At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard

Binyamin Appelbaum and Sheryl Gay Stolberg report for The New York Times: “Interviews and documents paint a picture of the [IMF] as an institution whose sexual norms and customs are markedly different from those of Washington, leaving its female employee…

Violence Against Women Is a Serious Problem: IMF Chief Must Go

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a strong contender to become the next president of France, has been charged with sexually assaulting and attempting to rape a woman who was working as a housekeeper in the New York hotel where he was staying.

Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape

Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports for The new York Times: “Jess Smochek arrived in Bangladesh in 2004 as a 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer with dreams of teaching English and ‘helping the world.’ She left six weeks later a rape victim after being brutalized…