violence against women

France’s equality watchdog has called for an “emergency plan” to combat widespread sexism that is affecting youths in particular, amid concern that the country’s education system is failing to foster gender equality…

Issued on: 23/01/2023 - 14:07 Five years into the #MeToo movement, French society "remains very sexist in all of its spheres,” a government-created equality watchdog said in…

Olivia Dunne of LSU meets with a swarm of male fans after a PAC-12 meet against Utah at Jon M. Huntsman Center on Jan. 6, 2023, in Salt Lake City, UtahImage: Getty ImagesLast week, LSU was forced to beef up security around their gymnastics…

Issued on: 20/01/2023 - 22:29 Soldiers rescued a group of 62 women and four babies abducted by suspected jihadists last week in northern Burkina Faso, state television and a…

Issued on: 20/01/2023 - 16:28 In Peru, approximately 270,000 women and 22,000 men were sterilised between 1996 and 2000 as the result of a controversial birth control policy.…

High rates of femicide, combined with a poor track record of bringing perpetrators to justice – particularly the wealthy and powerful – have made Mexico the most dangerous country for women in Latin America, according…

Issued on: 16/01/2023 - 14:00 Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government said in a…

Issued on: 16/01/2023 - 09:37 Romanian authorities said they have seized goods and money worth 18 million lei ($3.95 million) as a part of a criminal inquiry into alleged…

Issued on: 02/01/2023 - 18:20 Two Senegalese opposition MPs were handed six-month jail terms on Monday for physically attacking a female colleague in parliament.…

A phone, a smart home, a digitally connected car — these are the tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise. “Methods that are sort of presented as advances in technology, whether it’s a smart home…