Gender-based violence (GBV) affects women and girls the most, especially during times of crisis or emergency. War, being forced to leave home and poverty make gender-based violence more likely and ...

According to data from the UN, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member every 11 minutes. In the US, around 1 in 4 women will experience sexual violence or stalking within ...

The Gender Equity Observatory reported 21 femicides in Puerto Rico. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- As gender-based killings continue to grab headlines in Puerto Rico, victims' families on the island are ...

Gender-based violence in the United States is fueled by unmitigated access to firearms, a lack of services for survivors, and dangerous narratives spread by the gun lobby. Gun violence in the United ...

It's been thirty years since Anita Hill, a 35-year-old law professor at the time, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee over allegations of sexual harassment against Supreme Court ...

Researchers, support organisations and survivors of domestic abuse have been sharing experiences of gender-based violence in black and minority communities. The second annual Gender Justice and ...

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for murder after a tragic domestic violence incident in Calcutta, Mpumalanga, where his ...

Governor and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Powes Parkop, has formally ...

GENDER-BASED violence is one of those phrases people think they understand until they are asked to explain it. Most answers ...