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 ...

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

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 ...

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) is a public health issue that encompasses acts of violence based on individuals' sex or gender, such as intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and violence ...

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 ...

As we commence the annual campaign "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence," dedicated to raising awareness and advocating for the eradication of violence against women and girls, we ...

Conflicts in Ethiopia have devastated communities, and the resulting loss of services and breakdown in social support systems have made it harder to access lifesaving gender-based violence response ...

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 ...

Allyship to survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) is following survivors’ lead, not re-creating the wheel. Survivors and community organizations have built the blueprint for meaningful action for ...