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Imagine walking for days and nights to escape gunfire. You carry your child in your arms, guiding them through the darkness to avoid drone attacks. You have no food, no water, and nowhere safe to go. This is the reality for families in Darfur and across Sudan, where civilians are being trapped, targeted, and terrorised…
Sheinbaum calls for nationwide review of sexual harassment laws, as attack shines light on Mexico’s poor record on women’s safety. Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for sexual harassment to be made a crime nationwide after being groped on…
Growing up in Rawalpindi, a city adjacent to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, Mahnoor Omer remembers the shame and anxiety she felt in school when she had periods. Going to the toilet with a sanitary pad was an act of stealth, like trying to cover up a crime. “I used to hide my pad up my sleeve…
If bill is signed into law, Portugal would join several European countries which already have full or partial bans. Published On 17 Oct 202517 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Portugal has approved a bill to ban face veils used for “gender or religious motives” in most public spaces that…
If bill is signed into law, Portugal would join several European countries which already have full or partial bans. Published On 17 Oct 202517 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Portugal has approved a bill to ban face veils used for “gender or religious motives” in most public spaces that…
San Miguel Chicaj, Guatemala — In the remote highlands of Baja Verapaz, women are rediscovering their strength through a simple yet powerful tool: their voices. For generations, Indigenous women in Guatemala have carried families and traditions, but their own wellbeing often came last. Now, through “Well-Being Clubs” supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),…
A Kenyan court this week ordered the arrest and extradition of a British national suspected of murdering a 21-year-old woman in a town close to a United Kingdom army training camp in Kenya in 2012. The ruling has brought renewed attention to the long-running case of the young woman, Agnes Wanjiru, whose murder in Nanyuki,…
The Trump administration has confirmed it plans to destroy the already purchased supplies, preventing their distribution. Published On 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025 Belgium has called on the administration of United States President Donald Trump to abandon a plan to destroy a massive stockpile of contraceptives for women as part of its rollback on foreign…
Roua*, 18, misses her home in el-Geneina, where luscious mangoes grew in her small garden. The RSF burned down her home in June 2023. “They burned our whole village,” she says. Two of her brothers, an uncle and three neighbours were killed in the attack. Roua tried to escape on foot, but she and eight…
Melbourne, Australia – Lee Little recalls the phone call with her daughter in December 2017; it was just minutes before Alicia was killed. “I spoke to her 15 minutes before she died,” Little told Al Jazeera. “I asked her, was she OK? Did you want us to come up to pick you up? And she…
