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World
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War in Sudan
11/26/2024 12:34:34 PM
The United Nations humanitarian chief raised the alarm on Monday over an "epidemic of sexual violence" against women in war-torn Sudan, saying the world "must do better".
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World
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War in Sudan
10/31/2024 10:14:20 AM
Rape is widespread in Sudan's civil war, a United Nations investigation said, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale.
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World
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Africa
9/2/2024 2:08:17 PM
A massive oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and China's CNOOC is mired in reports of sexual violence, forced evictions and environmental damage, climate activists said Monday.
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World
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War in Sudan
7/29/2024 10:12:25 AM
Sudan's warring parties have committed widespread sexual violence against women and girls aged between nine and 60, and prevented survivors from accessing healthcare in the capital, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/12/2024 1:51:00 PM
A UN investigation concluded on Wednesday that Israel has committed crimes against humanity during its war on Gaza, including that of extermination, starvation, and sexual violence.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/22/2024 10:46:35 PM
Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies before he reached the home that would put him at the center of a global clash.
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World
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War in Sudan
5/18/2024 3:06:00 PM
The President of the Unit for Combatting Violence Against Women and Children within the Sudanese Ministry of Labour and Social Development revealed that 159 cases of sexual violence against women were registered during the first year of the ongoing civil war.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/8/2024 3:25:00 PM
Hamas on Tuesday said a recent UN report alleging its members committed acts of "sexual violence" against Israeli women on 7 October was "simply false" and pointed to the lack of any victim testimonies.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/31/2023 11:02:22 PM
Hamas condemned on Sunday a misleading report by the New York Times that alleges Hamas fighters carried out rape and sexual violence during the 7 October Al-Aqsa Flood operation, according to member of Hamas political bureau.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
12/12/2023 6:14:11 PM
Al-Ahram weekly talks to psychologist Naglaa Naguib about the problem of violence against women
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World
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Africa
9/19/2023 4:45:15 PM
U.N.-backed human rights experts say war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace accord signed nearly a year ago to end a conflict that engulfed the country’s northern Tigray region. The violence has left at least 10,000 people affected by rape and other sexual violence — mostly women and girls, they found.
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World
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Africa
2/4/2023 6:36:23 PM
Pope Francis warned Saturday that South Sudan’s future depends on how it treats its women, as he highlighted their horrific plight in a country where sexual violence is rampant, child brides are common and the maternal mortality rate is the highest in the world.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/28/2022 7:39:40 PM
Ukraine First Lady Olena Zelenska on Monday demanded a "global response" to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, saying Kyiv prosecutors are investigating more than 100 possible crimes by Russian soldiers.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/25/2022 1:13:23 PM
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced new aid for Ukraine on a visit to Kyiv on Friday, including ambulances and support for victims of sexual violence by Russian soldiers.
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World
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Africa
12/21/2021 9:47:01 PM
The UN human rights office on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into allegations of sexual violence including rape and gang rape during mass anti-coup protests in Sudan earlier this week, a spokeswoman said.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/15/2021 4:19:21 PM
Other sexual violence-related incidents have been under investigation in the past months
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World
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Africa
4/22/2021 10:36:00 PM
Members of the UN Security Council expressed their deep concern about the humanitarian situation in Tigray region and allegations of human rights violations including reports of sexual violence against women and girls
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World
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Africa
4/22/2021 9:52:38 PM
'Those reports are extremely horrific, very shocking,' Robert Mardini, director-general of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross told AFP in an interview, adding that this was a 'matter of grave concern'
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World
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International
3/9/2021 5:40:41 PM
Boys should be taught in school about the need for mutual respect in relationships and mutual consent in sex, WHO officials said
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World
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International
3/2/2021 4:08:35 PM
Bachelet said that reports about arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, sexual violence and forced labour in Xinjiang necessitated a thorough and independent assessment of the situation
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