Women have been involved in terrorist activities for more than 100 years, but from 2007 to 2008 there was an 800 perc

Thousands of people who have fled some of the world's most dangerous countries are being forced into destitution, beg

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

The situation has been very tense at Panzi Hospital since the assassination attempt on Doctor Denis Mukwege that forc

A Nobel-prize nominated Congolese gynecologist said on Tuesday he is too scared to return to his native Congo after a

A 22-year-old Somali woman who says she was forced to flee her home country after being threatened by the al-Shabaab

For many girls in Afghanistan, the simple act of walking to school can be a life-threatening journey.

(Goma) – M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are responsible for widespread war crimes, includin

Women in Israel have very different views on what the basic threats against their security are, depending on factors

A civilian court's conviction of a Colombian junior army officer for the murder and rape of a girl is a rare victory

Occupied West Bank, Aug 16 2012 (IPS) - After the brutal murder of a Palestinian woman in late July in a busy Bethleh

This week I was invited to an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in the Austrian cap

They were only 14 years old, cousins from a small town in central Mexico, when a fun trip to the local fair turned in

When Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, visited South Sudan in May, she heard first-hand about t

Shanta Chaudhary was eight years old when her parents sold her into effective slavery for $75, sending her to scrub,

The policeman spoke with calm and assurance as he insisted that he could not have raped the teenage daughter of a loc

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres returned to Ecuador at the weekend and pledged to continue

Syrian government forces have used sexual violence to torture men, women, and boys detained during the current confli

The birth of a girl, so goes a popular Hindu saying, is akin to the arrival of Lakshmi - the four-armed goddess of we