Here's a story out of Egypt, where attacks against women in Tarir Square are literally out of control You can read the whole story HERE. And in another story the Air Force is pulling a brochure from an Air Force base telling women that is sometimes better to submit to a sexual assault. You can read that whole unbelievable story HERE. The...

click for more info This is a story about a group of students who are holding a rally in Washington DC to show their displeasure about the way sexual assaults are handled on college campuses. We have been writing about this issue for well over a year now. And it looks like finally things are heating up. You can get the rest...

want more info? click here Assaults against women, particularly rape get a lot of publicity in India. But their neighbor Pakistan this morning a decrease in the number of sexual assaults against women. But the number of acid attacks on women in Pakistan is up by 89%. You can read the whole story HERE. Women in India and in Pakistan are turning...

more info here Human Rights Watch says at least 91 women have been raped over four days a week ago in Cairo's Tahrir Square, a central site of recent mass protests that have shaken the country's political leadership. You can read the rest of the story HERE. In another story "While the world is focusing on the political fall-out of millions of...

click for more info In an article that's not surprising, Oakland's police chief reported that domestic violence cases are up in the city and that the resources to fight this crime are down. Last Tuesday Oakland Police Officer Randy White presented a report on the state of domestic violence to the City Council Public Safety Committee at the request of Councilmember Dan...

click for more info Here are a couple of stories about how women use self-defense product pepper sprays to defend themselves. In the first article "Arlington Heights police say a woman managed to use pepper spray to fend off a potential attacker who tried to pull her from her car in a parking lot. You can read the rest of the story...