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Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Nandi, Kenya – In 2005 when Kenyan authorities first told

Nigerian government rejects report on military abortion programme | Women’s Rights News

Nigeria’s government denounced a Reuters report of a mass clandestine abortion scheme as a ‘body of insults’ against Nigerians. The

Pioneering Black-American feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a community activist who toured the United States speaking with Gloria Steinem in the

In early November, Sadaf*, a 22-year-old university student, was found guilty of “moral crimes” in a northern Afghan province. She

Sexual services will no longer be treated as a crime under proposed legislation amid a growing wave of violence against

It was early November when Aisha Hussein, nine months pregnant with her first child, felt the start of labour pains

Poor implementation of the law passed five years ago leaves women at risk of violence, the Human Rights Watch says

Afghan high school girls have not returned to their schools since the Taliban returned to power last August. Afghanistan’s new

From: Generation Change An activist and a rapper confront violence against women and explore the country’s legacy of protest. In

Stephanie Frappart oversaw the final Group E game between Germany and Costa Rica in Qatar’s Al Bayt Stadium. When Stephanie