Category: Violence Against Women

RECANT: She Just Wanted Her Life Back
There is a lot going on in the world. But the pain of sexual violenc [...]

The Tender Hands the World Must Never Forget
The Richard Speck murders had a deep and lasting impact on how Americ [...]

Teaching Tales: Three Women Who Faced Injustice and Fought Back with Truth
Some betrayals are personal.Some are legal.Some are spiritual.But when [...]

She Deserved Help: What Kitty Genovese’s Story Still Teaches Us About Silence, Judgment, and the Cost of Looking Away
I saw a video of a very young woman getting flipped into the pool yest [...]

Her Name Is Mary Turner. Her Story Still Speaks.
We can’t have an honest conversation about why our grandmothers—and th [...]

The Real Exclusion Happens When We Refuse to Face the Truth: Male on Male Violence
It is not women who are being exclusionary when we protect our spaces. [...]

Woman You Are Already Enough: A Reminder from Fannie Lou Hamer
In a world where women — especially minoritized women, poor women, d [...]

No One is Like Us. Women Fight Differently
Women fight differently.
When the Taliban ordered Afghan women not [...]

Violence Against Women Always Looks for an Inside Woman
Like most acts of violence against women,invasion of boundaries doesn’ [...]

Sisterhood Isn’t a Cage: Reject the Love Bombs That Protect Male Violence
Some women will drench you in compliments, promises, and affection —no [...]