Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the vitriolic backlash she has faced due to her comments about womanhood: “I didn’t apologize because I don’t think I have anything to apologize for… What’s interesting to…
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Shana Grice told police that her ex-boyfriend, Michael Lane was stalking her and had assaulted her just months before she was found dead. Instead of helping the 19-year-old, the police charged Grice…
Click to learn about the motion I will present at #SNP17 Conference today. (1/2)https://t.co/mhkPOMxXLU — Ash Denham MSP (@ashtenRD) March 17, 2017 Scottish National Party passes resolution in favour of adopting the…
Aydin Coban, the 38 year old Dutch man facing extortion and child pornography charges in Canada related to his abuse of Amanda Todd, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for…
Bertrand Charest finally on trial for 57 cases of sexual abuse involving ski students. Court to appeal Mandi Gray case against Mustafa Ururyar amidst claims that judge was “biased” for dispelling rape…
A girl who was prostituted at age 14 is suing the motel that facilitated and profited off of her exploitation: “Motels and hotels across the [US] are facilitating sex trafficking, often cloaking…
After being heavily attacked online over her recent comments about transwomen, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie clarifies: https://www.facebook.com/chimamandaadichie/photos/a.469824145943.278768.40389960943/10154893542340944/?type=3&theater Was that viral video featuring a BBC pundit getting interrupted by his kids so funny…
Two women have been asked to leave a women’s shelter in Kelowna, British Columbia “for good” after raising concerns over the shelter’s accommodation of a biological male who identifies as a woman.…
Judge Robin Camp resigns after the Canadian Judicial Council recommends he be fired: “As a member of the Alberta Provincial Court in 2014, Justice Camp asked a 19-year-old complainant in a sexual-assault…
Women encouraged to strike worldwide to demonstrate that without women’s labour, the world would come to a stand-still. How does Canada’s pay equality measure up? As of today, women still only make…
Trump tells Planned Parenthood its funding can stay if abortion goes. The BBC has issued Dame Jenni Murray an “impartiality warning” for her article about womanhood in the Sunday Times. Meanwhile, the network appears…
Mariela Castro, Raúl Castro’s daughter, calls for the Nordic model: “We have to act. We can’t simply say that we are against sexual exploitation as a form of sexual work.” The U.S.…
During an interview in The Edit, Jane Fonda reveals she was raped and sexually abused as a child. “To show you the extent to which a patriarchy takes a toll on females;…
Assistant CommissionerBrenda Butterworth-Carr will be the first Indigenous woman to be named deputy commissioner of the B.C. RCMP. A Halifax taxi driver found with an intoxicated, unconscious, mostly naked woman in his…
Marie Collins, who was sexually assaulted by a priest when she was 13-years-old, quit the Vatican task force dedicated to tackling abuse. She was the last remaining experiential member on the commission:…