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Africa making progress on tackling gender-based violence thanks to multi-sectoral approach but shortfalls remain, finds new report

Following another death from FGM in Sierra Leone, 130 women’s rights groups around the world call on the government to criminalize FGM

National and international laws are failing to protect women and girls from online sexual exploitation and abuse

Special Manual developed for Investigators, Prosecutors and Judges working on Cases of Sexual Violence in Georgia

Rape laws across the Americas insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence

India’s government must do more to end caste-based sexual violence, say Dalit women’s rights activists

Status of women’s and girls’ rights in Kenya, 26 years after Kenya committed to the promotion of gender equality

#EndCasteBasedSexualViolence campaign launched by National Council of Women Leaders

Rape laws across South Asia insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence

Women’s rights organizations challenge Mali’s lack of anti FGM law at the ECOWAS Court of Justice

Kenya's High Court rules anti-FGM law is constitutional: A jubilant day for girls and women in Kenya

Child marriage is a serious problem in Georgia, survivors are calling for change