In Kenya, girls are sold into marriage to stave off starvation from drought | Drought News
Marsabit, Kenya – As the sun approaches its scorching zenith, Dukano Kelle…
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Women on the front line | Women’s Rights
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Nigerian Senate suspends female senator who made sexual harassment claim | Gender Equity News
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan is suspended for six months after she makes an accusation…
‘Modern slavery’: Trapped in Iraq, Nigerian women cry out for help | Migration
Sometimes when the pain hits, Agnes* has to pause for several seconds…
Guns are silent, but war lingers for Ogaden’s former women rebel fighters | Women
Mogadishu, Somalia – Hinda Aden and her fellow rebel fighters were trekking…
Dozens kidnapped by rifle-wielding men in northwest Nigeria village | Gun Violence News
Residents said men carrying assault rifles went door to door, kidnapping people…
Crime against humanity: Why has a court found Belgium guilty of kidnapping? | Crimes Against Humanity News
A court has ordered Belgium to pay millions of dollars in compensation…
Deadliest place for women is home, says UN report on gender violence | Women’s Rights News
The global femicide report says about 60 percent of 85,000 women and…
How Tigray war rape victims turned to Rwandan genocide survivors to heal | Mental Health
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