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FILE - Zhou Xiaoxuan, a Chinese woman who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against a TV host, speaks to her supporters as she arrives at a courthouse in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. In the case that first defined the Chinese #MeToo movement, activist Zhou sued state TV host Zhu Jun only after he sued her for defamation first. She accused him of groping her when she was a young intern at CCTV. After initially receiving public support and media coverage, Zhou now gets messages attacking her every day and has been banned from posting on her Twitter-like Weibo account for a year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
EXPLAINER: Peng Shuai case shows barriers Chinese women face

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2022 01:42 AM EST

FILE - China's Peng Shuai serves to Japan's Nao Hibino during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 21, 2020. The stand the women's professional tennis tour is taking in China over concern about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai's well-being could cost the WTA millions of dollars and end up being unique among sports bodies. The International Olympic Committee is preparing to host the Winter Games in Beijing in two months and has held calls with Peng to show she is doing well — but never raised the matter of the sexual assault allegations she made against a former Chinese government official. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
Women's tennis' China stance could be unique, cost millions

By Stephen Wade And Howard Fendrich Dec. 02, 2021 03:23 PM EST

FILE - Then Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli is seen during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by a Chinese professional tennis star against the former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Doubts over China tennis star's email raise safety concerns

By Huizhong Wu Nov. 18, 2021 07:29 AM EST

FILE - China's Shuai Peng plays a shot against Romania's Sorana Cirstea during their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by the Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
State media release attributed to Peng raises WTA concerns

Nov. 17, 2021 02:34 AM EST

FILE - Soccer player Megan Rapinoe poses for photos on the red carpet of the Women's Sports Foundation's 40th annual Salute to Women in Sports in New York on Oct. 16, 2019. Rapinoe has selected #MeToo founder Tarana Burke's memoir, “Unbound,” for her new book club. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Goals: Megan Rapinoe launches 'The Call In' book club

Aug. 16, 2021 08:13 AM EDT

In this March 4, 2021, photo provided by the Lan Asket campaign, the founders, from left, Lina al-Qaddoumi, Najeeba Hayat, Shayma Shamo and Ascia al-Faraj, stand beside Abdulaziz al-Saqabi, one of the Kuwaiti politicians who has proposed an amendment to the penal code to define and punish sexual harassment in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Lan Asket via AP)
Kuwait's #MeToo moment: Women denounce harassment, violence

By Isabel Debre Mar. 13, 2021 06:48 AM EST

This combination photo shows the cover of "The Soul of a Woman," left, and a portrait of author Isabel Allende. (Ballantine via AP left, and Lori Barra via AP)
Q&A: Isabel Allende on feminism, TV series, love in pandemic

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Mar. 09, 2021 11:02 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, accuser Andrea Constand returns to the courtroom during a lunch break at the sentencing hearing for Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby, 83, has spent more than two years in prison since he was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand, a Temple University employee he had taken under his wing, in 2004. Now the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear his appeal of the conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The arguments will focus on the trial judge's decision to let five other accusers testify for the prosecution. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
Cosby's sex assault conviction goes before high-level court

By Maryclaire Dale Dec. 01, 2020 12:15 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2018 file photo, attorney, Gloria Allred, center, along with her clients, Chelan Lasha, left, and Lise-Lotte Lublin, right, both of whom have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, talk to the media during a press conference at the Le Meridien Hotel in Philadelphia, Pa. Cosby has spent more than two years in prison since he was convicted of sexual assault in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. Now the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear his appeal of the conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. The arguments will focus on the trial judge's decision to let five other accusers testify for the prosecution. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)
Key question in Cosby appeal: Does defendant's past matter?

By Maryclaire Dale Nov. 29, 2020 09:48 AM EST

Dani Ayers CEO of the #MeToo movement poses for a portrait in her home in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Ayers quietly yet with a bold vision transitioned into becoming the movement’s CEO in July after first joining the organization in 2018. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality

By Kat Stafford Oct. 15, 2020 03:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, Fatima Goss Graves speaks at a discussion about sexual harassment and how to create lasting change from the scandal roiling Hollywood at United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif. Three years into the #MeToo movement, there may be more awareness around workplace sexual harassment. But a new report finds that almost three-quarters of people reporting such harassment suffer from retaliation if they complain. The study was conducted by the National Women’s Law Center, which houses and administers the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund. Graves, president and CEO of the law center and co-founder of the fund, said the scenarios outlined in the report should sound "an alarm to legislators and policymakers: Until harassers are held accountable, workplaces will remain unsafe for everyone.” (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
Time's Up study: Many who report harassment face retaliation

By Jocelyn Noveck Oct. 15, 2020 10:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2018 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives to court in New York. Prosecutors say Weinstein has been charged with the rape of two more women in Los Angeles County. The district attorney's office said Friday that Weinstein faces three new counts of rape and three new counts of forcible oral copulation involving two women. The incidents span from 2004 to 2010 and all took place at a hotel in Beverly Hills. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Harvey Weinstein charged with 3 more rapes in California

By Andrew Dalton Oct. 02, 2020 03:24 PM EDT

Judge Miguel Espinoza speaks during actor Danny Masterson's arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Masterson, from "That '70s Show", was arraigned on three rape charges. (Lucy Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)
Actor Masterson's lawyer denies and denounces rape charges

By Andrew Dalton Sep. 18, 2020 04:32 PM EDT

In this 1920s photo, Alice Paul sews a suffrage flag in Washington. One hundred years ago, American women gained the guaranteed right to vote, with ratification of the 19th Amendment. But to suffragist Paul, the vote wasn't enough. She equipped herself with a law degree and got to work writing another constitutional amendment — one that would guarantee women equal rights under the law. (National Photo Company Collection/Library of Congress via AP)
Advocates plan birthday gift for the 19th Amendment: The ERA

By Jocelyn Noveck Aug. 17, 2020 02:30 PM EDT

FILE - In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. (AP Photo, File)
Trump takes cautious approach to highlighting Biden accuser

By Jill Colvin May. 11, 2020 12:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a primary night election rally in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Biden assault allegation prompts GOP attacks, Dem worries

By Alexandra Jaffe Apr. 30, 2020 09:35 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Apr. 16, 2020 12:59 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Stop Dawdling. People Need Money. The...