Congo is unsafe for women, thanks to the burgeoning rape industry, sexual harassment and molestation. The crime rate against the women in the country has seen a surge, devouring their much-cherished freedom and sacrificing their zeal to live,...
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Female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the most frightful forms of violence against women. Even though much sensitization has been made on the negative effects of such practices, some Africans and even people of other parts of the world continue to...
Just like the UN troops in Africa, the Burmese military too is performing its evil deeds against Karen women.
The Burmese army continues to commit gross abuses against civilians, particularly members of ethnic minorities associated with various...
Like any other rural vicinity in Africa, Orango Island, in Guinea-Bissau, too has their conventional rituals, which has long been female dominated. Yes, this so called under privileged region has 'matriarchal' form of marriage ceremony.
A girl...
Recent law in Togo, Africa has given green signal to abortion by legalizing it if the pregnancy is the result of rape or an incestuous relationship.
In most parts of Africa, abortion is illegal unless the medical team considers the procedure...
According to Anil Naidoo, of Fahamu, an organization working for human rights and social justice in Africa, a project called the UmNyango would soon be launched in Africa.
The project would use the technology of short message service or SMS for rural.
While women in Africa are very much oppressed, a housemaid's condition is even more wretched one.
Wanja is an orphan and lives with her distant aunt. However, she does all the household chores much like a house cleaner than a relative.
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A three-day conference which was held by the China Society for Human Rights Studies gave platform to more than 70 human rights experts, scholars and officials from 19 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
The director of the human rights...
Gender organizations in Mauritius have decided to come up with a campaign, which'll run all the year round, in order to provide a safe and comfortable life for the women folk. Since, the gender laws are such that the girls are assaulted, sexually...
The report 'Girl Power: The Impact of Girls' Education on HIV and Sexual Behavior', by Population Action International in Africa postulates that girls who are better educated begin having sex later avert contracting HIV.
The report also states that...
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Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won’t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.
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