Police in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan have announced a citywide crackdown on violent crime after a viral video of thugs beating up a woman at a barbecue restaurant sparked massive public outrage
Chinese women’s tennis star Peng Shuai has announced her retirement and referred to a social media post that described her being pressured into a sexual relationship with former vice premier Zhang Gaoli as “a huge misunderstanding,” according to a French newspaper
Chinese lawmakers could tighten legal regulations on sexual harassment and other women’s rights issues despite the widespread suppression by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the country’s feminist and #MeToo movements, including sexual assault allegations by tennis star Peng Shuai
Women seem to be at particular risk in intimate relationships. They may be self-reliant and confident in the public sphere or in the workplace, and have no problem collaborating or competing with men
“Allen v Farrow,” a four-part documentary by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering focuses on Dylan Farrow’s accusation that her famous filmmaker father, Woody Allen, sexually abused her
Within the scope of the European Arrest Mandate, a woman and three men were extradited from France and Greece to Portugal in December for crimes of theft, fraud, forgery of documents, qualified theft, rape, sexual abuse of minors and debauchery of private life, money laundering, forgery of documents and criminal association
Art therapy can be part of working through past trauma. Maxim Moskalkov tells the story of sexual assault survivors who have turned therapy into a thriving business that also helps other women survivors
Nigerian activists are calling for better tracking of sex offenders after the number of rapes tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kenyan authorities and aid agencies say rape and sexual abuse cases against girls have increased since the start of coronavirus restrictions, and they say in most cases relatives are the offenders
Many feminists are focused on the pushback against women’s reproductive and sexual rights, especially in some Western countries, including the United States