The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has firmly stated that the government has never abandoned victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). On Sunday March 9,…
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Over 150 female inmates were sexually assaulted and perished in a fire during a prison break in Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of…
An Indian court has sentenced Sanjay Roy, a 33-year-old police volunteer, to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor last year. The…
A 36-year-old South African man has been sentenced for a series of brutal murders and rapes of young girls in Embalenhle, Mpumalanga. The Secunda regional court…
Breaking the silence on Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), Barrister Olumide Kaede Omosebi, lawyer and founder of Gnosis Health Initiative, has said that this year at…
Indian authorities in Kolkata have dismissed the city’s police chief and top health officials following widespread protests triggered by the brutal rape and murder of a…
Dominique Pelicot, a French national accused of drugging his wife and arranging for numerous strangers to assault her over a period of ten years, has admitted…
Femicide, the intentional killing of women and girls, is a rapidly growing threat to women’s lives around the world, and Africa is no exception. The alarming…
Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has tragically passed away after reportedly being set alight by a Kenyan man. Here are six key facts about her life and…
The Borno State Police Command is advocating for legal changes to support rape survivors in the state. According to the Borno state Deputy Commissioner of Police,…