During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, numerous men have been subjected to sexual violence. However, media coverage continues to frame sexual violence through traditional gendered narratives, which means male victims’ experiences are overlooked.

“Young people disagree about what consent is, what sex is and who is responsible,” says researcher Hannah Helseth.

“Online romance scams and fraud involve relational and psychological exploitation,” says researcher Maja Feng. She likens the phenomenon to domestic violence and intimate partner violence.

Amnesty believes the new Norwegian draft bill on rape violates the Istanbul Convention. Law professor disagrees.

Foreign correspondents have traditionally been seen as a "macho club" with few female members. Today, there are more women, but the profession has also become more risky.

Last year, Signe Uldbjerg’s research on digital violence against women became a hot political issue at the Danish Folketinget. Followed by a political statement on the relationship between activism and research, outrage from Danish academia and a debate on academic freedom.

The killing of women and girls is such a big problem in Latin America that a number of countries have incorporated femicide into their penal code. A study from Buenos Aires looks at how the killers account for their crimes.

Research shows that misogynist online communities have increased in numbers intensity and become more extreme in the past decade. 

Sexual violence happens in every country, yet journalists have often depicted it as some kind of sensation. “I wanted to find out if this changed as a consequence of the MeToo movement,” says journalist Thea Storøy Elnan.