violence against women
FGM Is A Crime; Stop It
The Minister for Gender, Children & Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has served notice to proponents of Female...
Tanzanian President Chided For Releasing Rapists
Magufuli Rape Pardon – Tanzanian President John Magufuli is currently in hot soup for granting pardon to a...
Let’s Enrol Victims of Rape, Defilement On NHIS List
The Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the...
High Rate of Nigerian Prostitutes In Ghana Alarms Nigerian High Commissioner
Nigerian prostitutes in Ghana -If only there can be a justifiable reason for going into the business of prostitution,...
DNA Shows Uncle Did Not Father 10-Year-Old’s Baby
Indian rape victim -It turns out the 10-year-old Indian girl whose uncle allegedly abused and impregnated was also...
Ghanaian-Led Team Wins UN Award To Fight FGM
A 30-year-old Ghanaian social advocate has received a UN award on steps to fight Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the...
10-Year-Old Rape Victim Gives Birth by Cesarean Section
Indian rape victim -The story of the 10-year-old pregnant rape victim from India finally ended with the episode of...
The Plight of Widowhood In Africa
Women in Africa suffer emotional, mental and spiritual problems when their husbands die, making it near to impossible...
Court Rejects Abortion For 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the...
Indian Court Rejects Abortion For 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the...
Tunisia Law On Violence Against Women ‘landmark Step’
Human Rights Watch on Thursday hailed a new law to fight domestic violence in Tunisia as a "landmark step" towards...
Malaysia MP: ‘Denying Husbands Sex Is Abuse’
A Malaysian lawmaker has come under fire for saying that women denying sex to their husbands was a form of...
Pakistan Village Council Orders ‘revenge Rape’ of Girl
Some 20 people from Multan, Pakistan, have been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape...
Tunisia Votes To ‘end All Violence’ Against Women
Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday passed a bill designed to "end all violence against women", strengthening protection...
India’s Women Cops Take A Stand
All-female police units are shaking up the male-dominated force in conservative northwest India, hitting the streets to...
Ban On Gulf Region Recruitment Ineffective
The Central Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service, Chief Superintendent Francis Palmadeti, has argued...
Gender Ministry Internsifies Fight Against Human Trafficking
Government has allocated some 1.5million Cedis to the human trafficking secretariat under the Ministry of Gender,...
Turkey’s Deepening Tragedy of Murdered Women
As she did most afternoons, Pinar Unluer was waiting to collect her six-year-old son from his school in Turkey's Aegean...
Indian Woman Attacked With Acid For Fifth Time
A woman who survived an alleged gang rape and four separate acid attacks has once again been hit by corrosive liquid,...