A new report released by the UN says Afghan women are still victims of abuse despite some success by authorities in p

In Egypt, domestic abuse is not a crime. When a woman is beaten by her husband, the authorities are seldom called.

Ana Angelica Bello, 45, was coming out of the Ministry of Justice in 2009 when two men bundled her into a car, put a

Fifteen brave Guatemalan women from the indigenous q'eqchí people testified before the High Risk Court in Guat

“Following the political change of 2006, concrete steps have been taken to empower women and increase the propo

In addition to the 123 heads of state who will meet for the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 annual gathering of U.N.

Zainab Salbi, the founder of the nonprofit humanitarian organization Women for Women International and author of &ldq

Liberian women have re-echoed their call for robust steps to be taken by the government, especially the judiciary, to

Last Tuesday in New York, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague announced that the UK government will give £1M for

Tunisian civil society is rallying in support of a young woman who was raped by police officers in what they say is p

Women and girls continue to be the worst affected by Syria's conflict, but their suffering rarely makes the headlines

Many Solomon Islands women slum dwellers have to walk at least a kilometre a day carrying heavy loads of water back t

While recent attention has focused on the absurd remarks U.S.

“Rape is being used as a tool of war in Syria, and, in most cases, it is allegedly being carried out by governm

The New Democratic Party of Canada introduced a motion to the House of Commons to make Canada a leader in ending sexu

Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immig

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Chile have signed a letter of intent to strengthen ca

Misogyny has reduced women to headscarves and hymens.

The French Embassy and the UNWOMEN Arab States Sub-Regional Office signed on Wednesday an agreement to combat violenc