High Court postpones ruling on law banning gay sex

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has adjourned the much awaited ruling on whether to decriminalise gay sex in Kenya to May 24. While apologizing for not being able t...

gay sex ruling , LGBT

UN moves to help combat sexual abuse in its ranks

By VOA,

The United Nations on Tuesday took steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within its ranks, naming an array of experts to a panel aimed at endi...

Antonio Guterres , UN

Woody Allen demands Ksh.6.8B lawsuit from Amazon Studios

By Reuters,

Woody Allen sued Amazon Studios saying he deserves at least $68 million (Ksh.6.8billion) in damages over their refusal to distribute his completed fil...

Amazon Studios , woody allen

Changes coming for US lawmakers who call Capitol home

By VOA,

The U.S. Capitol is the most recognizable workplace in the country, and for an estimated 80 to 100 lawmakers, it’s also the place they literally cal...

US Lawmakers

Disgraced South Korean governor jailed for sexual assault

By CNN,

A former South Korean governor and one-time presidential contender has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for rape, five months after ...

Sexual assault , South Korean Governor

Sony’s RCA parts ways with R. Kelly after abuse uproar – media reports

By Reuters,

R. Kelly has parted ways with his Sony Music-owned RCA record label, Billboard magazine, Variety and the New York Times reported on Friday, and he no ...

R Kelly , Sony

One third of U.N. workers say sexually harassed in past two years

By Reuters,

One third of U.N. staff and contractors experienced sexual harassment in the past two years, according to a report released by the United Nations on T...

U.S. judge dismisses Ashley Judd’s sex harassment claim against Weinstein

By Reuters,

A federal judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday dismissed actress Ashley Judd’s sexual harassment claim against movie producer Harvey Weinstein but said...

Former Venezuela Supreme Court judge flees to U.S., denounces Maduro

By Reuters,

Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest President Nicolas Maduro’s second term that will be...

Justice Christian Zerpa , Justice Eladio Aponte , President Nicolas Maduro , supreme court , Venezuela

2018 was the year Facebook and Twitter grew up

By CNN,

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...

Cambridge Analytica scandal , Mark Zuckerberg

Indian woman attacks alleged stalker and cuts off his genitals

By Reuters,

A middle-aged Indian woman attacked her alleged stalker and cut off his genitals before rushing him to hospital to save his life, police said on Thurs...

genitals , India , sexual violence , Stalker

Police have video of Kevin Spacey groping a busboy, complaint says

By CNN,

The 18-year-old who said that actor Kevin Spacey groped him at a Nantucket bar in 2016 took Snapchat video of the alleged assault, and investigators h...

The all-male group tackling toxic masculinity

By CNN,

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...

Kabelo Chabalala , masculinity , Young Men Movement

The Me Too movement was silent in Senegal. These women are trying to change that

By CNN,

Late last year, as #MeToo spread from social media feeds in the United States, intensifying into a slew of global hashtags -- #BalanceTonPorc, #YoTamb...

#Metoo , #Nopiwouma , Fatima Zahra Ba , Harvey Weinstein , Ndambaw Kama , Olivia Codou , Oumy Ndour , Rokhaya Ngom , Senegal , Soukeyna Ndao Diallo , unicef

Sex for grades Nigerian professor gets prison term

By CNN,

Nigerian professor Richard Akindele, accused of demanding sex from a female student, was sentenced to prison on Monday. Akindele was convicted afte...

Nigerian Professor Richard Akindele , Sex for grades

Congress passes bill to make members pay sexual misconduct claims

By Reuters,

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation to crack down on sexual harassment by members of Congress, requiring lawmakers to pay for settlements an...

Jackie Speier , President Donald Trump

U.N. watchdog presses Saudi Arabia on alleged torture of activists

By Reuters,

A U.N. human rights watchdog has urged Saudi authorities to free over a dozen rights activists detained in the kingdom, alleging that some had been to...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Jamal Khashoggi , Saudi Arabia , torture , U.N

Female veterans quietly struggle with sexual harassment, suicide

By VOA,

Pfc. Nichole Bowen-Crawford said she was walking to lunch on her Army base near Nasiriyah, Iraq, in 2003 when she received her daily proposition from ...

Pfc. Nichole Bowen-Crawford , PTSD , suicide , U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs , veterans

Wave of sexual assaults on South Sudan women, girls condemned

By VOA,

The head of the U.N. mission in South Sudan has condemned a recent wave of rapes and sexual assaults on women and girls near the town of Bentiu. "T...

Andrea Cullinan from the United Nations Population Fund , Colonel Lam Paul Gabriel the SPLM-IO deputy spokesperson , David Shearer chief of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan UNMISS. , Doctors Without Borders reported , rapes and sexual assaults on women and girls near the town of Bentiu. , South Sudan People's Defense Forces Spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang , U.N. Protection of Civilian sites (POCs). , United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

DJ Martin Solveig apologizes to Ada Hegerberg after onstage ‘twerk’ gaffe

By CNN,

French DJ and Ballon d'Or host Martin Solveig has apologized to the inaugural women's winner Ada Hegerberg after a row erupted over a question he pose...

Ada Hegerberg , Ballon d'Or , French DJ Martin Solveig , Grant Wahl , Kylian Mbappe