Gender Violence

Sahrawi Women Take to the Streets

By Karlos Zurutuza
Ten women are gathered to discuss how to transmit Sahrawi culture and tradition to the younger generations. As usual, it´s a secret meeting. There is no other way in the capital of Western Sahara.

Kashmiri Women Suffering a Surge in Gender-Based Violence

By Athar Parvaiz
Rizwana* had hoped and expected that justice would be served – that the man who raped her would be sufficiently punished for his crime. Months after she suffered at his hands, however, the perpetrator remains at large.

In Search of Jobs, Cameroonian Women May End Up as Slaves in Middle East

By Ngala Killian Chimtom
Her lips are quavering her hands trembling. Susan (not her real name) struggles to suppress stubborn tears, but the outburst comes, spontaneously, and the tears stream down her cheeks as she sobs profusely.

Children Increasingly Becoming the Spoils of War

By Beatriz Ciordia
Whether in Palestine, Ukraine or Somalia, wars result in millions of children threatened by the brutality of armed conflict.

Opinion: Women in Sport – Scoring for Equality

By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The Women’s World Cup has shown people everywhere what women athletes are all about: skill, strength, unity and determination. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the winners – the team from the United States – and to all others who participated. You are inspiring millions of women and girls around the world to pursue their goals and dreams.

South Sudanese Girls Given Away As ‘Blood Money’

By Miriam Gathigah
So extreme are gender inequalities in South Sudan that a young girl is three times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than to reach the eighth grade – the last grade before high school – according to Plan International, one of the oldest and largest children’s development organisations in the world.

Humanitarian Emergencies Lend Urgency to World Population Day

By Thalif Deen
On the eve of World Population Day, the United Nations is fighting a virtually losing battle against growing humanitarian emergencies triggered mostly by military conflicts that are displacing people by the millions – and rendering them either homeless or reducing them to the status of refugees.

Opinion: Unlocking the Potential of Mali’s Young Women and Men

By Jean-Luc Stalon
The recent peace agreements in Mali offer grounds for optimism. It’s now time to capitalise on the accord to accelerate recovery, reconciliation and development. An important part of that process will entail placing the country’s youth at the center of the country’s agenda for peace and prosperity.

Women’s Groups Say Gender Equality is a Must for Sustainable Development

By Beatriz Ciordia
On the eve of negotiations on the political declaration for the United Nations Summit to adopt the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the Women’s Major Group (WMG) calls on governments to define a transformative agenda to ensure just, sustainable and rights-based development.

Smart Phones New Tool to Capture Human Rights Violations

By Thalif Deen
The widespread use of digital technology – including satellite imagery, body cameras and smart phones – is fast becoming a new tool in monitoring and capturing human rights violations worldwide.

Worldwide Displacement at the Highest Level Ever Recorded

By Roger Hamilton-Martin
A horrific year of war, humanitarian crises, human rights violations and persecution has caused a sharp rise in global forced displacement.

Could Peacekeeping Wives Deter Sexual Abuse in U.N. Overseas Operations?

By Thalif Deen
Back in November 2007, about 108 military personnel from an Asian country, serving with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, were deported home after being accused of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of minors.

Cameroonian Women and Girls Saying No to Child Marriage

By Ngala Killian Chimtom
Twelve-year-old Bienvienue Taguieke was expected to obey her parents and marry a man 40 years her senior, but an association of women in Cameroon’s Far North Region, where child marriages are rife, put a stop to it in a sign that women are starting to speaking out against the practice.

India’s Four Million Sex Workers Demand Equal Labour Rights

By Sujoy Dhar
Although forced prostitution and trafficking of women remains a huge challenge in India, health experts, policy-makers and legal advocates say that most of the country’s estimated four million commercial sex workers join the trade of their own free will.

Ni Una Menos – The Cry Against ‘Femicides’ Finally Heard in Argentina

By Fabiana Frayssinet
In the wake of the massive response to their call to protest violence against women in Argentina, the organisers of this week’s demonstrations are starting to plan the steps to be taken to get results for their demand “Ni Una Menos” (not one less), taking advantage of the strength in numbers shown to obtain political support for public policies aimed at protecting women.

‘Legal Friends’ Fight Gender Violence in Rural India

By Stella Paul
Mamta Bai, 36, distinctly remembers the first time the police came to her village: it was December 2014 and her neighbour, Purva Bai, had just been beaten unconscious by her alcoholic husband, prompting Mamta to make a distress call to the nearest station.

The U.N. at 70: Time to Prioritise Human Rights for All, for Current and Future Generations

By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Seventy years ago, with the founding of the United Nations, all nations reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.

Opinion: Bangladesh’s Persecuted Indigenous People

By Julia Bleckner
The August 2014 killing of Timir Baran Chakma, an indigenous Jumma activist, allegedly in Bangladeshi military custody, was protested by his supporters. His death, and the failure of justice, like the plight of his people across the Chittagong Hills region, received little international notice.

Murders of Gays Raise the Question of Hate Crimes in Cuba

By Ivet González
During the events surrounding the eighth annual celebration of the Day Against Homophobia in Cuba, it emerged that a young transsexual had recently been killed in the city of Pinar del Río near the western tip of this Caribbean island nation.

Campaign to End Sexual Violence Targets Civilian Peacekeepers First

By Lyndal Rowlands
“We can really argue as much as we want but if we put ourselves in the skin of victims, we just have to do something to stop this.”

The Definition of ‘Rape’ Cannot Change with a Marriage Certificate

By Neeta Lal
"I was brutally raped thrice by my husband. He kept me under surveillance in his Dubai house while I suffered from severe malnutrition and depression. When I tried to flee from this hellhole, he confiscated my passport, deprived me of money and beat me up," recalls Anna Marie Lopes, 28, a rape survivor who after six years of torture, finally managed to board a flight to New Delhi from the United Arab Emirates in 2012.
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