#ShutItAllDown in Namibia: The fight against gender-based violence

Since early October, hundreds of furious demonstrators — mainly younger women — have taken to the streets in protest against gender-…

Gender-based violence prevalent in eastern, southern Africa during COVID-19 pandemic: Report

Violence against women with disabilities was found to be even higher in the region

CoP26: Countries commit to gender-responsive climate action, making women ‘resilient’ to crisis

Sierra Leone commited to addressing long-standing discriminatory land tenure practices; Nigeria pledged to expand its gender …

A parallel pandemic: Violence against women intensified during COVID-19, confirms UN

Half the women surveyed in 13 countries reported that they or a woman they knew experienced increased violence since the COVID-19 pandemic; …

Globally, 9 million girls face extreme risks of climate disaster and child marriage every year: Report

The combination of threats has created emergency hotspots for girls’ rights in Bangladesh and across sub-Saharan Africa

CoP26: Women need more space at the climate table

Climate change does not affect everyone equally: Women are disproportionately more vulnerable. This should ideally mean more women having a …

Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights

Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India

Gender-based violence plagues Odisha despite govt efforts

Odisha reported the highest cases of assault against women in the country, according to 2018 NCRB data

Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19: lessons from Ebola

Sexual and gender-based violence does not begin with disasters like the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But the chaos and …