Watch One Billion Rising's Powerful Short Film: Will You Rise?
One in three women on the planet will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network estimates that someone is assaulted every two minutes in the U.S., although that’s probably an underestimation, since more than 50 percent of sexual assaults still go unreported. One Billion Rising, Eve Ensler’s revolution…
Violence Against Women Act: The Other Cliff That Every Woman Should be Scared About
What is this, 1913? Even though yesterday was a day of records and firsts for women as the 113th Congress opened, the 112th Congress’s failure to renew the Violence Against Women Act loomed over the day. The Violence Against Women Act would have extended domestic violence protections to 30 million lesbian,…
