These high rates of violence against women should serve as a wake-up call that more must be done to address the problem of sexual violence in the US.
Adrienne Germain | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living
Based on decades of international work, we know that there will be no global peace or security until we secure every woman's right to a just and healthy life.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.03.2008 | World
In March of 2008, I interviewed a senior State Department Official who discussed efforts to highlight awareness of the link between sex trafficking and HIV/AIDS.
Jane Devin | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics
If we can dream it, it is possible. A battle to revitalize the human spirit requires no enemies, and a revolution of peace requires no violence.
Eve Ensler | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
The Congo is the heart of Africa and Africa is the heart of the world. Right now Eastern Congo is about to spin out of control and tumble into full-scale war.
Josh Sugarmann | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living
New findings demonstrate how domestic violence can escalate to homicide, often with the help of a gun -- a fact that has not gone unnoticed even in the most pro-gun states.
John Prendergast and Emmanuelle Chriqui | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home
A century ago almost to the day, a rag tag collection of human rights activists, concerned citizens, and politicians were able to cause enough of a c...
Martha Burk | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Weren't we all supposed to rush to McCain/Palin when Hillary folded her tent? After all, Palin wears a skirt and McCain obviously figured we girl voters were too dumb to know the difference.
Michelle Renee | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living
You, the survivor, are the reason I keep going and forge ahead with nothing but heart and soul and a vision for positive change in the lives of those who have suffered at the hands of another so violently.
Michelle Renee | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living
My daughter and I were violently attacked in November 2000 by three masked gunmen. Held Hostage takes readers from the dark aftermath of this painful experience to confronting my abusive past and what it took for me and my daughter to overcome tragedy with self-love.
Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home
It is hard to imagine an America where women are worse off than they are after eight years of George W. Bush - but a McCain/Palin victory will absolutely take things from bad to worse.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
Washington - Top leaders from women's rights groups gathered to announce their support of the Barack Obama - Joe Biden ticket at an emotionally charg...
Eve Ensler | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics
I don't like raging at women. I am a feminist and have spent my life trying to help empower women and stop violence against them. But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to feminism.
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics
On Monday afternoon, Vermont Senator Pat Leahy spoke with the Huffington Post on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. Addressing the b...
Jim McKay | Posted 08.23.2008 | Home
Here's the choice: (a) support Obama and his VP Joe Biden who authored the Violence Against Women Act; or (b) support McCain, whose former press secretary was arrested for violating the Violence Against Women Act.
Giulia Rozzi | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living
Edited by V-day founder Eve Ensler, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer features pieces from Until the Violence Stops, the international tour that brings the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness.
Sonia Ossorio | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
Our image of the jet-set call girl is an illusion. The undeniable truth is they aren't the empowered women characterized in movies, music and the American psyche.
Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living
The Rome Satute was to put an end to the impunity that's often met gender-based war crimes. But six years on, progress in the Court has been painfully slow.
Marianne Mollmann | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
The United Nations must own up to its failure on women's rights.
Jackson Katz | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
I want to address another aspect of the David Shuster/pimp controversy: the way that what is considered acceptable discourse in a presidential race can give us insight into social norms.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living
It feels strangely ironic and weirdly coincidental that the 10-year anniversary of Eve Ensler's V-Day would be marked with an outcry over a word used for 'vagina.'
Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment
What's happened as a result of The Vagina Monologues is a tribute to the power of one person - one misbehaving woman -- to move the world.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics
"Western" feminist organizations are frequently criticized for keeping mum on the issue of women's rights in Islamic countries. "How hypocritical of ...
Bob Harris | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
Many Westerners have heard next to nothing about the violence in the D. R. Congo, despite the fact that its aftermath is still deadlier on a daily basis than all other current wars on earth combined.
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Sarah Tofte | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics