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The Justice Department has determined women no longer may cite gender-based violence as grounds for seeking asylum in the U.S ...

In report, Matanyahu Englman says Israel has not taken steps recommended in 2021 audit of same issue, says growing violence figures oblige state to act to fix deficiencies The post Comptroller says ...

When The Independent launched the Brick by Brick campaign last September for women trying to escape domestic abuse, it ...

Violence against Black women and girls is a longstanding national epidemic that has long been overlooked and underreported. Though they make up less than 5% of Los Angeles’ population, ...

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — landmark legislation championed by President Joe Biden that enshrined federal protections and support for survivors — has been in a legislative limbo ...

Multiple UN Special Rapporteurs on violence against women, its causes and consequences, have repeated calls for a binding instrument. The UN has acknowledged the violence for more than 30 years.

If you ask President Joe Biden, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)—passed as part of former President Bill Clinton's 1994 crime bill, with expansions authorized every few years since—was an ...

Violence against women has nothing to do with women, and everything to do with violent masculinity and the cultures of countries and police forces that tolerate it. Men and women are killed by men.

The state comptroller's report also found that domestic violence and the challenges to fight it have become exacerbated because of the Israel-Hamas War. The Social Affairs and Welfare Ministry must ...

The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police have launched Pakistan's first fully functional "Online Women Police Station," ...

Kolkata-based feminist organization uncovers widespread underreporting of natal family violence against women, calling for ...