The Colombian Ombudsman’s Office reported a stark increase in gender-based violence, documenting 745 femicides between January and October 2024. This figure includes 44 femicides of girls and 11 of transgender individuals. Related:Colombia: Petro Calls for the Return of Colombian Mercenaries in Sudan The report also details a surge in other forms of violence against women. […]

With the slogan “Stop femicide!” they denounced the alarming number of murders of women and girls in the African nation.Hundreds of Kenyan protesters rallied on Tuesday in the streets of Nairobi (capital) to denounce the increase in femicide cases in the African country, while they were repressed by the police. Related:Kenya: Leader Condemns Rising Femicide […]

Some 130 women committed suicide in the same day in Sudan to avoid being raped by paramilitary groups involved in the armed conflict in that African country. Related:Sudan: OCHA Reports 124 deads and 119,400 displaced in Aj-Jazirah In Sudan, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been responsible for serious human rights violations, including sexual […]

There are at least 2 million victims of gender-related violence per year. The number of crimes related to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in England and Wales increased by 37 percent between 2018 and 2023, with an estimated one in every 12 women being a victim every year, according to a national policing statement. […]

They reject far-right groups that are instigating gender discrimination and hate speeches to change electoral preferences. On Wednesday, women’s organizations rejected the campaign of hate and violence that the Venezuelan far-right opposition is implementing in an attempt to alter the presidential elections of July 28. RELATED: President Maduro: In Venezuela the Votes Will Win, Not […]

“In this room and in every Mexican woman there is a story of struggle, of getting ahead” Mexico’s President-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that she will provide economic support to women between the ages of 60 and 64, and promised to push for reforms to eradicate gender violence and promote equality. RELATED:Venezuelan Citizens Repatriate from Mexico […]

According to the text, around 4.3 million girls were at risk of female genital mutilation in 2023. The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) warned on Friday that female genital mutilation (FGM) continues around the world, partly due to the practice of crossing national borders and beyond to subject girls to the procedure. Related: Palestine on […]

They claim that through a maneuver, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, approved the urgent discussion of the Child Pregnancy Bill and did not submit it to a thorough review.

Democrats and Republicans made the right to abortion, during the last hours, a relevant issue in the face of the next presidential elections in the US, after the prohibition of abortion in Arizona (south) by the Supreme Court of that state. RELATED: US Supreme Leans Toward Not Restricting Use of Abortion Pill Last Tuesday, that […]