From Women in the World authored by WITW Staff: “Gigantic breast-shaped balloons are appearing all over London as part of a campaign highlighting the stigma that mothers breastfeeding in public … Read More
‘Close your legs?’: Judge may be suspended over questions he asked an alleged rape victim
From The Washington Post authored by Michael Brice-Saddler: “A New Jersey Superior Court judge could be suspended for three months without pay after asking an alleged sexual assault victim if … Read More
How the Four-Hand Condom Got Consent Wrong
From RollingStone authored by Ej Dickson: “Earlier this week, the Argentine condom and sex toy company Tulipan came out with an ad for a “consent” condom pack. In order to use … Read More
A classmate of the woman who was killed after getting into a fake ride-hailing car is pushing Uber and Lyft for a simple safety fix
From Business Insider authored by Julie Bort: “The recent killing of the 21-year-old University of South Carolina college student Samantha Josephson, who mistakenly got into a car she believed to … Read More
Is your pregnancy app sharing your intimate data with your boss?
From The Washington Post authored by Drew Harwell: “Like millions of women, Diana Diller was a devoted user of the pregnancy-tracking app Ovia, logging in every night to record new … Read More
Wikipedia Isn’t Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly.
From The New York Times authored by Julia Jacobs: “…Studies on Wikipedia’s contributor base from several years ago estimated that fewer than 20 percent of editors were women. This research … Read More
Lady Hale: at least half of UK judiciary should be female
From The Guardian authored by Diane Taylor: “At least half of the judiciary should be women, Britain’s most senior judge has said. Speaking at an event in the supreme court … Read More
For the first time, a state’s National Guard command staff is made up of all women
From The Washington Post authored by Samantha Schmidt: “It wasn’t until the Cold War, in the mid-1950s, that women were allowed to join the National Guard — as medical officers. … Read More
Girls were forced to wear skirts at school to ‘preserve chivalry.’ So they sued — and won.
From The Washington Post authored by Kayla Epstein: “Every so often, Charter Day School in North Carolina would hold fire or tornado drills in which students had to kneel and … Read More
Old Rape Kits Finally Got Tested. 64 Attackers Were Convicted.
From The New York Times authored by Ali Watkins: “By February 2017, Maisha Sudbeck had made peace with the idea she would never get justice. It had been five years … Read More