Now the Everyday Sexism Project has reached 100,000 posts, here's what Laura Bates wants to happen next.

A former Iowa state politician faces up to 10 years in jail after having intercourse with his wife, who suffered from a severe case of Alzheimer's disease.

Sexual violence survivor advocate Dr Kim McGregor has resigned from the agency because its board has decided to narrow its focus.

Yazidi women released by Isis this week have given distressing accounts of their ordeals.

Rolling Stone magazine this week retracted a story of alleged university gang rape after an investigation found it was a “journalistic failure”. Andrew Laxon examines the fallout.

A woman was sexually assaulted before having her bag stolen as she was walking along a Christchurch street early on Easter Sunday.

The Southern district is safe despite a 44 per cent increase in sexual assaults last year, police say.

When a sports star is accused of sexual assault, the public's first concern is what it means for the individual's career, writes Dana Johannsen.

A male nurse has admitted filming himself raping two unconscious women in A&E while patients lay just feet away.

The mishandling of a school yard incident where a young woman was bullied by an alleged sexual offender are among a litany of police failures.

Delays for sexual violence jury trials are increasing - the Government claims this shows success in clearing old cases but the Greens say it's an indictment.

There are many contenders for the title of most damning and depressing finding in the report by the IPCA into the Roast Busters investigations, writes Toby Manhire.

Police have publicly apologised to the young women at the centre of the investigation into the Roast Busters scandal, after a report slammed their handling of the case.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush has apologised 'unreservedly' following an IPCA report which found Roast Buster victims were "let down" by police.

"Should you take them back to yours? Or go to theirs?" Verity Johnson's answer sent her book club into an uproar.

Tauranga police are seeking help from members of the public to identify a group of men involved in an alleged sexual assault of a teenager.

A private music tutor has denied accusations that he sexually abused pupils.

The sex abuse investigation into Sir Cliff Richard has "increased significantly since its inception" and involves more than one allegation, say South Yorkshire Police.

A Christchurch man has been arrested as part of a police investigation into the alleged rape, and blackmail of a victim using a video recording.

A British man who tried to have sex with a postbox has been found dead weeks after signing the sex offenders register.

Bikram Choudhury, the creator of the popular hot yoga regime, is facing more accusations of sexual assaults against trainees.

A man who raped a 16-year-old girl in the Dunedin Library car park after befriending her on Facebook has been sentenced to nine years and two months' jail.

Rolf Harris has been stripped of his two Australian honours, after being jailed for indecent assault in the UK

An Auckland teenager has allegedly suffered four days of shocking torture at the hands of a man more than twice her age.

A female Republican politician in Las Vegas is sponsoring legislation to allow guns on campuses, but only to be handled by females.

A forensic mental health nurse who had sex with a recent patient after giving her wine quit his district health board job as soon as he was outed.

An army bombardier, decorated for acts of bravery, has fallen from grace being sentenced yesterday for offences including indecent assault.

DNA could be the key to solving a 21-year-old rape and kidnapping mystery.

An army bombardier, decorated for acts of bravery, has fallen from grace as he was sentenced today for offences including indecent assault.