Behind the #ChallengeAccepted campaign, rising Turkish femicides and hostility toward a womens’ rights treaty
There are several theories for how this latest selfie meme began, but many users have traced the viral moment back to a campaign combating violence against women in Turkey.
WATCH: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s speech on standing up to sexism and ‘violent language’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and other Democrats assailed a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women” whose adherents include…
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Gloria Steinem on keeping the women’s movement ‘revolutionary’
Gloria Steinem is a writer, author, activist and feminist icon who travels widely to raise awareness for the gender equity causes she helped pioneer. At age 85, Steinem says she has no intention of passing on her torch but instead…
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News Wrap: Trump says Mexico has a year to stop flow of migrants and drugs
In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that Mexico has a year to stop the flow of migrants and drugs into the U.S., after previously threatening to close the border this week. Also, the House…
More than 1 million refugees and migrants entered Europe in 2015. For those fleeing brutal wars and violence at home, the perilous journey can be often most dangerous for women. Sarah Costa of the Women's Refugee Commission talks with Judy…
Twenty years since the UN announced a major effort to reduce global gender inequality, women and girls today are far from getting equal treatment and participation in society, while violence against females is commonplace. Lakshmi Puri of UN Women joins…
Michelle Obama called on young African leaders to change traditional attitudes and beliefs that harm girls and women, adding that educating and making women financially literate is not enough.
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India on the country's efforts to tackle the issue of violence against women. This response comes after the gang rape and murder of a female medical student in Delhi last year.
As Turkish Society Changes, Domestic Violence Increases…
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