How Far Should CouchSurfing Go to Ensure Women’s Safety?

by Mandy Van Deven -USA- When I began to understand the immensity of the world, I felt a visceral inclination to discover all that it possessed – or at least as much of it as I could. There was, however,...

Posted by Mandy Van Deven on October 15, 2012 8:46 AM

Girls for Gender Equity: Title IX Does Not Only Apply to Sports!

by Mandy Van Deven -USA- An unfortunate oversight of the recent media attention on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) bullying is the advocacy potential that decades-old legislation has to prevent gender-based harassment in schools. Title IX of the...

Posted by Mandy Van Deven on June 24, 2011 12:01 AM

The Price of Education: Sexual Abuse and HIV/AIDS At Zimbabwe’s Universities

by Chumile Jamela -Zimbabwe- Lisa Kunene’s* path to higher learning has been a painful one. A 20-year-old first-year engineering student at one of the top universities in Zimbabwe, she was born to a poor communal farmer in rural Matebeleland South,...

Posted by Chumile Jamela on May 10, 2011 7:47 PM

Breaking the Silence: Rallying around the World to End Gender-based Street Harassment

by Holly Kearl -USA- What does a woman in Bangalore, India, standing on a busy street corner, waiting for a bus have in common with a teenage girl in Queens, New York, dressed in her school uniform, waiting for the...

Posted by Holly Kearl on April 15, 2011 12:01 AM

New Egypt Inherits Old Egypt’s Sexual Violence

by Manar Ammar -Egypt- The sexual assault on CBS news correspondent Lara Logan at the hands of 200 Egyptian men in Tahrir Square the night former president Hosni Mubarak resigned came as no surprise to any woman who has been...

Posted by Manar Ammar on March 3, 2011 3:30 PM

Women, Democracy and Change in Egypt

by Manar Ammar -Egypt- On Friday, February 11, 2011 President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt stepped down, ceding power to the Egyptian military. Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement via state television. - Ed. The news from Egypt arrived: People...

Posted by Manar Ammar on February 8, 2011 12:01 AM

Stop Street Harassment: Working for Safer Streets for Women Everywhere

by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - Every woman I know has, at one time or another, been followed, leered at, or catcalled. For most of my life, I have been fair game - at the grocery store, walking down the...

Posted by Brittany Shoot on September 7, 2010 12:01 AM

Workplace ”Mobbing”: EU Integration Pushes Macedonian Labor Law to the Surface

by Natasha Dokovska - Macedonia - "I have 15 years seniority over the human resources officer and the highest level of education. Eight years ago, I was the head of the department, but in the last two years I have...

Posted by Natasha Dokovska on October 21, 2009 12:00 AM

Martial Arts Training Helps Indian Women Regain Their Self-Respect

by Lesley D. Biswas - India - According to a 2006 National Crime Records Bureau report, 18 women become victims of crime every hour in India. The number of women raped every day has risen to 53 – a nearly...

Posted by Lesley D. Biswas on December 19, 2008 3:00 PM