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Isiolo Women Rep. wants private parts of sexual offenders chopped off
By Citizen Reporter,
1704, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
By Moses Mwenda Isiolo County Women Representative Rehema Dida Jaldesa now wants private parts of sexual offenders chopped off to protect school...
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Sierra Leone’s President declares ‘Rape Scourge’ a national emergency
By VOA,
1321, February 8, 2019 (EAT)
The brutal rape of a young girl by her uncle in Sierra Leone became the rallying point for a campaign that on Thursday pushed President Julius Maada B...
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Kisumu: Four-year-old girl allegedly defiled in school
By Allan Obiero,
2038, January 24, 2019 (EAT)
Police in Kisumu are investigating an incident where a four-year-old girl was allegedly defiled in school. According to police, the girl's mother r...
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Sudan: The 11-year-old girl divorcing her 38-year-old husband
By CNN,
1914, January 2, 2019 (EAT)
Amal is 11 years old and seeking a divorce. The young Sudanese girl was in elementary school when a 38-year-old man asked for her hand in marriage....
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2018 was the year Facebook and Twitter grew up
By CNN,
1908, December 29, 2018 (EAT)
When a young person turns 18, in most countries they are considered adults, liable for their mistakes and misdeeds. 2018 was the year social media an...
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Rohingya end hard year still in limbo
By VOA,
1604, December 28, 2018 (EAT)
More than 750,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled military attacks in Myanmar remain in Bangladesh camps as future repatriation and resettlement pla...
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The all-male group tackling toxic masculinity
By CNN,
1959, December 22, 2018 (EAT)
On a warm Saturday afternoon, more than a dozen young men and teenage boys sit on plastic chairs in a yard in their neighborhood. They gather to ta...
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The Me Too movement was silent in Senegal. These women are trying to change that
By CNN,
1301, December 19, 2018 (EAT)
Late last year, as #MeToo spread from social media feeds in the United States, intensifying into a slew of global hashtags -- #BalanceTonPorc, #YoTamb...
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Women using Twitter are in danger
By Rachel Ombaka,
1343, December 19, 2018 (EAT)
Women using social media platforms such as Twitter are in danger. Why? Because of violence and abuse. Driven by the alarming number of women who...
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Migori: Woman, 26, gets 10-year jail term for sexually assaulting 7-year-old boy
By George Juma,
2053, December 11, 2018 (EAT)
A 26-year-old woman was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison after she was found guilty of molesting a seven-year-old boy at Mbwa Kali Estate in...
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Nicole Kidman pushes for end to violence against women
By Citizen Reporter,
903, December 11, 2018 (EAT)
UN Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman led survivors, gender experts and Hollywood celebrities in marking Human Rights Day and the “16 Days of Activis...
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IFRC: migrant children traveling alone ‘most vulnerable people in the world’
By VOA,
1229, December 4, 2018 (EAT)
A report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says thousands of unaccompanied children and children who have...
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Scores of women, girls raped over 10-day period in South Sudan
By CNN,
840, December 4, 2018 (EAT)
Attackers raped, beat and robbed more than 100 women and girls in northern South Sudan over a 10-day period in November, aid agency Doctors Without Bo...
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UN experts: South Sudan beset by ‘alarming’ sexual violence
By VOA,
1717, December 1, 2018 (EAT)
South Sudan is beset by "alarming levels" of sexual and gender-based violence and a desperate humanitarian situation, including severe food shortages,...
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Dangerous’ rape laws must be updated, Amnesty International report says
By CNN,
1130, November 24, 2018 (EAT)
Rape laws across Europe are "dangerous and outdated," according to new analysis from human rights group Amnesty International. The study found that...
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‘I want to be mentored by you,’ Zimbabwe First Lady tells Margaret Kenyatta
By PSCU,
1855, November 15, 2018 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Wednesday hosted her visiting Zimbabwe counterpart Auxillia Mnangagwa at State House, Nairobi. The two first ladies...
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Teenager beheaded in southern India in caste-based violence
By CNN,
944, November 3, 2018 (EAT)
Concerns about caste-based violence in India are growing after a 13-year-old girl from a lower caste was beheaded in one of the country's southern sta...
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‘We are at the mercy of men’: Reports of rape and sexual abuse in North Korea
By CNN,
914, November 2, 2018 (EAT)
Harrowing accounts of widespread sexual abuse allegedly carried out by North Korean officials against ordinary women have been laid out in a new repor...
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‘We are at the mercy of men’: Reports of rape and sexual abuse in North Korea
By CNN,
838, November 1, 2018 (EAT)
Harrowing accounts of widespread sexual abuse allegedly carried out by North Korean officials against ordinary women have been laid out in a new repor...
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Awaiting trial, Diane Rwigara says she’s determined to hold Rwandan gov’t accountable
By CNN,
959, October 11, 2018 (EAT)
Diane Rwigara, a leading critic of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, spent more than a year in prison before she was released on bail Friday. Now, as...
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