Women protest against sexual violence in Malawi
Lilongwe, MalawiThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of women took to the streets of Malawi’s capital on Monday to protest against sexual violence after a series of alleged police assaults on women last year. About 90 protesters, most of them women, marched through Lilongwe in silence to mark She Decides Day – a global movement launched in […]
“It could’ve been me”: India women demand safety as recent rapes prompt hundreds of petitions
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Aila Bandagi Kandlakunta’s first reaction to the gang rape and murder of a female veterinarian last month in India’s IT hub of Hyderabad that sparked massive protests across the country was that of many Indian women: “It has happened again”. After being “disturbed” for days, the 24-year-old this week started an […]
US launches anti-violence effort for Indigenous women, girls
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation US President Donald Trump launched a task force on Tuesday to help protect Native American women and children, calling the rate of violence among Indigenous people “heartbreaking.” The task force aims to improve coordination and communication among federal, state and tribal authorities in response to cases of missing and […]
Levis and Wrangler vow to protect women making jeans from sexual abuse
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Three major US brands vowed to crack down on abuse in Lesotho factories making their jeans on Thursday after an investigation found women were forced into sex to keep their jobs. Levi Strauss & Co, Kontoor Brands – which owns Wrangler and Lee jeans – and The Children’s Place signed agreements […]
US Southern Baptist seminary, in #MeToo age, appoints ‘women’s support coordinator’
Louisville, Kentucky, USRNS Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has appointed its first “women’s support coordinator” to address any gender-related “difficulties or challenges” that women encounter on its campus. “In our own internal review, we determined it was not fully supportive of women to require any woman to have to describe what could be very intimate matters […]
#METOO: AMISH NOT IMMUNE, VICTIMS TELL CONFERENCE IN US
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports…