The child rape cases, involving mostly girl victims aged 8 to 13, reveal the various methods employed by suspected abusers to ...

EARLY in the New Year, violence against women is rearing its head again. In New Karshi, Nasarawa State, Timilehin Ajayi, 32, ...

A non-governmental organisation, Women Advocacy, Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), has revealed that no fewer than 1,000 cases of Sexual and Gender-Based ... in the state Violence Against ...

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A new report by the DOHS Cares Foundation has revealed that over 133 Nigerian women and girls, including teenagers, were killed in incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) between 1 January and 31 ...

A non-profit organisation, Webfala Digital Skills for All Initiative (WDSFAI), has raised concerns about the rising threat of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in Nigeria.

Wells, an expert on gender-based violence prevention, said domestic violence is a prevalent, costly and preventative problem in Alberta. She added that men who could become perpetrators need to ...

In July, the Lagos State Police Command said it had begun ... to continue to drive our advocacy against sexual and gender-based violence.” In a statement made available to our correspondent ...

They don’t want scandals,” Méndez shrugs. She, too, has suffered from gender-based violence in her life. “Since I was little, I saw how my father beat my mother,” the 61-year-old woman explains. “I ...

It’s high time the UN General Assembly started negotiations for a global convention on the elimination of gender-based violence. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication ...

The fear of speaking out, says Shastri, is a big reason why its important for the public to recognize the signs of gender-based violence long before physical abuse begins. “Some of the things ...

“At USAID, we address these challenges through a comprehensive approach that includes gender-based violence training, nutrition assessments, and physiotherapy,” she explained. Professor Lauri ...