Call for collaborative efforts to fight gender-based violence
United Nations agencies have convened over 100 government and civil society partners from 12 countries for a landmark three-day (June 28...
The Himalayan Times
Jun 29, 2017
EU Takes Lead in Campaign to Prevent Gender-based Violence
FILE - a South Sudanese refugee and 32-year-old mother, who was raped for several days by a group of soldiers before she was allowed to...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jun 21, 2017
Canada announces new strategy to prevent and address gender-based violence
Many Canadians still face violence every day simply because of their gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender. It’s time...
Steve Lee | LGBT Weekly
Jun 20, 2017
Central African Republic: Ugandan Troops Harm Women, Girls
(Nairobi) – Ugandan soldiers in the Central African Republic have sexually exploited or abused at least 13 women and girls since 2015,...
Human Rights Watch
May 15, 2017
Why did 41 girls die at a Guatemalan youth shelter?
Accusations of abuse and neglect have come to light after a fire at a state-funded youth shelter killed 41 girls. On March 10, a funeral...
Al Jazeera
Apr 18, 2017
Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Describe Military Tactic Of Systematic Rape
The Balukali refugee camp, located about an hour's drive south of the seaside tourist city of Cox's Bazar, is one of many informal camps...
NPR 1
Apr 13, 2017
Murdered for being women: Spain tackles femicide rates
By Lucia Benavides Candles, shoes and banners sit on the ground at a protest camp set up by women who are holding a demonstration to show...
Al Jazeera
Apr 5, 2017
Girls killed in shelter fire are the latest victims of Guatemala’s war on women
On the morning of March 8 2016, while women around the world were preparing to observe International Women’s Day with a global strike, 43...
The Conversation
Mar 26, 2017
Rape, abuse, death of girls at Guatemala home burned by fire
ILE - In this March 17, 2017 file photo, Shirley Palencia weeps during the burial service for 17-year-old sister Kimberly Palencia Ortiz,...
Associated Press 1
Mar 22, 2017
Rohingya newborns offer frail hope in face of Myanmar violence
Asmot Ara, 18, holds her seven-day-old unnamed daughter as she poses for a photograph inside their shelter in Balukhali unregistered...
Antoni Slodkowski and Mohammad Ponir Hossain |
Mar 20, 2017
Hounded and ridiculed for complaining of rape
When soldiers went searching for militants in Myanmar's Rakhine state last October, the result for members of the Rohingya minority was...
BBC News
Mar 11, 2017
Wives return and are abused again
Erin (not her real name) has had her head bashed against the wall, beaten and even stripped naked by her husband in front of their...
The Star/Asia News
Mar 10, 2017
