To highlight the issues of inter-faith harmony and rights of women at the national level, AAWAZ, in collaboration wit

Syria's civil war has caused a big increase in ‘honour killings' and child marriages and the breakdown of the h

Savoen still wakes up screaming, reliving the evening she and about 30 other women were dragged to a forest by Khmer

Thousands of women were victims of sexual crimes during the Balkan conflicts.

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Women in Syria are increasingly the targets of violent abuse and torture by government forces and armed groups.

Indian police Sunday questioned witnesses in a sexual assault inquiry involving one of the country's most prominent j

All UK partners delivering humanitarian aid to the Philippines are now required to assess the risk of violence agains

Some Syrians say outrage over the sentencing of a teenage girl was a spark that started the country's two-and-a-half

The Government will urge for international action to protect women and girls from violence and sexual exploitation in

Female Police officers have vowed to fight for the rights of women and girls in their respective areas of operation b

The top United Nations human rights official warned today that the deteriorating violence in the Central African Repu

The International Committee of the Red Cross is stepping up its focus on victims of sexual violence in armed conflict

This high-level moderated armchair discussion explores why gender, specifically gender-based violence, should

BY GITURA MWAURA, 10 OCTOBER 2013

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A protected witness testified in The Hague this week about being gang-raped and held prisoner by Bosnian Serb soldier

Thousands of women in Nicaragua have taken to the streets to protest against legal changes that could push female vic

When Yam Lash was brutally raped by Khmer Rouge soldiers under a coconut tree in 1977, she was convinced she had litt

ONE night last year police received a call from worried residents of a wealthy area of San Salvador, El Salvador's ca