domestic violence
Women suffer as lockdown worsens Latin America’s ‘domestic hell’
World
April 21, 2020
Women suffer as lockdown worsens Latin America’s ‘domestic hell’
Weeks of confinement imposed by the coronavirus pandemic is taking a chilling toll on women and girls across Latin America,…
Coronavirus lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control
Features/Interviews
April 9, 2020
Coronavirus lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading…
UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown
World
April 6, 2020
UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly…
Coronavirus fuels domestic violence in the Middle East
Middle East
April 3, 2020
Coronavirus fuels domestic violence in the Middle East
For many women in the Middle East and North Africa, physical violence is a part of everyday life. In countries…
Fears of domestic violence rise as millions confined over virus
World
March 28, 2020
Fears of domestic violence rise as millions confined over virus
With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of…
Egypt opens new shelter for battered women in Giza
Society
December 11, 2019
Egypt opens new shelter for battered women in Giza
Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity opened on Tuesday a new center hosting and mentoring battered women in Giza. The center…
Egyptian prosecution assigns grandmother trial over torturing child to death
Egypt
September 30, 2019
Egyptian prosecution assigns grandmother trial over torturing child to death
Public prosecutor in Egypt Hamada al-Sawy on Sunday assigned a female a case in criminal court after she tortured until…
‘I cannot stay silent’: Turkish rappers get political
Middle East
September 13, 2019
‘I cannot stay silent’: Turkish rappers get political
A 15-minute rap song has taken Turkey by storm, touching a nerve in the polarised society at a time when…
Palestinians charge 3 relatives with murder in woman’s death
Middle East
September 12, 2019
Palestinians charge 3 relatives with murder in woman’s death
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian attorney general says three people, all relatives, are being charged in the death…
Mother, four children found dead in Fayoum apartment
Egypt
July 15, 2019
Mother, four children found dead in Fayoum apartment
A horrendous crime shook the city of Fayoum this morning as the police found a mother and her four children…