Sex Criminals Use Bitcoin. So Do the Police.
Cryptocurrencies offer vast potential for catching sexual predators—but it remains mostly untapped.
‘I Want To Go Home’: Pandemic Exposes Exploitative Conditions Filipina Domestic Workers Face
Filipina women interviewed across Asia, Europe and the Middle East lost jobs or had salaries cut since the pandemic — others were subjected to physical abuse.
Threat of Deportation Looms for Migrant Women Detained in Italy, Despite Rights to Legal Protection
Undocumented migrant women are cut off from critical support services inside Italy’s immigration detention center during the pandemic and are being deported despite their legal right to protection as a result.
Poland’s abortion rights protests lead to a louder call for gender equity
Women across Poland have been at the heart of a protest movement railing against a ruling that would ban most abortions — the country’s largest protests since the end of Communism 30 years ago. Now…
Could Reparations From the UK Address Gender Inequality in Barbados? The Prime Minister Thinks So.
As Covid-19 worsens the gender inequity in the Caribbean, the Barbadian prime minister is calling on the UK to pay up.
The Pentagon remains a battlefield for women
President-elect Joe Biden’s historic pick for Secretary of Defense dashed hopes for another first: a female head of the Pentagon.
‘I’m scared every damn day’: In the Philippines, violence shadows trans lives
There is still no law against discrimination on the basis of gender in the Philippines, and, as a result, transgender people are subject to regular violence and abuse.
Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends
The lives—and livelihoods—of two women some 10,000 miles away from each other have become linked by a global pandemic that has not only crushed one of the world’s supply chains but economies, and millions of…
In a changed mindset, new Zimbabwe law offers pregnant teens the promise of education
Teen pregnancy in Zimbabwe has skyrocketed during the pandemic. But a new law — and a change in mindset — promise to keep girls in school.
As India’s Credit Sector Falters, So Do Women’s Livelihoods
India’s microfinance sector promises to empower income-insecure women. But it is widening the gap between men and women’s access to opportunity.
‘Men’s Violence Will Outlive The Coronavirus’ — Push To End Global Spike In Abuse Against Women Amid the Pandemic
With half of the world’s population living under lockdown, millions of women around the world were trapped with an abusive partner.
‘Binary’ Choice for Detained Mothers During COVID: Family Separation or Indefinite Detention
Parents detained at an immigration center in Texas face what advocates call a “binary” choice: let the children be released alone or remain detained together and bear the threat of catching a deadly disease.
The feminine appeal of macho populism
While President Donald Trump’s defeat may have dealt a blow to his brand of “macho populism,” the phenomenon isn’t going away any time soon. And in many cases, it’s women themselves who are fueling it.
‘We know it’s the work of quack doctors’: Pandemic fans the flames of backstreet abortions in Kenya
Anecdotal reports suggest teenage pregnancies are soaring in Kenya, resulting in unsafe late-term terminations and abandoned babies.
Targeted for abuse: With borders closed, women fleeing Venezuela face additional threats
Colombia’s border closure due to COVID-19 left no safe way for Venezuelan migrants to cross the border, exposing more women to sexual abuse, kidnapping, trafficking and murder that is endemic along informal routes.
‘Whatever It Takes’: How Black Women Fought to Mobilize America’s Voters
Democrats have long pointed to Black voters, more specifically, Black women, as a crucial voting bloc. But this November, successfully flipping the southern, Republican-led state of Georgia to the Democrats for the first time in…
The Loneliness of the Black Female Republican
Despite a record number of Republican women on ballots this year, every single Black woman is a long shot in the GOP field for Congress—why?
They Survived Intimate Partner Violence—Now They Can’t Vote Safely
Combined with the barriers to voting that Native Americans already encounter, those who are domestic violence survivors face unique obstacles to casting ballots.
