Sunni Women Tell of ISIS Detention, Torture
Fighters from the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) are arbitrarily detaining, ill-treating, torturing, and forcibly marrying Sunni Arab women and girls in areas under their control in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today. Although accounts of gender-based violence have emerged from areas under ISIS control, these are the first cases against Sunni Arab women […]
Gender Violence Affects The Men Too
The state minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Ms Peace Mutuzo, has lashed out at the civil society for only concentrating on gender-based violence against women and ignoring men. Speaking during the 16 days of activism to end violence against women in Kampala on Friday, Ms Mutuuzo said there is a growing concern about […]
The Day He Comes Back, He Expects To Have Sex With His Woman
Grace* raised her children in the cramped corridors of Kampala’s slums where proximity and necessity make neighbours de facto family members. But everyone looked the other way when her husband started beating her. She says the violence began soon after they were married. When she asked to work to raise money for their five children’s […]
Together, We Can End GBV, Child Abuse – UN Envoy
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said that the world can end Gender Based Violence and child abuse if countries adopted a multi-sectorial approach, including south-south cooperation. She made the remarks, yesterday, while visiting Isange-One-Stop Centre at Kacyiru, Kigali, where she was accompanied by the UN […]
Women Leaders Urged To Up Drive Against GBV
Members of the National Women Council (NWC) from Karama Sector in Kamonyi District have been called upon to be active in the campaign to fight and prevent incidences of gender and domestic violence. While addressing about 150 members of NWC from Karama on August 22, Inspector of Police (IP) Athanase Niyonagira, the District Community Liaison […]
CSs Kariuki and Kandie Speak Against Gender Violence
Jackline Mwende is still admitted at PCEA Kikuyu hospital where she is undergoing treatment after her hands were chopped off by her husband. On Saturday, Mwende received unusual visitors Cabinet Secretaries Sicily Kariuki and Phylis Kandie–this time not in her maternal home in Kathama village in Machakos County, but in her hospital bed. The two […]
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