice
These images say a lot about the state of violence against women in Mexico
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
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
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
Conflict & Justice
Protests in Kenya aim to spur outrage over violence against women
Global Politics
Ohio rape case, part of larger international struggle
Rape as a weapon of war
Conflict & Justice
Exposing The Brutality Of Sexual Violence In Congo
Global Politics
Sexual assault still major problem in military
Global Politics
The UN’s fight against sexual violence in Congo