How best can international development agencies and indigenous NGOs support the efforts of women in the countries whe

Inside a brightly painted Mogadishu clinic, Salim (not her real name) sits alongside her seven-year-old son, waiting

The Police lack necessary to handle gender-related issues, Justice David Batema, has said.

Asha Haji Elmi was born in Somalia in 1962 where she graduated from the Somali National University in Mogadishu.

A women's parliamentary caucus in South Sudan's border state of Warrap has called for enactment of laws which upholds

A Somali freelance journalist has been detained without charge since 10 January after interviewing a woman who says s

Mary Nyekueh Ley has a quick way of summing up her life.

At least 600 Ugandan girls have been forced into Malaysia's sex trade in what has become a human trafficking epidemic

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Government of South Sudan to take decisive action to identify and prosecute th

We first thought about starting this piece with the story of Saleha Begum, a survivor of Bangladesh's 1971 war in whi

The girl's voice dropped to a hush as she remembered the bright, sunny afternoon when she stepped out of her hut and

The bodies of two women who had been raped and murdered in Gerud locality were found in the region of Kara, South Dar

Gender activists have proposed a guide to monitor performance of governments in eliminating sexual and gender-based v

As ACFODE celebrates her 26th birthday this month, and as the country prepares for the 16 Days of Activism Campaign A

Thousands of women and girls who have been abducted by armed groups, enslaved and repeatedly raped during conflicts a

A Thomson Reuters Foundation poll may have found that Afghanistan is the most dangerous place to be a woman, but Soma

UN Women Executive Director Ms.

The recent launch of the new U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or U.N.