"Social media is not just a place we 'go' anymore. It's a place we live, work, and play. That's why it's more crucial than ever to ensure that all people can safely access these spaces and freely express themselves without fear of retribution," Jenna Sherman, campaign director at UltraViolet
"Adriana Smith's family should have had a choice. Her mother was clear that she wanted to make the decision about whether her daughter's body should be kept on life support. But Georgia doctors and legislators failed Adriana and her family." said Arisha Hatch, interim executive director of UltraViolet
UltraViolet is joining the hundreds of thousands of people praising TLC for canceling “19 Kids and Counting.” The show has been embroiled in controversy since May when news broke that Josh Duggar, one of the show’s stars, had been accused of molesting several young girls in the early 2000s.
UltraViolet will protest the parade to pressure FIFA to pay women soccer players as much as men. “Our message to FIFA is simple: equal pay for equal play,” said UltraViolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary in a press release. “FIFA’s antiquated pay discrimination isn’t acceptable anymore.”
Ultraviolet, a women’s rights advocacy organization, started a digital campaign on Monday to press FIFA to pay women’s soccer teams fairly for equal work. Roughly 60,000 people signed the campaign in the first 24 hours — more than twice the signatures a typical Ultraviolet campaign receives on its first day.
Despite the exposure, Lloyd and her teammates will likely struggle to gain the salary and endorsement windfalls enjoyed by their male counterparts. Despite on-field success, female players in the United States face an uphill battle to catch up to the financial success of men’s soccer.
Photo: Jonathan Hayward / AP
Oklahoma’s parole board voted Monday to grant Tondalo Hall a full clemency hearing, the first step in her bid to leave prison early. Hall is pleading for mercy on her 30-year sentence for failing to protect her children from a violent abuser. The man who actually harmed her child got just 2 years.
UltraViolet is a nonprofit that advocates for women’s reproductive health. And today it released a set of three commercials focused on a subject that doesn’t come up much in advertisements: abortion. Watch here!
A billboard making its way around Yellowstone County takes aim at a former state judge and a ruling he made in a rape case which garnered national attention.
The billboards were done by UltraViolet, an anti-sexism group, who is hoping the award for Judge G. Todd Baugh is canceled. Baugh’s comments about a 14-year-old rape victim, saying she acted older than her chronological age, caused national outcry.
UltraViolet’s Shaunna Thomas on Good Morning America talking about the Cleveland Cavaliers video. It’s time for the NBA to do more to prevent domestic violence.
UltraViolet, a national women’s group that in 2013 collected 120,000 signatures calling for Baugh’s dismissal, is now petitioning the Montana State Bar Association “to stop condoning rape.” The group said Thursday it has more than 33,000 signatures.