Acid attacks: the faceless women you can’t forget
Sonali Mukherjee says she's been living "half a life with half a face" ever since three men broke into her home and threw acid over her. Now she wants India's government to allow her to die.
View ArticlePHOTOBLOG: Women in India’s capital resort to self-defence after gang rape
Ishita Matharu, 23, who works for a multinational company, drives her car on her way to attending a Krav Maga class, an Israeli self defence technique, in New Delhi January 11, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi...
View ArticleWhen is rape not considered rape?
A woman's drunkenness, a man's age, the lack of physical struggle, all used as excuse to claim a rape hasn't occurred
View ArticleDivorce may be legal in Morocco, but it’s still controversial
Nine years after the reform of a family law allowed women to seek divorce, separation from their husbands remains a stigma for most Moroccan women
View ArticleFiery activist persuades Gambia to ban FGM
When Gambian rights activist Isatou Touray began campaigning against female genital mutilation (FGM) she was told she wouldn’t live long. Now the West African country is preparing to pass a law against...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia launches first campaign to stop violence against women
The slogan reads: “Some things can’t be covered – fighting women’s abuse together.”
View ArticleItaly acid attack victim fights back to regain her smile
A hospital bed in Rome. REUTERS
View Article“Widespread misogyny” root of online abuse–victim
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 file picture. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files
View ArticleItalian men seek help to stop battering wives and partners
Photo credit: People look at an actress performing during the "15 22 performance" opposing violence against women in front of Chigi palace in Rome September 25, 2013.REUTERS/Remo Casilli
View ArticleThe pain is far worse than childbirth – FGM survivor
Health workers and teachers must stop turning a blind eye to this child abuse, says Sarian Karim Kamara who underwent female genital mutilation as a girl
View Article“Tiny number of men” tackle gender violence – male activist
“Tiny number of men” tackle gender violence, activist Jackson Katz tells our Latin America correspondent Anastasia Moloney
View ArticleGender violence in EU lowest in Poland – should we rejoice?
Is “scoring” lowest in violence against women among EU countries a reason to celebrate or is it a wake-up call to shine a light on under-reported violence?
View ArticleCelebrating women’s rights around the world
Wrap-up of our special coverage of #IWD2104 http://bit.ly/1lpR7cy
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