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two students stand outside the Yasuda auditorium at the University of Tokyo

Japanese student rejects tabloid’s apology for ranking women by ‘easiness’

Women & Gender

Kazuna Yamamoto is a college student who started an online petition to get a Japanese tabloid magazine to apologize for an article that rated Japan’s universities according to how easy it is for men to get female students to have sex with them. She succeeded and along the way got 40,000+ responses to her online appeal.

A webcomic with two panels depicts a woman telling a story.

An Indonesian defamation law landed this teacher 6 months in jail for documenting her abuser

Justice
Film producer Harvey Weinstein, surrounded by NYC authorities, arrives at the 1st Precinct in Manhattan.

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein surrenders on sex assault charges

Conflict & Justice
Asia Argento arrives for the Women In The World Summit in New York City

Asia Argento on relearning how to live her life after sexual assault

Culture
Abby Bolt with chainsaw

Harassment, rape and retaliation: What one woman endured within the US Forest Service

Justice
People participate in the second annual Women's March outside the White House in Washington

In the #MeToo era, young conservative women look for their spot

Global Politics

Young conservative women, particularly on college campuses, are finding themselves stigmatized and marginalized for admitting their political beliefs.

One of the original plates illustrating the novel Pamela, by Samuel Richardson. Etched by L. Truchy and A. Benoist after paintings by J. Highmore.

How harassed women had their #MeToo moments in the 18th century

Books

New forms of fiction and non-fiction writing told the stories of the plight of everyday working women at the hands of abusers.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Amb. Wendy Sherman speaking at Wellesley College.

Madeleine Albright: ‘Many of the best diplomats are women’

Conflict

Does gender play a role in the art of diplomacy? A discussion with Madeleine Albright and Wendy Sherman on gender, diplomacy and the Trump administration.

Women in the US military want their voices added to the #MeToo movement. Women vets say sexual assault and harassment are rarely reported out of fear of retribution.

Women veterans want their voices heard in the #MeToo movement

Conflict

The accusations of sexual assault and harassment against Harvey Weinstein and other entertainment figures have inspired other victims of sexual crimes to speak out against their alleged perpetrators in politics and the news media. And the numbers keep growing. But, women veterans say the #MeToo awareness is largely invisible in the military.

Protesters in the Women's March in Paris, France, January 21, 2017.

Some French men are lamenting ‘the end of love as we know it’

Culture

One French journalist sees his countrymen clinging to a “retro,” sexist notion of seduction that includes pursuing women on city streets.