Rosalind Jones, Author at Ms. Magazine

What Ranked Choice Voting Means for Feminist Candidates

Ranked choice voting provides an opportunity for a wider variety of candidates—and voters—to make the political victories they want to see in their communities possible.

Inside the Feminist Campaign to Make Misogyny a Hate Crime in the U.K.

Rosalind Jones

When surveyed, a poll by Nottingham Trent University found that 93.7 percent of respondents had experienced or street harassment. When the Nottingham police began accepting reports of misogynistic actions as hate crimes, the number of reports skyrocketed.

Women in Congress are Calling on the Trump Administration to Fight for Imprisoned Saudi Arabian Feminists

Rosalind Jones

Over the last few months, the Saudi Arabian government has imprisoned about 15 prominent feminist activists, most of whom led the fight to end the country’s driving ban. On Wednesday, Reps. Lois Frankel and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen released a formal letter urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to fight for their release.

Closing the Gender Gap in Foreign Policy—One Byline at a Time

Rosalind Jones

Only 15 percent of 3,758 articles in the largest newspapers in the U.S. about foreign policy from the last three years had women’s names in the bylines.

Immigration Advocates are Challenging the Trump Administration’s Anti-Woman Asylum Policies

Rosalind Jones

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ so-called “expedited removal” policy is an effective death sentence for thousands of women and children—and advocates are fighting back.

Women Report Sexual Harassment More than Men, Even in Male-Dominated Workplaces

Rosalind Jones

New data shows that women not only report sexual harassment at a higher rate than men, but also report sexual harassment at a higher rate than men—even in male-dominated spaces.

Feminists in Peru are Demanding an End to Femicides

Rosalind Jones

In the wake of a brutal femicide, Peru’s president declared that “sometimes, that’s how life is, and we have to accept it.” Feminists in the region disagree.

Feminists Speak Out on Sexual Harassment in Los Angeles

Rosalind Jones

Feminist advocates and women workers shared stories of and outlined solutions to sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace at a California Assembly Committee hearing.

We Can Do Better: How National Security Experts Helped Pave the Way for a Muslim Ban

Rosalind Jones

After the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s Muslim Ban, foreign policy experts spoke out in opposition—but they have played their own role in the creation of the ban’s precedent, and the decisions about who is an “adversary” and who is not.

Women at the UN are Still Waiting for Their #MeToo Moment

Rosalind Jones

A New York Times report on the mishandling of sexual misconduct claims at the United Nations illustrates a pervasive lack of accountability for workplace harassment within the agency.

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