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 ...

Editor's note: Today Global Sisters Report launches "Out of the Shadows: Confronting Violence Against Women," a yearlong series on the ways Catholic sisters are responding to this global phenomenon.

Gender-based violence is nothing new. But its methods are evolving faster than our awareness. While there has been progress in understanding and treating domestic violence, sexual assault, and other ...

The governor said Lagos State has responded through policies, laws and institutions, including the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in East Flatbush launches Kings CARES, a new program providing centralized medical, forensic and social support for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.

As gender-based violence organizations and shelters in Nova Scotia grapple with rising demand, a new wellness project is ...

For centuries, women worldwide have experienced violence in their homes at the hands of intimate partners with no or very little legal recourse. I witnessed this firsthand. In 1990, when I worked at a ...

Job title: Ethics officer focusing on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. More than five years with UNHCR, working in Uganda, South Sudan and Switzerland. Currently based in Geneva. Before ...

The Transition House Association of N.L. is among the groups urging government to declare gender-based violence an epidemic, saying the province has never been in more trouble.

Ogun State reaffirms its zero-tolerance policy for Gender-Based Violence, announcing stricter enforcement and prosecution for ...

Several of our partners are working with faith and traditional leaders to protect the rights of widows who face stigma and ...