SGBV

Years of campaigns and activism have finally paid off as Tanzania ended the oppressive and discriminatory policy of barring pregnant schoolgirls and adolescent mothers from continuing with their formal education,...

The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the incidence of violence against women and girls, according to a UN Women report released to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence...

Human rights defenders and survivors of sexual violence have expressed concern at the slow pace of measures to get justice and reparation for victims in Kenya. Several survivors who spoke...

Kenya’s High Court has awarded four million Kenya shillings each as general damages to four survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) that occurred during political turmoil 12 years ago....

This week, as commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence approaches its peak, thousands of victims of sexual violence committed during the 2007-08 post-election violence (PEV) in...

By Susan Kendi A case involving survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during the upheaval that followed the December 2007 presidential election has skipped the proceeding during which lawyers...

By Tom Maliti High Court of Kenya Judge Weldon Korir has said that in less than a month’s time he will set a judgement date for a petition filed by...

By Susan Kendi A hush has fallen on the International Criminal Court as judges deliberate on the fate the Lord’s Resistance Army commander who was charged with crimes against humanity,...

Women and girls fleeing violence in Sudan are subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In a report, the agency notes intercommunal conflicts at...

Taboos around sexual violence have created silences around its various manifestations. A Hague-based organization, Women’s Initiative for Gender Justice (WIJG) has come up with an ambitious campaign ‘Call It What It Is’ to...