As of last week, in the wake of the Nov. 21 issuance by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of arrest warrants for Israeli ...

In Uganda, women and girls are more affected by HIV. Out of 1.4 million people living with the disease, 860 000 are women and ...

Following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for deliberate war ...

After Bangladesh’s interim government banned polyethene bags, a new sense of hope has emerged for the Sonali bag—a jute-based ...

Gaps in realising human rights could stop AIDS being ended as a public health threat by 2030, UNAIDS has warned in a report ...

Nearly half the world’s population—over 3.5 billion people—lack access to safe toilets, with 419 million forced to practice ...

María Bacab, a Native Maya, considers herself the “guardian of seeds” as she cares for the milpa – an ancestral Mesoamerican ...

As the world faces escalating challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, there is now a ...

Despite the 1,583 legislative measures in 193 countries around the world, violence against women has not been eradicated or ...

Every 10 minutes, one woman or girl is killed at the hands of their partner or other family member. This is only scratching ...

NEW YORK, Nov 26 2024 (IPS) - As the world faces escalating challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and ...

A woman’s right to live free from violence is upheld by international agreements like the 1979 Convention on the Elimination ...