Kenya’s Demographic and Health Survey of 2023 found that more than 11 million women — or 20% of the population — have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner during their lives, with 2.8 million of those women having experienced this ty...
Stefanie Hartman of Coconut Creek, Florida, holds a sign during the March for Action on Gun Violence in Broward County in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S., February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety said ...
The areas of focus are: access to paid employment; unequal treatment of women in the labour market; sexual violence and exploitation; harmful traditional practices such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation; ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health; affor...
Surging Red Sea violence could imperil a fragile Yemen Kareem Fahim and Missy Ryan – The Washington Post The escalating military confrontation between the United States and Houthi militants is threatening to deepen a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where aid groups were already struggling to me...
The big question is whether these changes can bring calm to Haiti, and put a stop to the terrible violence tearing apart Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Haiti has been under a state of emergency since groups attacked the country’s largest prison in Port-au-Prin...