African manhood is broken – and it’s costing women their lives
Femicide is surging across the continent. Without cultural reform led by men themselves, more lives will be lost.
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Mexico’s femicide crisis is back in the headlines after beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was murdered on a live stream.
Mexico’s femicide crisis is back in the headlines after beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was murdered on a live stream.
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Legislation criminalises publishing of intimate images, including AI-created ‘deepfakes’, without a person’s consent.
Teaching boys how to deal with anger is critical to stopping the spiral that ends up in violence.
The court’s decision split its nine-member bench along ideological lines, with its three left-leaning judges opposing.
UK court rules ‘woman’ means biological sex, a decision that could limit trans women’s access to services and rights.
UK court rules ‘woman’ means biological sex, a decision that could limit trans women’s access to services and rights.
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President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on rising to power as Namibia’s first woman leader and whether real change is possible.
Nepal has five million child brides. A proposal to lower the marriage age could imperil millions more, mothers warn.
Thousands of women took to the streets of Buenos Aires on International Women’s Day to protest against femicide.
