Sexual Assault

Ultimately, when it comes to sexual violence, we must push for personal accountability, in the same manner that we do with other criminal offenses.

No organization keeps data about the number of victims of police-perpetrated sexual violence.

Every year 15,000 rapes are reported in Mexico, but only 2,000 come to trial and less than 500 result in a conviction.

A little-known, 41-year-old U.S. law has erected an enduring barrier to comprehensive post-rape care for women.

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When a voice is given to an accused rapist, it implies to victims yet again that perhaps theirs cannot be trusted.

While many men argue “It's not all men,” all men must choose what side of the prevailing war against women they are on.

Rather than challenge the sociopolitical consensus and laws that create near total immunity for on-duty police officers during confrontations with civilians, McMillan and her defense team instead proclaimed her …

While no Credit Suisse executives will be heading to jail for facilitating widespread tax evasion, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan has been sentenced to three months in jail …

The issue of sexual assault on college campuses has been in the spotlight this week with a White House task force urging schools to take action.