‘Not My Fault’: Women in Mexico Fight Back Against Violence

Source: The New York Times ECATEPEC, Mexico — Itan Flores was a young teenager when her first boyfriend imprisoned her for six weeks in a room furnished with just a mattress and a radio. He returned only to rape her, she said, often withholding food and water. She escaped when he forgot to lock the […]

US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights

Source: Human Rights Watch Trump administration threatens to veto Security Council Resolution on sexual violence. (New York) – The United States’ threat to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on sexual violence in conflict because it mentioned women’s reproductive health services is another deeply cynical and cruel step in its assault on women’s rights in US foreign policy, […]