violence against women

In unison, women around the world came together in gatherings large and small to mark International Women’s Day in both joyous celebrations and angry protests

Today is the International Women's Day but tomorrow it will be forgotten and reality will continue to be reflected in harsh and unflattering data…

The kidnappings could undermine efforts to keep girls in schools and threaten progress on women’s education in the region

Alma Berenice Osorio De Viana arrived in critical condition in the arms of her partner and attacker, a Belgian citizen

Shaken by earthquakes, hurricanes, violence, financial jolts, and political uncertainty, Mexico ends 2017 with more disappointments than achievements

In 17 years, close to 300 women have been married against their will according to local NGO

Yendi Guadalupe Torres Castellanos also prosecuted sexual and family-related crimes

The aggression could be either emotional, physical, sexual, economic, or even discrimination, perpetrated by the sentimental partner, relatives, classmates, working partners, friends, figures of authority, acquaintances or even mere strangers

Tania Reneaum, Amnesty International Mexico Executive Director, noted that in Mexico, gender-based violence against women is normalized, accepted, and even tolerated

I am under the terrible impression to have written this story many times before. The setting is, yet again, the State of Mexico, where stories mirror themselves quite a lot