Cuban activists want law to protect women abused at home
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — Screams, insults and confinement: that was what Diana endured in the seven years before she ended a…
Browsing Tag
abuse of women
Pope calls female genital mutilation a crime that must stop
By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis called female genital mutilation a “crime” on Sunday and said the fight…
Flashes of bold UN talk on feminism, masculinity, patriarchy
By SALLY HO - Associated Press
Few men in power have delved deeply into gender equality on the main stage of the United Nations this month, but the ones…
Reviving Mexico’s groundbreaking muralism a century later
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
POXINDEJE, Mexico (AP) — A painter in orange overalls touches up the image of a hand holding a rifle while an artist…
Will Smith’s slap sparks debate on defense of Black women
But some response to Smith’s behavior at the Oscars, particularly from those who saw his confrontation with Rock as an example of protecting Black women, is evidence of how low the bar has…
Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women
“Jada Pinkett (Smith) is not a damsel in distress,” she said. “The idea that somehow Will Smith should be applauded for treating her as if she doesn’t have a voice or doesn’t have her own…
Violence against Asians decried on spa shootings anniversary
ATLANTA (AP) — A year after the fatal shootings at three…
Whitmer plot underlines growing abuse of women officials
Angry over COVID-19 restrictions such as the closing of…
Citing COVID, judge prods Maxwell jury to work overtime
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury weighing the fate Ghislaine…
Citing COVID, judge prods Maxwell jury to work longer hours
NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over the sex…