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Gender Violence
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Stepping Up Investment in Latin American Women is Imperative
Women’s demonstrations to demand respect for their rights are held in Latin…
Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amid Sudans Conflict and Forced Displacement
Paleki Ayang, Gender Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, Equality…
Europes Shift to the Far Right and its Impact on Immigration
Opinion by Daud Khan, Leila Yasmine Khan (rome and amsterdam) Tuesday, January 02,…
Paula Abdul Sues American Idol & SYTYCD Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe For Sexual Assault! – Perez Hilton
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Paula Abdul has accused American Idol and So…
South Asian Women, Girls Need Responsive Legal System to Gender Violence
by Ranjit Devraj (new delhi) Thursday, December 21, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW…
UN and Humanitarian Partners Seek $46 Billion for Humanitarian Assistance
Two women together in a ‘friendly space’, a woman-only zone in an…
Latin America Still Has a Long Way to Go to Eliminate Gender Violence
“He who loves does not kill, does not humiliate or mistreat” reads…
Hurricane Otis and the Indifference Toward the Children of Acapulco
Opinion by Rosi Orozco (acapulco, mexico) Thursday, November 02, 2023 Inter Press Service…
To End Child Marriage in Southern & East Africa, Governments Need to Strengthen Laws & Implementation
Nafissa, 17 from Niger, was married at 16. Three months after marrying…
Afghan Women Speak Out About Life and Resistance Two Years After the Taliban Takeover
Credit: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell by IPS Correspondent (united nations) Friday, October 06,…
The Vast Potential of the Human Spirit
Opinion by Gordon Brown (london) Friday, September 15, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON,…
NDB Spotlight: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project Who Benefits?
Opinion by Marianne Buenaventura Goldman, Reitumetse Nkoti Mabula (cape town, south africa) Tuesday,…
Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol on Womens Rights in Africa
Women and girls in Kenya’s West Pokot celebrate as the government cracks…
Vulnerable Women Suffer the Worst Face of Discrimination in Argentina
“Migration is a right,” read the handkerchiefs held by two women at…
Transgender People Face Growing Violence, Discrimination in Pakistan
Transgender people often entertain at weddings and other events, but they increasingly…
Gender-Based Violence: Why Victims Do Not Leave
Opinion by Esther Nantana (windhoek, namibia) Friday, June 30, 2023 Inter Press Service…
Women Suffer Harassment and Discrimination on Chile’s Public Transport
Perla Venegas is one of 1444 female bus drivers in the surface…
Myanmar: Military Junta Gets a Free Pass
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON,…
No Peace Until Peace For All
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Inter Press Service…