Women's Rights News

An estimated 400,000 rape kits, some several years old, have not been sent to labs for analysis. New campaign aims to push states to process evidence.

UK agencies warn that despite some advances made by the current Colombian government, significant human rights concerns persist. They are calling on the UK government to raise the issue of conflict-related sexual violence at a United Nations review in Geneva today of human rights in Colombia.

"We wore our dress," a Guatemalan woman recalls, "and arriving at the border, already in Mexico, they told us that we could not wear our outfits, we cannot speak our native tongue anymore"

Crime sparks anger following allegations police officers tried to bribe the victim's family to stay silent and after a video shows another officer slapping a female demonstrator

Twenty-six feature films, about a quarter of the total to be presented during the two-week festival, are by women directors, including the first feature film by a female Saudi filmmaker

New Delhi has the highest number of sex crimes among major cities, with a rape reported on average every 18 hours

New Delhi has the highest number of sex crimes among major cities, with a rape reported on average every 18 hours

Local officials said as many as 74 girls became ill after smelling gas at their school, Bibi Maryam, in the Afghan province of Takhar

Public fury over the attack has echoed the response to the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist on a bus and who later died of her injuries

Sierra Leone and Australia urge the Equal Futures Partnership – a coalition of 21 countries committed to improving political and economic opportunities for women – to set specific targets to ensure practical change occurs

Protesters demand better protection for women, girls

The conservative country’s religious police feared three attractive men from the United Arab Emirates were "irresistible" to women

The number of refugees could hit 3.5 million by the end of year

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U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy took to the floor of the U.S. Senate recently to praise the work of The BOMA Project. BOMA is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization that assists poor women of Northern Kenya in starting their own businesses and mentors them to help ensure their success.

Hollande's initiative to allow same-sex couples to tie the knot has split the nation and sparked huge protests both for and against the law

World map showing countries or states where same-sex marriage is legal