News stories by Laila Malik

Mar 06 (IPS) - In November 2019, thousands of Chileans took to the streets to perform an anti-rape, anti-femicide choreography organized by a small feminist collective called Las Tesis. The group created the choreographed chant in response to an upswing in violence against women and human rights violations in Chile, where 42 cases of sexual abuse are reportedto the police each day, with only around 25% resulting in judicial rulings.

TORONTO, Mar 06 (IPS) - Laila Malik is Production Coordinator and Inna Michaeli is Coordinator at the Women Human Rights Defenders program at AWID: Association of Women's Rights in Development

This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of this year's International Women's Day on March 8. Since its explosion onto the social media landscape at the end of 2017, the #metoo movement has continued to gain global traction. Initially centred on powerful Hollywood women breaking decades of silence about sexual abuse and harassment in the industry, the conversation soon spread across global regions and sectors, from #YoTambien in the Spanish-speaking world to #balancetonporc in French.  From China to أنا_كمان# in Arabic. From national governments to universities to international development, the stories are grim, and their pervasiveness has been jarring.