Underreported and Unpunished, Femicides in El Salvador Continue
Originally published March 5, 2021 In one of the most dangerous Latin American countries to be a woman, lockdown measures exposed...
Lebanon Must Declare Violence against Women a National Emergency
A female activist holding a placard stands amongst men during a protest against family violence near the parliament and government palace...
France 24
- Mar 9, 2021
Rwanda's children born of genocidal rape look to future
By targeting women's bodies, those behind the genocide sought to impose a radical breakdown of parentage.
Kaamil Ahmed | The Guardian
- Mar 7, 2021
'So much trauma': Mozambique conflict sparks mental health crisis
Aid groups warn of collapsed health system as traumatised people displaced by Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado seek help The...
Al Jazeera
- Mar 5, 2021
Bomb kills female Afghan doctor, gunmen kill 7 workers: Officials
Doctor dies after bomb attached to her rickshaw explodes while at least seven civilians shot and killed by a group of gunmen in eastern...
Al Jazeera
- Mar 2, 2021
Three female media workers shot to death in eastern Afghanistan
Young women gunned down in two separate attacks after leaving their television station. Three female media workers were shot dead in the...
Genocide Watch
- Feb 28, 2021
Pakistan experts: Religiosity fostering rise in militancy
Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to...
Nick Turse | The Intercept
- Feb 28, 2021
Soldiers in Cameroon, A Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says
The atrocity-filled raid on a village in Cameroon included the rape of at least 20 women, according to Human Rights Watch. In the predawn...
Holly Scala | Genocide Watch
- Feb 20, 2021
Genocide Watch Country Report: El Salvador
Genocide Watch Country Report: El Salvador February 2021 Monument to the victims of the massacre of El Mozote. Photo: Ernesto Zelaya,...
Emeline Fonyuy | The New Humanitarian
- Feb 16, 2021
In Cameroon's separatist war, children are the biggest losers
‘I now know the choking effect of tear gas and the sounds of live bullets.’ I long for a Cameroon where anglophone children no longer...
Sam Mednick | AP
- Feb 14, 2021
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists....
Martin Chulov | The Guardian
- Feb 10, 2021
Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
Thirty-one year old was sentenced in December on charges denounced as politically motivated The Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain...