Arisha Hatch, the interim executive director of the women’s advocacy group UltraViolet, condemned the verdict as “a stain on a criminal justice system that for decades has failed to hold accountable abusers” and called it “an indictment of a culture in which not believing women and victims of sexual assault remains endemic.”
“This is a decisive moment for our justice system, one which threatens to undo the sacrifice of courageous survivors who stepped forward to share their stories in this trial, as well as to all those abused by Diddy who weren’t able to,” said Arisha Hatch, Ultraviolet's interim executive director
Michigan State University’s decision to host George Will as a commencement speaker this weekend is sparking angry opposition from students, a prominent women’s equality group, and campus sexual assault advocates who plan to protest the event because of Will’s past comments about campus sexual assault.
A group of activists will deliver a petition signed by tens of thousands of people to Michigan State University to protest winter commencement speaker George Will, who they call a “rape apologist,” leaders announced Monday.
The problem here is the NFL’s long history of sweeping abuse under the rug.
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The national advocacy group UltraViolet has taken up the cause to get the mom of three out of prison, after reading about her in BuzzFeed News’ original investigation.
A women’s rights group is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights investigate allegations of sexual abuse at a Texas immigrant detention center that houses families.
Online video streaming service Hulu is wading into Colorado politics by banning an online advertisement relating to abortion this week that the company deemed “too controversial.”
Women’s advocacy group UltraViolet launched a new campaign Thursday to promote consent before sex among college students and to keep pressure on college rankings publisher Princeton Review to survey students about sexual assault.
“Roger Goodell may have taken a crisis communications 101 class over the weekend, but his actions are simply too little too late,” said Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet. “Goodell must resign, and the NFL needs to seriously step up its commitment to ending violence against women within the league.”
TBS’ decision comes after women’s rights group UltraViolet petitioned the network to cancel The Good Life.
Activist group UltraViolet is ramping up pressure on The Princeton Review, a company that publishes an influential ranking of colleges, to survey students about how schools handle sexual violence on campus.