The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (ATHU) at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters, the Marine Police Unit with support from the Eastern Regional Police Command in collaboration with...
By: James Kofi Annan I know you just came out of a very turbulent vetting and approval process. It was tough, so you probably would wish that I allowed you to settle first, before I brought my...
A 22-year-old rape victim in Zimbabwe left many in shock when she asked a Magistrates Court to withdraw two counts of rape against a man who raped her, claiming that she has been bedding him on many...
Mission Director of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Andrew Karas visited the Volta Region from January 24-27 where he met with stakeholders impacted by...
A 23-year-old Afghan woman has described to the BBC how her husband tied her up and cut off both her ears in a domestic violence attack in the northern province of Balkh. The woman – Zarina – is...
Minister-designate for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has said he will act speedily to push a response to the US government concerning efforts to curb the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking....
A sentence of life in jail is actually lurking around the corner for a 17-year-old Michigan girl who forced a man, 19 to have sex with her at knife point. As the world grows older, every new day...
A woman has been arrested in the southern Indian city of Bangalore for throwing acid on her ex-boyfriend. (Warning: Some readers may find the image below distressing) The man recently ended his...
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Central Region recorded 2,668 cases of domestic violence in 2016. The figure was a reduction comparing it to...
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Central Region recorded 2,668 cases of domestic violence in 2016. The figure was a reduction comparing it to...
Philip Kiipo, an 18-year-old student accused of defiling a 10-year-old girl at Madina, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Monday, charged with defilement, but he has denied the offence. The...
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that there is a new form of violence against women through the media and calls on the general public to respect the right to dignity of the human person...
The continuous struggle to liberate and empower women and girls will never be complete without the history of the Mirabal Sisters,political activists in the Dominican Republic who were assassinated...
The continuous struggle to liberate and empower women and girls will never be complete without the history of the Mirabal Sisters,political activists in the Dominican Republic who were assassinated...
US actress Evan Rachel Wood says she’s been raped twice. In an open letter on Twitter, the 29-year-old said she’d been attacked by a “significant other” and a bar owner. She wrote the post...
More than 200 million women and girls alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) or cutting. The practice has now been outlawed in some African countries, but not in Sierra Leone,...
A bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl has been preliminarily backed by Turkish MPs. The government says the bill is aimed at pardoning men...
An advice columnist's response to a letter about rape has sparked an angry backlash in Singapore and accusations of victim-blaming. In the letter to Teenage magazine's agony aunt, the writer,...
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mrs. Mercy Larbi, has called for concerted effort to give more protection to children and shield...
The 2016 World State Report has called for investment in girl’s education, health, and leadership skills to enable them to fully realise their potential to harness the nation’s demographic...
