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Sexual assault

A woman sits with her legs folded on the ground in a pose of shame and exhaustion.

For sexual assault victims in Ghana, justice is expensive — and elusive

Sexual violence

Many people who experience sexual assault from Ghana’s poorest communities cannot afford the $85 medical exam required to file a police report.  

A woman stands in an abandoned building with light coming through the window.

Sexual violence in conflict: Part II

Critical State
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.

France’s 2nd #MeToo movement reckons with incest, child rape 

#MeToo
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

Greece ‘finally’ has its #MeToo moment 

#MeToo
members of the Ethiopian diaspora

Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform — and a new voice

Women & Gender
a woman gestures at police officers

Long before #MeToo, women in many parts of the world organized successful campaigns against sexual violence

While the success of #MeToo testifies to the power of social media in putting the spotlight on the culture of misogyny across the world, it’s not the first movement of its kind. Women in countries such as India, Pakistan and others have long organized successful campaigns against sexual harassment.

A woman protestor holds a sign that says protect our women and girls

Survivors of sexual violence in South Africa are finally finding their voices

Justice

By coming forward to testify in open court — despite death threats and attempts to silence her — Cheryl Zondi was not just another faceless victim of sexual violence.

Demonstrators shout slogans during a candlelight vigil in Delhi

India has a sexual assault problem that only women can fix

India is the most dangerous country for sexual violence against women, according to the Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018 survey.

A person walks in front of an entrance of Beihang University in Beijing, China January 24, 2018.

Chinese officials who once encouraged their own #MeToo moment, now frustrate it

Conflict

The authorities have been slowly acknowledging in state-media commentaries that there is a systematic problem of sexual harassment on Chinese college campuses.

Georgina Hernandez

Before #MeToo, women janitors organized to fight workplace harassment

Jobs

“We’re talking about immigrant women, many undocumented immigrant women who, in a very personal way, need safety in their workplace.”