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Women in Syria have been arbitrarily arrested and detained, physically abused, harassed, and tortured during Syria's

Human rights situation in Afghanistan has lost ground in key areas during first six month of 2014, increasing uncerta

Human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis was shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the restive east Libyan city

Sudanese authorities shut a 17-year-old centre for women's rights without explanation on Tuesday, the centre's direct

RWANDA, EASTERN AFRICA: To curb continuing cases of rape violence in Rwanda's refugee camps, the government of Rwanda

Concern is mounting that British aid money may be funding police who are using rape as a tool of state-sanctioned tor

Last week Cabinet approved the Gender Commission Bill which is likely to be tabled in Parliament next month.

India has rebuffed accusations by a U.N.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo there have been more than two decades of armed conflict, sexual violence against

Nearly 20 years ago, the world came together in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women.

JUBA, 13 May 2014 (IRIN) - Sexual and gender-based violence might not be a new phenomenon in South Sudan, but the cur

As the recent abduction of nearly 300 Nigerian girls by terror group Boko Haram sheds light on the dramatic situation