Women's Rights

Sexual assault in the U.S. military affects women disproportionately. We meet with survivors and military personnel to find out what’s being done to combat the problem.

Every year, hundreds of women in El Salvador are being murdered just because they’re women. We explore the culture of machismo and gang violence to find out why.

The U.S. locks up more women than any other country. Most of them have children, who are 7 times more likely to end up in prison creating a cycle of incarceration.

We follow a 14-year-old Zambian girl through a pre-wedding ritual before she marries a 48-year-old man, and we learn how child marriage threatens the entire region.

The First Nations women of Canada are disappearing and being murdered at an alarming rate.

As Colombia nears the end of a fifty-year civil war, we meet current and former female FARC soldiers to find out how they will be reintegrated into society.

As rival militias and armies battle for control of mineral-rich territories in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rape of women has become a routine military tactic.

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry discusses stereotypes in 'Sex In The City' and what it means to be a black woman in America today.