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Gender-related killings, known as femicide, are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls.The latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN...

As a young mother in a remote part of eastern Kenya, Norah Magero struggled to get her child reliable health care. “We faced lots...

UN Women’s Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp, who just returned from a visit to the enclave last week, said that women there repeatedly...

She knows what it’s like to be silenced.Born into a family that didn’t believe in educating girls, she had to stay home while her brothers went to school. Only when she...

Women’s voices are rising with clarity and urgency, pressing negotiators to ensure the conference leaves a lasting mark on the link between gender and...

“Sexual violence made up just over half of the cases, (about 3,700) and with nearly two thirds of these involving gang rape (about 2,500),...

Fuelled by artificial intelligence, anonymity, and weak accountability, online abuse is rapidly escalating. Yet, 1.8 billion women and girls still lack legal protection from...

Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare...

For women like 38-year-old Farhiya from rural Beletweyne, the consequences can be devastating — a painful obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal...

Launched on Thursday, the Spotlight Initiative Impact Report details how legal reform, social mobilisation and investment in survivor services have driven transformative change across...