UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous emphasised that eliminating violence against women is essential to achieving broader ...

People I have spoken to in Aceh often said that the tsunami of December 2004 brought peace to their community. Despite the significant losses suffered in the disaster, it led to the restoration of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She had a bag over her head, and her hands were handcuffed. She was horrified to the core and had no idea where she was. Russian ...

When faith leaders leveraged their influence to mitigate violence against women, they found dramatic success by teaching men to be allies, a study shows.

Spain has introduced strict measures to combat violence against women. But there is still a high number of femicides. One digital art project is raising locals' awareness of murders in Madrid.

In 2025, MFRR partners documented 53 cases of gender-based violence targeting women media workers across EU Member States and candidate countries. These attacks included online smear campaigns, ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) affects women and girls the most, especially during times of crisis or emergency. War, being forced to leave home and poverty make gender-based violence more likely and ...

Catherine Vanner receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 2022, 184 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada. This number has steadily increased ...

Stephanie Lusby is Research Manager with Respect Victoria. The spike in reports of women murdered by men this year has prompted widespread conversations across Australia about how we end gender-based ...