Category: Social Justice
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Funding cuts to women rights organisations hinder progress on ending violence against women
UN Women Chief of the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls section, Kalliopi Mingeirou is worried about funding cuts to women’s rights organizations’
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Women still largely excluded from peace processes
Around 676 million women resided within a 50-kilometer radius of active and deadly conflict zones last year, marking the most alarming statistic recorded
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UN Rights Office Aides Describe Abuses, Including Sexual Violence, in New Sudan Report
UN Human Rights’ representatives have outlined a new Sudan report showing the systematic violations and abuses – often ethnically motivated – including summary executions,
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60% of Crimes Against South Africa’s Women Committed by Spouses
Statistics South Africa’s victim crime report has revealed that 60% of crimes against women in the country are committed by spouses, friends, acquaintances and other
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Rising Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones, UN warns
The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten says the crisis of conflict-related sexual violence is worsening. She further emphasized
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3 women in Gambia are charged in the death of one-month-old in female genital mutilation case
Three women were charged in Gambia over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation, the police said, in
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Malema says men who don’t give women money as payback for ill treatment are ‘irresponsible
By Dylan Bettencourt Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said men must give women money as payback for being badly treated. Speaking at
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Nigeria is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Bianca Ojukwu-Odumegwu, says
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu-Odumegwu, says Nigeria is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Violence Means Women in DR Congo Have No Safe Haven
Sexual violence has reached devastating levels in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), with nearly 40,000 women treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
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DRC ends expulsion of pregnant students
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, pregnant girls now have the right to continue their education. A circular issued by the Ministry of
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