domestic violence

Coronavirus lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control
Features/Interviews

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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…
Afghan women fear turning back clock under Taliban
Middle East

Afghan women fear turning back clock under Taliban

KABUL (Reuters) – Eighteen years ago, at the height of the Taliban’s power in Afghanistan, Roshan Mashal secretly taught her…
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