The cruelty of specifying gender and not sex cannot be underestimated. Rape Crisis Scotland states that “the most common complaint we hear from survivors of sexual crime about the forensic examination is lack of access to female doctors”. ...
"They’re asking themselves, the boys can play, why can’t we? Whoever decided girls’ football wasn’t good enough to carry on is a disgrace. Equal rights mean equal rights, not my daughter crying her eyes out as boys carry on and they can’t.” ...
"My mother would say, 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you are not the last. That’s why breaking those barriers is worth it. As much as anything else, it is also to create that path for those who will come after us." ...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has toughened penalties for the killing of women by family members ("honour killings" as part of an overhaul of Islamic laws. Such crimes will be treated like murder from now on, the government said. #SexNotGender ...
Black women develop preeclampsia at a rate that is 60% higher than that of white women. The condition is less severe in white women than Black. In addition, US Black women are three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related conditions. ...
As the first wave of Covid-19 resulted in lockdowns in Europe, the World Health Organization recorded a 60% jump in calls to domestic violence hotlines. In France, the number of calls swelled to 44,235, a near 30% increase. #SexNotGender #MVAW ...
Thousands of women in several Danish industries signed public letters saying they had experienced sexual harassment and abuse. There was also a revival of outrage against the current foreign minister, who had sex with a 15-year-old. #MeToo ...
Research shows women in isolation are more vulnerable to retraumatization, staff sexual abuse, lack of healthcare. Indigenous women are more likely to serve time in solitary confinement, accounting for 50%, and for longer periods of time. ...
"Most life convicts are a passive participant in the crime. At times, they become a victim of circumstances. Releasing women from jails would be beneficial for society." #SexNotGender https://t.co/BWjt6q...
Placing ♂️ in sex-segregated prisons is not comparable to women being detained and tortured for reporting rape @HRW #SexNotGender https://t.co/zDh9F9... https://t.co/laWbDa...
Outlining abuses in Lebanon such as failure to criminalize marital rape and torture and imprisonment for reporting assault, @HRW says "especially trans women" experience abuse, comparing sex-segregated prisons to sexual violence against women and ...
RT @womensart1: "I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the U.S.A because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one's very soul and body" - Josephine Baker, entertainer, French ...
"Krebs, a convicted sex offender whose forename given at birth is Kenneth, contended that her First Amendment rights are violated by being denied the ability to change her name in order to suit her identity." #SexNotGender https://t.co/upcqI5...
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” — Audre Lorde Art by Lina Iris Viktor https://t.co/G61F0Q...