Innovative Internet-based Projects Give Indian Women Platform to Fight Violence

by Paromita Pain -India- Gropes, stealthy fingers that pinch and leave bruises, catcalls, severe beatings, systematic starvation, emotional torture and worse – harassment against women takes many forms, and like issues of hunger and poverty, it is global in scope....

Posted by Paromita Pain on September 23, 2011 12:01 AM

Young Women Launch Afghanistan’s First Anti-Street Harassment Campaign

by Holly Kearl -USA- Carrying banners and signs with messages like, “We will not tolerate harassment,” “Islam forbids men from insulting women,” and “I have the right to walk freely in my city,” on July 14, 50 brave women and...

Posted by Holly Kearl on July 26, 2011 12:01 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

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