Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners.
840 million women: The rate of violence against women has barely changed in 25 years
Reader’s Picks
-
Eldest sons step up financially, while eldest daughters take care of their parents: A new study from the University of [...]
-
A new study from the University of California San Diego finds that adults in California and Louisiana who experienced intimate [...]
-
Probation officers—who supervise nearly 4 million people across the United States—are among the most visible faces of the criminal legal [...]